Drew Fischer na ƙasar Kanada zai jagoranci wasan Ƙungiya I tsakanin France da Iraq a gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026, inda wannan zai zama karo na farko da zai yi aiki a matsayin alkalin wasa a Kofin Duniya, yana da shekara 45.

Fischer, wanda FIFA ta yi masa rajista tun daga shekarar 2015, ya gina sunansa musamman a cikin Major League Soccer, inda ya lashe kyautar Alkalin Wasannin Shekara a 2024 da 2025. Ya kuma kasance akai-akai a CONCACAF Champions Cup da Gold Cup, kuma ya yi aikin Video Match Official a Kofin Duniya 2022 da Qatar.

Ma'aikatan wasan

Fischer za a taimaka masa a layukan da 'yan ƙasarsa na Kanada Micheal Barwegen da Lyes Arfa. Sandro Schärer na Switzerland an nada shi a matsayin alkalin wasa na hudu a Philadelphia, tare da ɗan ƙasarsa Stephane De Almeida a matsayin ajiyar. Baƙin Amurka Joseph Dickerson zai yi aiki a ɗakin VAR, tare da tallafin jami'in Uruguay Antonio Garcia.

Abin da ke kan gado

Wasannin zai fara da karfe 4 na yamma a kan lokacin gida — karfe 10 dare bisa lokacin Burtaniya — a Philadelphia Stadium a Amurka.

France sun zo wannan wasa da ƙarfi bayan sun doke Senegal da 3-1 a wasan farko na Ƙungiya I. Kylian Mbappe shi ne gwarzon wasan a nasarar, inda ya ci kwallaye biyu kuma ya zama mai kiwon kwallo mafi yawa a tarihin ƙungiyar France. Nasara a wannan daren za ta tabbatar wa Les Bleus shiga zagayen knock-out kafin wasansu na ƙarshe na ƙungiya da Norway.

Iraq kuwa, suna buƙatar farfadowa bayan sun sha shan 4-1 a hannun Norway, wasan da Erling Haaland ya ci kwallaye biyu. Mamayar France kawai za ta iya rayar da begen ci gaban Iraq.

Abin da kuma ke ƙara damuwa shi ne yanayin mummunan yanayi — an annabci hadari a yankin Philadelphia wanda zai iya tilastawa alkalai amfani da dokokin yanayi mara kyau na FIFA, lamarin da zai iya jinkirtawa wasannin.