Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIFA 2026 ba ta gama marhala ta rukuni ba tukuna, duk da haka adadin kwallaye sun riga sun zama kamar mafarkin kowane mai kula da ƙungiya ta fantasy. Lionel Messi yana jagorantar tseren Takalmin Zinariya da kwallaye biyar daga wasanni biyu, yayin da Kylian Mbappe da Erling Haaland ke biyo bayansa da hudu hudu. Vinicius Junior shi ne ɗan wasan da ya ci kwallaye hudu ko fiye a wasanni uku na rukuni.

Ba labarin faɗaɗa gasar kadai ba

Bayani mai sauƙi shi ne zargin — ko gode — tsarin da ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi 48, wanda a ka'ida yana cika marhala ta rukuni da abokan hamayya masu ƙarancin inganci don manyan masu kai hari su yi amfani da su. Amma gaskiyar lamarin ta rikitar da wannan labari. Kwallaye biyar na Messi sun zo a kan Algeria da Austria, ƙungiyoyi da za su cancanci shiga cikin gasar ƙungiyoyi 32 cikin sauƙi. Mbappe da Haaland dukkansu sun ci kwallaye biyu biyu a kan Senegal, wanda ya kai wasan karshe na Kofin Kasashen Afrika kuma ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙarfin ƙungiyoyi a nahiyar.

Bayan waɗannan uku, ƴan wasa biyar suna da kwallaye uku, kuma ƴan wasa 18 na ban mamaki sun riga sun ci sau biyu. Yawan masu zura kwallaye masu sauri ya sanya gardamar rashin hamayya ta zama mai wuya a kiyaye.

Nazarin tsara: Salah da Henry

Don fahimtar abin da ke faruwa da gaske, yi la'akari da Mohamed Salah da Thierry Henry — ƴan wasa biyu da ake ɗaukar su a matsayin daga cikin mafi kyau da Premier League ta taɓa samar da su, sun raba su lokaci amma sun haɗa su da hazaka.

Henry ya shiga wasanni 17 na Kofin Duniya a cikin gasar huɗu, inda ya ci kwallaye uku kuma ya taimaka da ɗaya tare da France, waɗanda suka lashe gasar a 2006. Salah, a daya bangaren, ya buga wasanni huɗu kaɗai na Kofin Duniya a 2018 da 2026 tare. Ya riga ya kai kwallaye shida na gasar da taimako biyu — ninki biyu na jimlar kwallaye na Henry a ƙaramin ɓangare na bayyanarsa.

Uku daga cikin gudummawar Salah sun zo a wannan gasar kaɗai, yana wakiltar Egypt, ƙungiyar da ba ta taɓa cin wasan Kofin Duniya kafin nasararta kan New Zealand ba. Kuma wannan daga ɗan wasan da ya buga gasar 2018 yana da ciwo a kafada mai warkarwa, sannan ya rasa gasar 2022 gaba ɗaya a lokacin da ya kamata ya kasance shekarunsa na bure.

Lambobin sun fi ban mamaki

Robert Lewandowski, mai yiwuwa mafi kyawun ɗan wasan kai tsaye na tsararsa a matakin kulob, ya ci kwallaye biyu kuma ya taimaka ɗaya a wasanni bakwai na Kofin Duniya a 2018 da 2022. Cody Gakpo, wanda da yawa ke ɗaukarsa a matsayin ƙasa da Lewandowski a jerin duniya, ya riga ya tara kwallaye biyar da taimako ɗaya a wasanni bakwai na Kofin Duniya — uku daga cikinsu sun zo a wannan gasar 2022 ɗin.

Kwatancen ya miƙa zuwa ga ƴan wasan gefen ma. Arjen Robben ya ba da gudummawar kai tsaye a kwallaye tara a bayyanarsa 15 a cikin Kofin Duniya uku. Vinicius Junior ya riga ya kai takwas a takwas, rarrabe a cikin gasanni biyu kaɗai.

Mafi girman tsara mai kai hari da aka taɓa gani?

Ba wannan bane yin ƙaramar daraja ga manyan tsararrun da suka gabata. Eusébio ya ci kwallaye tara ga Portugal a Kofin Duniya na 1966. Just Fontaine ya ci kwallaye 13 ga France a 1958 — bayanan da suka tsaya tsawon shekaru da yawa saboda sun kasance masu ban mamaki. Amma waɗancan lambobin sun zo a lokacin da tsananin tsaro da tsari ba su zama al'ada a matakin koli ba tukuna.

Abin da ya bambanta a yau shi ne wannan tsaran ƴan wasa masu kai hari yana samar da fitarwa ta koli a kan abokan hamayya masu tsari da horarwa da kyau, gasar bayan gasar. Idan saurin yanzu ya ci gaba har zuwa zagayen cirewa, fiye da ƴan wasa 10 na iya kammala marhala ta rukuni da kwallaye uku ko fiye — adadi da zai kasance marar tsammani ko a shekaru goma da suka gabata.

Ko zagayen knockout masu ingancin abokan hamayya mai girma za su raunana su har yanzu za a gani. Amma idan makonni na farko na FIFA World Cup 2026 sun koyar da wani abu ɗaya, shi ne cewa wannan tsaran 'yan wasa masu kai hari suna aiki a matakin da ƙwallon ƙafa mai yiwuwa bai taɓa ganin ba a baya.