England da France za fuskanci juna a ranar Asabar a Wasan Tagulla na Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA — wasan mata na uku wanda ya zama dace da gasar tun 1954, kuma ya kasance a wata hanya tun 1934.

Yanayin da ya biyo wasan a Miami ya nuna rashin son yin wasan ta tilas. Babban kocin France, Didier Deschamps, ya yi magana a fili, yana cewa: "Mafi kyau ga France da England shi ne wannan wasan ba ya wanzuwa." Kocin England, Thomas Tuchel, ya nuna wannan ra'ayi bayan hasarar da suka sha hannun Argentina a Atlanta, yana cewa babu dan wasa a bangarorin biyu da yake son wannan wasan.

A ranar Juma'a, duk da haka, Tuchel ya canza yanayin maganarsa. "Idan muka ci wasa gobe, za mu samu mafi kyawun sakamako ga England a Kofin Duniya cikin shekaru 60," in ji shi. "Akwai wata hanya ta kallon al'amarin." Yiwuwar lashe tagulla — da tarihin da ke tattare da ita — ya bayyana ya sake masa sha'awa.

Damar 'yan wasa da ba su samu lokaci ba

Bayan damuwar kococi, wasan ya ba da gaske damar 'yan wasa da ba su samu mintuna da yawa a gasar. Magoya bayan da suka biya tikitin da kudade na tafiya suna cancanta wasa mai inganci. Ƙila England za ta ba James Trafford damarsa ta farko a Kofin Duniya ko ta ba Kobbie Mainoo mintunansa na farko a wannan gasar.

Ibrahima Konate, tsohon mai tsaron gida na Liverpool wanda yanzu yake tare da France, ya buga mintuna 14 kawai a wannan Kofin Duniya — bayyanar gajeriya a wasan da aka canza ƙungiyar da Norway. Ya yi magana a fili: "Babu ko ɗaya daga cikinmu da yake son buga wannan wasan na matsayi na uku. Amma ba mu da zaɓi."

Me ya sa FIFA ke kiyaye wannan wasa

FIFA na kiyaye wannan wasa saboda dalilai da yawa na aiki. Yana samar da tsari na hukuma tsakanin wanda suka sha kashi a zagayen ƙarshe, yana shafar tarihi da ƙididdiga na 'yan wasa, kuma yana haifar da banbancin kyautar kudi kusan dala miliyan 2 — kusan fam miliyan 1.5 — tsakanin matsayi na uku da na huɗu. Haka kuma yana samar da wasa ƙarin ga masu watsa labarai, abokan ciniki da jama'a.

Akwai kuma hujjar wasanni. Wasan Tagulla ya samar da wasu daga cikin mahimman kwallayen tarihin Kofin Duniya, musamman don samar da Takalmi na Zinariya. Daga cikin masu lashe Takalmi na Zinariya bakwai waɗanda suka zura kwallo a wasan matsayi na uku, huɗu — Thomas Muller na Germany a 2010, Davor Suker na Croatia a 1998, Salvatore Schillaci na Italy a 1990, da Leonidas na Brazil a 1938 — sun buƙaci waɗancan kwallaye don lashe kyautar. Grzegorz Lato na Poland, Eusebio na Portugal, da Just Fontaine na France suma sun lashe Takalmi na Zinariya suna zura kwallo a wannan wasan. Harry Kane, wanda ya lashe Takalmi na Zinariya na England a 2018 a kan Belgium, ya fara wasan amma bai ƙara wa jimlarsa ba.

Wannan wasan kuma yakan samar da ƙwallon ƙafa mai ban sha'awa. Karo na ƙarshe da wasan matsayi na uku ya fito da ƙasa da kwallaye biyu ya kasance shekaru 52 da suka wuce — wasanni 11 daga cikin 12 tun 1974 sun samar da ƙallayen sama da uku.

'Kyautar Tsoro' ko tagulla mai daraja?

Zlatko Dalic na Croatia ya gabatar da watakila mafi kyawun sake kallon wannan wasa bayan nasarar ƙungiyarsa 2-1 a kan Morocco a 2022. "Mun lashe lambar yabo ta tagulla kuma tana da ɓangare na zinariya," in ji shi. "Kamar mun lashe zinare da daddare." Wanda ya zura kwallo ta yanke, Mislav Orsic, ya bayyana wannan kwallo a matsayin mafi muhimmanci a aikinsa.

Kocin Morocco, Walid Regragui, duk da haka, ya kira shi "kyautar tsoro" — ra'ayin da Louis van Gaal ya raba kafin Netherlands ta doke Brazil 3-0 a 2014. Van Gaal ya ce: "Wannan wasan bai kamata a taɓa bugawa. Mafi munin abu shi ne akwai yiwuwar ka sha kashi sau biyu a jere — kuma a gasar da ka buga wasa yadda ya kamata, ka koma gida a matsayin wanda ya sha kashi."

Tsohon kocin England, Gareth Southgate, ya nuna rashin sha'awa iri ɗaya kafin wasan matsayi na uku a kan Belgium a 2018, ya yarda cewa babu wata ƙungiya da take so ta buga wannan wasa. England ta sha kashi a wancan rana.

Duk da zargi da yake ci gaba, babu wata tsammanin gaske cewa FIFA za ta soke wannan wasan. Yayin da gasar take faɗaɗawa — wannan shafi yana da wasanni 104 gaba ɗaya, kuma wasan Asabar zai zama na 103 — tambayar ko irin wannan tsari zai iya dawwama a gasar ƙungiyoyi 64 da wasanni 128 ta zama mafi muhimmanci.