Argentina na fafutawa da kasan wuyarsu ta Kofin Duniya — amma tafiyarsu ba ta kasance sauƙi ba. Nasarorin 3-2 jere a kan Cape Verde da Masar a zagayen 16 sun haifar da tambayoyi, inda Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Masar ta nemi Fifa da ta kori jami'an da suka gudanar da wasan da Masar ta yi rashin nasara daga sauran gasar.

Zargin Masar na nuna bangaranci

Horon Masar Hossam Hassan ya kasance fili bayan karshen wasan. Ya ce tawagar sa an "yi musu rashin adalci" kuma sun "sha wahala daga zalunci," yana har zuwa ƙarshen da ya nuna cewa Fifa da son rai ta yarda da Lionel Messi da kuma wadanda suke riƙe da kambun su kasance a gasar.

Masar na kan gaba da ci 2-0 mintuna 11 kafin karshen wasan — a bakin shiga tarihinsu na farko a zagaye na kusa — kafin Argentina ta juya abubuwa daga sama ƙasa da ci da ta samu mai nasara a lokacin ƙarin lokaci.

Faraonawa sun nuna "manyan kurakuran hukunci" daga ƙungiyar alkalin wasa Bafaranshe Francois Letexier. Babban korafin su shi ne an soke raga da Mostafa Zico ya ci ta hanyar VAR bayan an hukunta Marwan Attia saboda tattakawa ƙafar Lisandro Martinez a farkon wasan. Masar ta kuma yi ikirarin cewa ya kamata a ba da bugun fanareti a kan Argentina maimakon soke ragar, kuma cewa abubuwa biyu daban-daban da suka shafi Hamdi Fathy da Mohamed Salah sun cancanci bugun fanareti a gowar su.

Game da da'awar Salah musamman, taɓawar da Julian Alvarez ya yi ta kasance a bayyane amma ba ta isa ta cancanci bugun fanareti ba. Yanayin yana da kamanceceniya da farin ciki tare da lamarin Martinez, amma ƙa'idar shari'a ta bambanta: a cikin duba VAR da ya soke raga ta Zico, alkalai suna yanke hukunci kan laifi ba hukuncin fanareti ba.

Mai cece-kuce? Babu shakka. Shaidar niyya ta makarkashiya? Shaidun sun rasa sosai.

Cikakken ƙungiyar alkalai na Argentina a kan Faransa

Abin da ya ƙara man fetur a cikin tattaunawar shi ne alƙalancin zagayen kusa tsakanin France da Morocco. Karo na farko a wannan Kofin Duniya, cikakken ƙungiyar alkalai a filin wasa — alƙali, mataimaka biyu, alƙali na huɗu, da ajiya — duk sun fito daga ƙasar ɗaya: Argentina.

A alƙalancin Facundo Tello guda biyu na baya a wannan gasar, alƙalai na huɗu sun kasance daga Saudi Arabia da Colombia bi da bi. Bayyananawa na sanya cikakkiyar ƙungiyar alkalai ta Argentina a wasan da ya shafi ɗaya daga cikin abokan hamayya na Argentina a zagaye na kusa da karshen bai kure ba, ko da yake babu zargi na rashin gaskiya da aka yi wa Tello da kansa.

Katin ja da Messi bai samu ba

Tambayoyin game da musamman na Messi sun dawo daga mataki na rukuni, sa'ad da ya guje hatta gargaɗi saboda ƙoƙarinsa a kan kyaftin Algeria Aissa Mandi. Lamarin ya samu kulawa mai zurfi bayan Folarin Balogun ya fita wasan ta hanyar VAR a kan Bosnia a ƙoƙari irin na wannan — ƙwararrun biyu sun taɓa saman ƙafar abokin hamayyarsu.

Da an fitar da Messi, da bai iya buga wasanni a kan Algeria, Austria, da Jordan saboda dakatar da shi ba — wasannin da ya ci burin biyar daga cikin burin takwas da ya ci a gasar.

Misalin Kofin Duniya na Kulob

Himmar Shugaban Fifa Gianni Infantino ta bayyana don sa Messi a cibiyar hankali ba sabo ba ne. A farkon zagayen Kofin Duniya na Kulob a Amurka a bara, an zaɓi Inter Miami a matsayin wakili na ƙasar mai masaukin baki ko da yake LA Galaxy ne ya lashe take na MLS. Inter Miami na da MLS Supporters' Shield — wanda ake bayarwa ga ƙungiyar da ta samu mafi yawan naƙalai a yanayin yau da kullun — kuma shigar su ya ba Messi damar buga farkon wasan a Hard Rock Stadium na Inter Miami a kan Al Ahly.

Teburin gasar da ya fi amfani da Argentina

Kafin gasar, Fifa ta aza kasashe huɗu na saman — France, Argentina, Spain, da England — a cikin kwata daban-daban na rabo, tana tabbatar da cewa babu ɗayansu zai iya haduwa kafin zagaye na kusa da karshen. Wannan tsari yana iyakance manyan gwagwarmayoyin da suka faru a farkon gasar, amma kuma ya ba wasu ƙungiyoyi hanyoyi mafi sassauci sosai.

Argentina ta fuskanci Cape Verde (ta 67 a duniya) da Masar (ta 29) a zagayen fita-daya, tare da Switzerland (ta 19) a gaba a zagayen kusa. A kwatancen, Spain ta doke Portugal (ta 5) kuma tana fuskanci Belgium (ta 9); France tana haduwa da Morocco (ta 7); kuma England — duk da kariyar matsayinta — ta tilasta ta doke Mexico (ta 14) a Azteca.

Daga cikin kasashe huɗu mafi ƙarfi, Argentina ta bi hanyar mafi laushi.

Banbancin katin rawaya

Argentina ta samu katin rawaya ga kowane laifin 19.7 da ta aikata a wannan gasar — ɗaya daga cikin ƙarancin ƙididdiga na gargaɗi tsakanin dukkan kasashe masu shiga. Kawai Czech Republic, Norway, da Tunisia suna da ƙarancin ƙididdiga na rawaya-zuwa-laifi.

England, a gefe guda, ta samu gargaɗi ga kowane laifi 7.7 — mafi tsanani a kan kowace ƙungiya har yanzu tana gasar — duk da cewa ta aikata ƙarancin laifin da Argentina a jimla. Horon England Thomas Tuchel yana da 'yan wasa huɗu da suke katin rawaya ɗaya kawai daga jangarewa, ciki har da Jude Bellingham da Declan Rice, yayin da Argentina suna da Gonzalo Montiel kawai a wannan yanayi.

Idan aka ɗauki kowannensu daban, kowannen waɗannan abubuwan yana da bayani mai yuwuwar laifi. Da aka ɗauke su tare, sun ba Masar — da sauransu — isasshen hujja don ci gaba da tattaunawar a cikin zagayen kusa.