Hukumomin Atlanta sun tabbatar da ƙarin matakan tsaro kafin wasan zagaye na huɗu na FIFA World Cup tsakanin England da Argentina ranar Laraba — wasan da ke ɗauke da nauyi mai zurfi fiye da filin wasa.
Sashen 'Yan Sanda na Atlanta ya sanar da tura ƙarin ma'aikata da albarkatu a duk faɗin birni, tare da rufe wuraren taron, unguwannin nishaɗi, da wuraren da mutane ke yawan ziyarta. Jami'ai sun bayyana cewa waɗannan matakan an ƙera su ne don kare jama'a, hana aikin laifi, da tabbatar da amintaccen gogewa ga dukkan baƙi da mazauna.
Hamayya da ke wuce ƙwallon ƙafa
Wannan wasa yana farfado da ɗaya daga cikin hamayya mafi ƙarfi a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙasa da ƙasa, kasashen biyu suna ɗauke da shekaru da yawa na nauyin siyasa da tarihi zuwa Atlanta Stadium. Yaƙin Falklands na 1982 — rikici na kwana 74 wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar sojoji 649 na Argentina, yaƙi 255 na Birtaniya, da fararen hula 3 — har yanzu yana zama tushen tashin hankali mai ƙarfi tsakanin ƙasashen biyu. Argentina tana kiran tsibiran da Las Malvinas, kuma rigimar kan ikon mallaka bata warware ba har yau.
Bayan nasarar Argentina da ban mamaki 3-2 akan Egypt a zagaye na 16, an ɗauki hoto 'yan wasa suna rera waƙa da ke ambaton tsibiran tare da manyan gwarzon ƙasa Diego Maradona da Lionel Messi. Messi, wanda ke jagorantar ƙungiyarsa, zai fuskanci England a karon farko a aikinsa a wannan matakin.
Wasan kuma yana ɗauke da muhimmancin tarihi mai zurfi na ƙwallon ƙafa. Shahararren kambun hannun Maradona ya kai Argentina wucewa akan England a kusa-kusa ta kwata fainali ta World Cup ta 1986 — lokacin da ya zama ba za a iya rarrabe shi daga hamayya ta siyasa tsakanin kasashen biyu ba.
Tsofaffin mayaƙa suna rokon magoya baya da su bar siyasa a wajen filin wasa
Kafin farkon taron tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu cikin shekaru 24, Ƙungiyar Tsofaffin Mayaƙan Yaƙin Afrilu 2 ta Argentina ta fitar da sanarwa tana kira ga magoya baya da su raba son wasanni da siyasar ƙasa.
"Ana kare ikon mallaka a tarurrukan ƙasa da ƙasa ta hanyar diflomasiyya, gaskiyar tarihi, da da'awar salama da ba za a yi tattaunawa a kanta ba wacce aka rubuta a cikin kundin tsarin mulkinmu. Mun ɗauki ya zama tilas a zana layi mai bayyanawa da tsayayye tsakanin sha'awar wasanni da manufar ƙasa."
A bangaren England, mai tsaron raga Jordan Pickford ya ɗauki sautin nutsuwa, yana kiran wasan "wasa ne kawai na ƙwallon ƙafa" kuma ya yi hasashe cewa "ƙwallon ƙafa zai yi magana da kansa."
'Yan sanda sun yaba da ɗabi'ar magoya bayan England a Amurka, amma sun yi kira ga waɗanda suka kasance a Birtaniya su bi misalinsu, bayan fiye da abubuwa 500 masu alaƙa da ƙwallon ƙafa ranar Asabar, wanda ya zo tare da nasarar England 2-1 akan Norway a cikin karin lokaci, wanda ya haifar da kama fiye da 100.
