Wani mai son ƙwallon ƙafa daga Texas ya rubuta sunansa a tarihin wasanni bayan ya zama mutum na miliyan 50 da ya shiga ƙofofin wasan FIFA World Cup tun lokacin da aka kafa gasar a shekara ta 1930.
Immi Khan, mazaunin Fort Worth wanda danginsa asalinsu Pakistan ne, ya cimma wannan alamar tarihi a lokacin nasara ta Spain kan Portugal da ci 1-0 a zagaye na 16 a Dallas Stadium. Wasan ya jawo cikakken taron masu kallo 70,649 — wanda shi ne wasan na 93 na FIFA World Cup 2026.
Tikitin girma da manyan taurari biyu
Don tunawa da wannan lokaci, fitattun 'yan wasa na FIFA Carles Puyol da Pepe sun ba Khan babban tikitin tunawa. Khan, wanda ya kasance yana halarta wasansa na tara a gasar, ya bayyana farinciki da wannan girmamawa ta ba shi.
«Ita ce kyakkyawar wasa. Muna son tallafawa FIFA, muna son tallafawa United States, Spain, Portugal, da duk kyawawan biranen Canada, United States da Mexico,» in ji Khan.
Khan ya ce yana goyon bayan Spain a Dallas Stadium, amma dan wasan da ya fi so a gasar shi ne dan wasan tsakiya na United States, Weston McKennie. Ya kuma ambaci tunawa da shi ya fi so daga gasar: wasan dare da ya gabata tsakanin Mexico da England a Azteca, wanda ya biyo daga nesa ba tare da kasancewa filin wasa ba.
«Maraba, kayan aiki, hidimar baƙi, wasannin — a filin wasa da wajen filin wasa, komai ya yi kyau. Mun yi sa'a sosai wajen maraba da duk baƙin nan a United States, Canada, da Mexico. FIFA — irin wannan ƙungiya mai ban mamaki,» ya ƙara da cewa.
Khan ya jaddada yadda gasar ta haɗa mutane daga asaloli daban-daban. «Ƙwallon ƙafa da ke haɗa duniya na nufin kawo mutane daga bango daban-daban, al'adu daban-daban, da kabilu daban-daban,» in ji shi.
Tare da wasanni 11 da suka rage, tafiyar Khan ba ta ƙare ba, kuma yana jiran da sha'awa matakin na ƙarshe da na ƙarshe a New York (New Jersey) Stadium.
