Folarin Balogun zai samu damar wasa wa Amurka a lokacin da suka fuskanci Belgium a zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026, bayan FIFA ta dakatar da hukuncin dakatarwar wasa ɗaya da aka yanke masa bayan an nuna masa jan kati a wasan da ya gabata.
Dan wasan kai hari mai shekara 25 ya samu jan kati kai tsaye saboda faul da ya yi wa mai tsaron Bosnia-Herzegovina Tarik Muharemovic, a lokacin da Amurka ta ci 2-0 a zagaye na 32. A yanayi na yau da kullum, wannan korar da aka yi masa zai haifar da dakatarwar wasa ɗaya ta atomatik.
Sai dai FIFA ta sanar da cewa hukuncin zai kasance a tsayawa bisa ka'idojin ladabtarwa na hukumar.
"Bisa ga mataki na 27 na dokokin ladabtarwa na FIFA, aiwatar da dakatarwar wasan an dakatar da ita na tsawon shekara ɗaya na gwaji."
Sanarwar ta kuma nuna cewa idan Balogun ya aikata "wani laifi mai irin wannan yanayi da nauyi a lokacin gwajin, dakatarwar za a soke kuma hukuncin za a aiwatar da shi."
Kalaman Balogun
Balogun ya bayyana rashin yarda da yanke shawara da ma'aikatan hukunci suka yi, yana mai cewa ba su yi amfani da ma'ana mai kyau ko fahimtar wasan a lokacin da suka duba lamarin ba.
"Idan ka taba buga wannan wasan, za ka fahimci cewa akwai yanayi da ba za ka iya guje masa ba kawai... dole a yi la'akari da mahallin a lokacin duba lamarin. Na ji ba haka aka yi ba a wannan karon. Amma ina tsammani, kamar yadda duk ku ka gani, idan babu wani wuri da za a sanya ƙafafu, ba za a iya guje masa ba."
Dan wasan kai hari ya ƙara da cewa a ra'ayinsa, jan kati na rawaya ne ya dace, yana kuma yarda da mahimmancin ci gaba.
"Na ga ra'ayoyi da fahimomi daban-daban da yawa, amma a ganina kaina, ina tsammani jan kati na rawaya ne ya dace. Wani abu ne da ya faru, kuma dole mu ci gaba, kuma dole na yarda."
Zaɓuɓɓukan Pochettino
Idan ba a samu Balogun ba, za a tilasta wa kocin Pochettino ya dubi Ricardo Pepi ko Haji Wright don cike gurbin ƙanshin harin Amurka a kan Belgium.
Balogun ya buga wasan rashin muhimmanci da aka yi hasara 3-2 da Türkiye a matakin rukuni, wanda ba ya da wani tasiri a ciki. Duk da haka, ya zo wannan gasar bayan wani kakar aiki mai ban sha'awa da cike da kwallaye tare da PSV a Netherlands.
