Dakatawa na sama wanda ya fi awa biyu ya wasa tsakanin France da Iraq a Philadelphia ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki dare a tarihin gasar — kuma ta buƙaci ƙarfin hali na tunani mafi girma daga ƙungiyoyin biyu.

Wasan ya fara da karfe 17:00 na gari, tare da France ta jagoranta 1-0 lokacin da alkalin Canada Drew Fischer ya busa sarewa na hutu na rabin farko da karfe 17:49. Sa'an nan rufin sama ya buɗe a kan Philadelphia Stadium, yana kawo ruwan sama mai ƙarfi da barazanar walƙiya wanda ya tilasta dakatawa. Sa'ad da aka ƙarshe ga amintaccen ci gaba, agogo ya nuna 20:00 — jirar da ta ɗauki fiye da awa biyu ga 'yan wasa, ma'aikatan, da dukkan 68,344 masu goyon baya a ciki.

Abin da 'yan wasa suka yi don kiyaye maida hankali

Kyaftin na France Kylian Mbappe ya kwatanta ƙwarewar a matsayin gwajin tunani wanda ba shi da irin sa. Ya ce: "Mun yi lokaci mai tsawo muna jira. Yana gajiyar tunani da rai saboda dole ne mu kasance da cikakken maida hankali a ɗakin sutura. Zama a ɗakin sutura na awa ɗaya da rabi — kusa da awa biyu — yayin kiyaye maida hankali yana da matuƙar wahala. Yana buƙatar yawa."

Mai tsaron gida na France Jules Kounde ya bayyana cewa rukunin ya koma motsa jiki don kiyaye shirye-shiryen jiki. Ya ce: "Mun yi ɗan hawan keke don kasancewa masu aiki. Sa'an nan muka tsaya muka yi magana yayin jiran fita don ɗumi-ɗumi. Dukkanmu muna son ci gaba da kammala wasan."

Daraktan France Didier Deschamps, mai nutsuwa ta yanayi, ya kiyaye yanayin abin dariya. Ya ce da wasa: "Mun yi kati," kafin ya ƙara da mahimmanci: "Tambaya ce ta aminci. Ba za ka iya yaƙar ruwan sama da walƙiya ba. Ya kasance muhimmin ba ɗaukar haɗari."

Daraktan Iraq Graham Arnold, a nasu ɓangaren, ya yi amfani da lokacin don duba hotunan rabin farko tare da 'yan wasansa. Ya ce: "Lamarin ya fi danganta da 'yan wasa zaune, yin hutu, da shirye-shirye don sake fita. Ƙwarewa ce ta musamman ga mu duka."

Ƙa'idodin da ke bayan dakatawa

FIFA ba shi da ikon ƙetare jagororin aminci na gida a lokacin yanayi mara kyau. A Amurka, shawarwarin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ne ake amfani da su — ma'anar cewa duk walƙiyar da aka gano a cikin mil takwas daga filin wasa kan haifar da dakatawa nan take. Wannan shi ne wasa na 42 na gasar kuma na farko da aka tsayar saboda yanayi.

An jagoranci magoya baya neman mafaka a wucecucen filin wasa a tsawon dakatawa, tare da sanarwa na yau da kullum don sanar da su. Sa'ad da an yi sanarwar cewa haɗari ya wuce, ihu na magoya baya ya kasance ɗayan mafi ƙarfi da daddare. 'Yan wasa sun dawo don ɗumi-ɗumi bayan kusan awa ɗaya da mintuna arba'in bayan hutu ya fara, kuma ma'aikatan filin wasa sun tilasta amfani da squeegees don cire ruwa mai tsayawa kafin a iya sake fara wasan.

France ta yi nasara bayan jirar

Lokacin da wasa ya ci gaba, France ba ta ɓatar da lokaci. Iraq ta ba Mbappe burin na biyu ta kuskure na bugun ƙafa — kuskuren da Arnold ya danganta shi a wani ɓangare da tashin hankali na dakatawa. Ya ce: "Tsayawar na awa biyu a bayyane ya sa ya zama mafi wahala sosai ga 'yan wasa. Na gaya musu kafin mun sake fita cewa al'amarin shi ne wanda zai kunna zuciyal a hankali fiye da ɗayan. Abin da ya ba da takaici shine kuskuren ya cutar da mu."

France ta yi nasara 3-0, tare da Mbappe ya zira kwallo biyu a bayyanarsa ta ƙasa da ƙasa ta 100, yana ɗaukar Les Bleus zuwa zagaye na 32. Pat Nevin tsohon ɓarkon Scotland wanda yake rufe wasan don BBC Radio 5 Live, ya lura cewa tsayin hutu ya bayyana ya amfani France maimakon ya cutar da su. Ya ce: "Abin mamaki, hutu ya bayyana ya dace da tawagar France domin sun dawo kuma sun sami sauƙin kammala wasan."

Ga Arnold, ya kasance dare wanda ba zai manta da shi ba. Ya yarda: "Ita ce karo na farko da na fuskanci wannan a matsayin koci ko ɗan wasa."