Canada za fafatawa da Qatar a yammacin yau a wasansu na biyu na marhalar gungiya a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya 2026, inda alkalin wasa na Chile Christian Garay aka nada don jagorantar wasan. A matsayinsu na masaukin gida na hadin gwiwa, Canada sun fi yiwuwa su lashe kuma su inganta damarsu ta wucewa marhalar gungiya.

Nadar Garay na da muhimmancin tarihi — ya zama alkalin wasa na farko daga Chile da ya yi aiki a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya tun lokacin da Enrique Osses ya yi haka a Brazil 2014, watau shekaru 12 da suka wuce.

Alkalin wasa mai kwarewa da cece-kuce

Garay ya zo wa fafatawarsa ta farko a Kofin Duniya yana da tarihi mai ƙarfi, bayan ya kula da wasanni na muhimmanci a Copa America, Copa Libertadores, da wasannin cancantar Kofin Duniya.

Duk da haka, aikinsa bai kasance ba tare da rigima ba. A shekara ta 2025, alkalin wasa na ƙasashen duniya na Argentina Javier Castrilli ya nemi a kore Garay daga wasannin Liga de Primera na Chile, bayan manajan Everton Vina del Mar ya zargi Garay da yanke hukunci mara adalci ga ƙungiyarsa.

Har ila yau, a farkon wannan shekara, an soki Garay saboda ya janye bugun fanareti bayan sake dubawa da VAR a wasan Saudi Pro League tsakanin Al Fateh da Al Hilal. Duk da wannan zargi, FIFA ta zaɓe shi don wannan gasar — kuma wasannin yau na wakiltar ƙaddamarwarsa a babban dandalin kwallon ƙafa duniya.

Jami'an wasan

Garay za a tallafa masa da kusan dukkanin ƙungiyar alkalai daga Chile. José Retamal da Miguel Rocha za su yi aiki a matsayin mataimakan alkali a gefunan filin, yayin da Juan Lara ke ɗaukar aikin alkalin bidiyo.

Kevin Ortega na Peru shine Jami'in Huɗu, yayin da ɗan ƙasarsa Michael Orue ke tsaye a matsayin mataimakin alkali na ajiya idan an buƙaci maye gurbi.

Adadin katin ja har yanzu

An nuna katunan ja 4 a cikin gasar har zuwa yanzu. Uku daga cikinsu an nuna a wasan buɗe ido tsakanin Mexico da South Africa, wanda ya mai da shi ɗaya daga cikin wasannin farko mafi tsananin tashin hankali a tarihin Kofin Duniya na kwanan nan. Daga nan, mai tsaron baya na Bosnia and Herzegovina Tarik Muharemović ya sami na huɗu, an kore shi a wasan ƙungiyarsa da Switzerland.