FIFA World Cup 2026 tana farawa da muhimmanci a Rukuni D da daren yau, yayin da mai masaukin taron United States suke fuskantar Paraguay a SoFi Stadium da ke Los Angeles — kuma alkalin wasa dan kasar Holland Danny Makkelie ne zai jagoranci wannan wasan.

Makkelie yana da tawagar alkalai wadanda suka hada da dan uwansa dan Holland Hessel Steegstra da Jan De Vries a matsayin mataimakan alkalai, sannan Yusuke Araki na Japan zai zama alkalin hudu.

Kwarewar Makkelie a Gasar Duniya

Makkelie ba baƙo ne a mafi girman mataki na ƙwallon ƙafa ba. A FIFA World Cup 2022 a Qatar — wanda Argentina ta ci nasara a kan France a wasan karshe mai ban sha'awa — ya jagoranci wasanni biyu na marhala na rukuni.

Daya daga cikinsu shi ne Argentina da Poland, wanda zakaran nan gaba suka ci 2-0. Makkelie ya ba Argentina bugun fenareti a minti na 39. Lionel Messi ya zo ya yi bugun amma ya rasa — daya daga cikin kura-kurai kadan a gasar da ta kasance ta musamman ga dan wasan, wanda ya ci bugun fenareti guda hudu a duka gasar kafin ya daga kofin.

Messi da Kylian Mbappe sun raba kofin mafi yawan sa hannun a kwallaye, kowanne yana da 10 a Qatar. Wasan rukuni na biyu da Makkelie ya jagoranta shi ne Spain da Germany, wanda ya ƙare 1-1 da kwallaye daga Alvaro Morata da Niclas Fullkrug.

A cikin wasannin rukuni biyu da ya yi a World Cup 2022, Makkelie ya ba da katin rawaya shida. Har ila yau yana da kwarewa ta baya tare da USMNT, bayan ya jagoranci wasan sada zumunci na 2015 tsakanin United States da Germany, wanda Amurkawa suka ci 2-1.

Shirye-shirye kafin karo na daren yau

United States suna shiga wannan wasan farko bayan da suka doke Paraguay 2-1 a wasan sada zumunci na Nuwamba 2025, ko da yake sakamakon wasannin biyar na baya-bayan nan ya kawo nasarori biyu kawai. Paraguay kuwa, sun kasance a cikin yanayi mafi kyau kaɗan, tare da nasarori uku daga wasannin biyar na ƙarshe kafin wannan buɗe wasanni na Rukuni D.