FIFA na neman bayanai daga jami'in video assistant referee na Australia, Shaun Evans, bayan wata alama ta hannu da ya nuna kafin nasarar Germany da maki 7-1 a kan Curacao a Kofin Duniya na FIFA a ranar Lahadi ta haifar da hayaniya nan take a kafofin sada zumunta.

A matsayin wani ɓangare na watsa labarai na duniya na yau da kullun, FIFA ta kasance tana nuna jami'an wasan a takaice kafin fara wasa — tana nuna alkalin wasa da ƙungiyarsa suna tafiya zuwa layin gefe, sannan ta canza zuwa cibiyar VAR da ke Dallas, inda sunayensu ke bayyana a allo.

Da kyamarar ta karkata zuwa ɗakin VAR a ranar Lahadi, an ga Evans yana yin alama ta 'OK' a jujjuye da yatsun hannunsa na dama — wata alama da ke ɗauke da ma'anoni biyu mabanbanta sosai.

Alama mai ma'anoni biyu

Fassara ta farko ba ta da cutarwa kwata-kwata: wasan "circle game" ne — wata wasan banza da ta shahara a cikin shirin talabijin na Amurka Malcolm in the Middle kuma daga baya ta zama meme a kan intanet. A cikin wannan sigar, alama tana yi a ƙasa da kutura, kuma idan wani ya duba hannun, sai ya karɓi naushi a kafaɗarsa.

Ma'anar ta biyu ta fi muni sosai. Daga shekara ta 2017, ƙungiyoyin dama mai tsauri sun karɓi alama ta OK da aka jujjuya a matsayin alamar fifikon farar fata. Anti-Defamation League (ADL) ta ƙara ta a cikin jerin alamomin ƙiyayya a shekara ta 2019, tana bayyana ta a matsayin "sanannen dabara ta ɓata zuciya" da mutanen da suke son dama ke amfani da ita, waɗanda ke ɗora hotunansu suna yin alama a kafofin sada zumunta.

Ƙungiyar hana nuna bambanci ta Fare — wadda ke haɗin gwiwa da FIFA da UEFA don yaki da wariyar launin fata a ƙwallon ƙafa — ta fitar da sanarwa tana cewa tana neman ƙarin bayani.

"Shawarar ƙwararrunmu ita ce alama da aka yi ta yi kama sosai da alama ta 'OK' da aka jujjuya, wadda ake amfani da ita a matsayin alama ta 'ikon farar fata' a cikin ƙungiyoyin dama mai tsauri a duk duniya,"

FIFA ba ta ba da amsa ta hukuma tukuna ba

BBC Sport ta tuntuɓi FIFA sau da yawa don neman sharhi amma ba ta karɓi wani amsa na hukuma ba. Duk da haka, majiyoyi sun sanar da masu watsa shirye-shirye cewa FIFA tana neman bayani kai tsaye daga Evans.

Evans, mai shekaru 38, yana cikin jerin alkalai na FIFA tun daga shekara ta 2017 kuma an nada shi jami'in VAR a Kofin Duniya na 2022 a Qatar. A Ostiraliya, ya kasance yana gudanar da wasanni a A League tun 2012 kuma ya jagoranci Babban Karshen a shekara ta 2019.

Canji a tsarin kyamara bayan lamarin

An samu canjin da ake iya gani a tsarin watsa labarai na FIFA kafin wasanni bayan lamarin. A wasanni uku da aka buga bayan wasan Germany–Curacao, an nuna jami'an VAR suna fuskantar allocinsu maimakon yin suna ga kyamara — ko da yake sunayensu sun ci gaba da bayyana a allo. FIFA ba ta bayar da wani bayani game da canjin ba.