Zagayen farko na FIFA World Cup 2026 ya kammala, inda kasashen 48 duka sun taka akalla wasa daya a kasashe uku masu masaukin baƙi. A cikin kwanaki bakwai masu cike da ayyuka, magoya bayan wasanni sun ga kwallaye 75, jerin daruruwan mamaki, hazardar wasan mutum ɗaya, da rikice-rikice na yawa.
Ƙananan ƙungiyoyi sun ƙi shan kaye
Kafin a buga kwallon farko, masu sukar gasar sun gargaɗi cewa tsarin da ya faɗaɗa zuwa wasa 104 zai haifar da jerin gwano na wasanni mara ƙarfi. Makon guda bayan haka, waɗannan tsorace-tsoraci sun ragu sosai.
Brazil, Uruguay, da Switzerland duka sun kasa cin wasanni da ƙungiyoyi da ke ƙasa da su a matsayin FIFA, yayin da Spain — zakaran Turai na yanzu — suka kasa yin nasara da masu fafatawa na farko Cape Verde a ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan sakamakon da suka yi mamaki a tarihin Kofin Duniya. Gaskiyar cewa ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan ƙasashe da suka taɓa cancanta ta iya yin takara da Spain ta taimaka wajen rushe tatsuniyar cewa faɗaɗawa kawai zai kawo rashin daidaito.
Sauran ƙungiyoyi da ake ɗauka ƙanana ma sun nuna ƙarfinsu: Curacao, masu fafatawa na farko, sun zura kwallo zuwa ragar Germany; Jordan sun danna Austria na dogon lokaci; kuma DR Congo sun kange Portugal. Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyar Kwallon Ƙafa ta Asiya sun nuna gwaninta musamman, tare da Australia da South Korea sun yi nasara da Japan suka dakatar da Netherlands ba tare da wanda ya ci gaba ba.
Da yake ƙungiyoyi 32 daga cikin 48 za su ci gaba zuwa zagaye na gaba, manyan ƙungiyoyi suna iya jimre da ranar mara sa'a — amma sakamakon farko yana nuna cewa wannan gasar ba za ta zama tafiya mai sauƙi ga manyan ƙasashe ba.
Amurka sun shirya jan hankali ko'ina a ƙasar
Ƙasar mai masaukin baƙi da ke yin aiki mai kyau na iya canza yanayin Kofin Duniya gaba ɗaya, kuma United States sun aika da saƙo mai ƙarfi a wasansu na farko. Nasara da ci 4-1 a kan Paraguay ta ɓatar da masu shakka kuma ta haifar da sha'awa mai gaske a ko'ina a ƙasar.
Folarin Balogun da Christian Pulisic sun yi fice a matsayin jarumai na ƙasa masu iya fitowa, kuma da kakar NBA ta ƙare, yanayi ya shiryu don kwallon ƙafa ta ɗauki lokacin wasanni na Amurkawa. Wasanni irin wannan zai zama dole idan United States suna son kiyaye kuzarinsu.
Hutu na sha ruwa yana haifar da busar fushe
Tilas na mintuna uku na hutun sha ruwa — da aka gabatar don kare 'yan wasa daga zafin rana — ya zama ɗayan abubuwan da suka haifar da rigima mafi yawa a gasar. Magoya bayan da ke filayen wasa sun yi raini, kuma fushin ya bazu zuwa ga masu horar da 'yan wasa da 'yan wasan kanta.
Kocin United States Mauricio Pochettino ya kira hutun a matsayin "marasa buƙata" idan yanayin yana jure da shi. Babbar matsalar ita ce an daina amfani da waɗannan hutun don dalili da suka ƙirƙire su da farko — ba 'yan wasa damar sha ruwa a yanayi mai ƙalubale — maimakon haka, masu horar da 'yan wasa suna amfani da su don isar da umarni na dabara, wanda galibi yana canza kwararar wasanni.
Hakan ya tabbata a lokacin da Brazil ta yi daidai 1-1 da Morocco, lokacin da Carlo Ancelotti ya yi amfani da hutu don sake tsara ƙungiyarsa yayin da take kasa. Mintuna 20 kadan bayan haka, Vinicius Jr ya daidaita sakamakon. Virgil van Dijk ma ya bayyana rashin jin daɗinsa game da tasirin waɗannan hutun ga masu kallon talabijin a gida. Duk da sukar, hutun da alama suna nan don dade.
Filayen wasa cike duk da farashin tikiti mai tsada
Manufofin tikiti na FIFA da ƙirar farashin yanki-yanki sun haifar da damuwa mai yawa kafin gasar. Dubun-dubatar kujeru mara kowa da aka gani a lokacin wasan South Korea da Czech Republic sun ƙara dagula waɗannan damuwa.
FIFA ta tabbatar da cewa kujeru mara kowa a Estadio Akron sun samo asali ne saboda magoya bayan da suka rage a hanyoyin shiga. Bisa ga adadin da hukumar ta sanar, filayen wasa sun cika fiye da kashi 99 cikin ɗari. Ko waɗannan adadin daidai ne gaba ɗaya ko a'a, babu shakka cewa gasar ba ta nuna layukan kujeru mara kowa kamar yadda wasu bugu na baya suka nuna ba.
Taurari sun nuna ƙarfinsu
Duba da sauri a tebur na mafi yawan 'yan wasan da suka zura kwallaye ya tabbatar da cewa manyan 'yan wasannin duniya na da matuƙar gaskiya: Lionel Messi (kwallaye 3), Erling Haaland (2), Kylian Mbappe (2), da Harry Kane (2). Kai Havertz na Germany ma yana kan kwallaye 2, tare da wasu 'yan wasa da ba su shahara kamar haka ba waɗanda kuma suka haska — Folarin Balogun, Eliah Just na New Zealand, da Yasin Ayari na Sweden. Kar a yi mamaki idan manyan sunaye sun sake jan hankali idan sha'anin ya yi tsanani.
