Belgium ta fitar da United States, ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen da ke masaukin gasar, daga Kofin Duniya na FIFA da nasara mai ƙarfi ta 4-1 a Seattle, sannan ta ƙara taunawa — tana yi wa Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump da FIFA ba'a a kammala ɗaya daga cikin shirye-shiryen da siyasa ta rinjayi sosai a tarihin gasar.

Charles De Ketelaere ya zura kwallo sau biyu a rabin farko, yayin da Hans Vanaken da Romelu Lukaku suka ƙara kwallaye bayan hutun a tsakiyar wasa, don tabbatar da wuɗar Belgium zuwa wasan kusa da na ƙarshe da Spain. Sakamakon ya yi ƙarfi, amma bukukuwan ne suka mamaye taken labarai.

Lokacin 'Overturn This'

Bayan kwallo ta huɗu ta Belgium, yan wasa da yawa sun kwaikwayi motsin rawa na kwarara-kwarara na Donald Trump a filin wasa. Sannan asusun hukuma na ƙungiyar a X ya wallafa sako wanda bai bar wata shakka ba — yana nuna kai tsaye ga soke wa Folarin Balogun jan kati: "Overturn this."

Rikicin ya mamaye kwanakin da suka gabaci wasan. Trump ya tabbatar a sarari cewa shi da kansa ya roƙi shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino da ya sake duba hukuncin kora da aka yi wa Balogun a wasan da Bosnia da Herzegovina. Hukumar Ladabtarwa ta FIFA daga baya ta dakatar da haramtawar wasa ɗaya ta atomatik, ta ba Balogun damar yin wasa da Belgium. UEFA ta yi tir da wannan shawarar, tana cewa FIFA ta "ketare layi ja" kuma ta jefa "gaskiyar wasan cikin hatsari."

Belgium ta ji damuwar rashin adalci

Dan wasan tsakiya Nicolas Raskin ya ce ƙungiyar ta shiga filin tana ɗauke da korafi na gama-gari. "Da yawa sun faru a wajen filin a cikin kwanaki biyu da suka wuce," in ji Raskin. "Akwai ji na rashin adalci a cikin ƙungiyar, kuma mun yi azama mu ba da amsa a filin."

Kyaftin Youri Tielemans ya ƙarfafa maganar abokin wasan sa. "Mun gaya wa kanmu cewa dole mu ba da amsa a filin. Haka muka yi," in ji shi. Kocin Rudi Garcia ya ƙara da cewa ɗimuwar waje ta ƙara yi musu ƙarfin guiwa, yana gaya wa 'yan jarida cewa ƙungiyarsa tana da "girman kai sosai" kuma ta mai da hankali kan shirin nasu sama da komai.

Garcia ya kuma nuna tausayi ga Balogun bayan korar ƙarshe. "Ya zo don magana bayan wasan. Na ji daɗin hakan sosai. Ba laifin sa ba ne, shi ba ne ke da alhakin — kuma haka na gaya masa," in ji manajan Belgium.

Pochettino: Siyasa ta ɓoye yaƙin USA

Kocin United States Mauricio Pochettino ya ƙi amfani da rikicin Balogun a matsayin uzuri, amma ya bayyana takaicin sa na sirri kan yadda siyasa ta shiga cikin Kofin Duniya na ƙungiyarsa. "Bai shafi ayyukanmu ba. Ba uzuri bane. Ba ranarmu ce ba," Pochettino ya gaya wa BBC.

"Ina takaicin mutane da yawa. Sun aza siyasa da damfarar da komai baya, suna magana game da ɗabi'a da gaskiya. Idan muka yi magana game da tarihin wannan wasa, ina takaici a hanyar sirri," ya ƙara da cewa. Mai tsaron gida Tim Ream shi ma ya yi hankali. "A'a, bai yi wani tasiri ba," in ji Ream. "Mun yi kyakkyawar aiki a wannan ƙungiyar na barin hayaniyar waje a waje."

Infantino yana fuskantar kira na yin murabus — amma baya nuna alama ta tafiya

Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino yana fuskantar ƙara matsin lamba na yin murabus, ciki har da daga shugaban Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey, wanda ya ce: "Dole Infantino ya tafi. Ko'ina aka gudanar da shi, Kofin Duniya na masu sha'awar wasa ne." Amma Infantino bai nuna wata alama ta niyyar yin murabus ba. Ya kasance a matsayin shugaban FIFA tsawon shekaru 10 kuma ana sa ran zai tsaya takara sake a shekara ta 2027.

Da goyon bayan kungiyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa na Afirka, Asiya, da Amurka ta Kudu — waɗanda gaba ɗaya suke da ƙuri'u 111 daga cikin 211 na ƙungiyoyin membobin FIFA — mai yiwuwa Infantino ya koma ofis ba tare da wani mai gasa ba. FIFA ta tabbatar a duk tsawon wannan lamarin cewa hukumar ladabtarwa tana aiki da 'yanci, kuma Infantino bai taka rawa ba a yanke shawara ta dakatar da haramtawar Balogun.