FIFA World Cup™ ta kai wani muhimmin mataki a tarihi. Wasan 36 na bugu na 2026, wanda aka buga a Monterrey, shine wasan 1,000 a tarihin gasar — tarihin da ya ƙunshi bugu 23 da kuma kusan ƙarni ɗaya a kan mafi girman fage na kwallon ƙafa a duniya. Don yin bikin wannan lokaci, FIFA Legends sun raba ƙwaƙwalwar da ta samar da ƙaunarsu ga wasan.
Desailly: takarda, Maradona, da hotunan rayuwa
Marcel Desailly ya shagaltu yana kallon Argentina 1978 yana yaro — gutsattsarren takarda suna tashi sama, Mario Kempes, da kuma yanayin wasan da bai taba gani irinsa ba. «Shi ne karon farko da na ga Gasar Kofin Duniya,» in ji shi. Sa'an nan 1986 ta zo — Mexico, Diego Armando Maradona ana ɗaukarsa a kafaɗu yana sumbatar kofin a Estadio Azteca. Desailly yana da shekaru 18 a lokacin, kuma wannan hoto bai taba barin tunaninsa ba.
Bebeto: tunaninsa na 1970 da bikin 1994
Ga Bebeto, mafi shahararren tunawa a matsayin magoya baya yana komawa Gasar Kofin Duniya ta 1970, wanda Brazil ta gabatar da ƙungiya mai ƙarfi tare da Pelé, Carlos Alberto Torres, Roberto Rivellino, Gérson, Jairzinho, da Clodoaldo. Wannan hoto ya kunna mafarkinsa na sa rigar Brazil wata rana ya zama zakaran duniya.
A matsayinsa na ɗan wasa, mafi daraja lokacin shine burinsa da ya zura wa Netherlands a 1994, yana bikin da yin ta na riƙe jariri don girmama ɗansa Mattheus da aka haifa kwanan nan. Romário da Mazinho sun shiga bikin ba tare da shirya ba, kuma wannan hoto ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa a tarihin kwallon ƙafa.
Materazzi: Rossi a 1982, sa'an nan taken a 2006
Marco Materazzi yana tunawa da burin farko na Paolo Rossi wa West Germany a wasan karshe na 1982 a matsayin mafi kyawun tunawa a matsayin magoya baya. Amma a matsayinsa na ɗan wasa, fuskar yaranasa sa'ad da ya ɗaga kofin ranar 9 ga Yuli 2006 ita ce ta fi zama a zuciyarsa — tunanin da, in ji shi, har yanzu yana ji shi shekaru ashirin bayan haka.
Stoichkov: Bulgaria na 1994, ƙungiya ta tarihi madawwami
Hristo Stoichkov yana tunawa da tafiyar Bulgaria a Gasar Kofin Duniya ta 1994 da farin ciki — nasarori kan ƙungiyoyi masu ƙarfi, da kuma hawan matakan podium a Los Angeles don karɓar lambobi. Yana tunawa da Borislav Mihaylov da Trifon Ivanov, ginshiƙan wannan ƙungiya waɗanda suka rasu, kuma yana yaba da horon kociyar su Dimitar Penev. «Mutane har yanzu suna magana akan ƙungiyar Bulgaria ta 1994,» in ji shi.
Cafu: kyaftin din Brazil a 2002
Cafu yana bayyana Italy '90 a matsayin gasar farko da ya kalla a matsayin magoya baya wanda ya fahimci wasan sosai. Amma kololuwar dukkan tarihinsa ita ce 2002: ɗagawa kofin a matsayin kyaftin din Brazil a cin nasarar ƙasar bisa na biyar a Gasar Kofin Duniya — gogewa da ya bayyana a matsayin mara marmarin mantawa.
Haggui: Afirka a zuciyar tarihi
Karim Haggui yana tunawa da lokuta biyu masu mahimmanci. Da farko, nasarar tarihi ta Cameroon kan Argentina a wasan buɗewa na Gasar Kofin Duniya ta 1990, ta hanyar burin François Omam-Biyik. Na biyu, burin na biyu na Zinedine Zidane a wasan karshe na 1998 kan Brazil — lokaci mai sihiri wanda, a ra'ayinsa, yana bayyana abin da ya sa wannan gasar ta zama ta musamman.
