Guadalajara ta rufe babban babi na FIFA World Cup 2026 da ƙwarewa, inda ta karɓi wasanni huɗu na matakin ƙungiyoyi a gaban mahalli da ke cike kusan gaba ɗaya, tana tabbatar da matsayinta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin biranen tarihi mafi mashahuri a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa.

Halartar tarihi da ziyarar sarauta

Guadalajara Stadium, mai ɗauke da Zapopan cikin gari, ya ɗauki matsakaicin mahalarta 45,233 a wasanni huɗu — wanda ya kai kashi 99.1 bisa ɗari na iyakar wurin. Wasan ƙarshe, wanda aka buga a ranar 26 ga Yuni, ya ga Spain ta doke Uruguay 1-0 a wani muhimmin wasa na Rukunin H da mahalarta 45,065 suka gani, ciki har da Sarki Felipe VI na Spain.

Sakamakon ya ɗaga jimillar wasannin FIFA World Cup da aka buga a Guadalajara zuwa 21, wanda shine na biyu mafi yawa a duk duniya. Mexico City ce kawai ta ɗauki wasanni fiye da haka. Mafi muhimmanci, birane biyu yanzu suna raba daraja da babu wani birni ya samu: karɓar bakuncin FIFA World Cup sau uku daban-daban.

Gasar da ta cika da lokutan tarihi

Shigar Guadalajara a FIFA World Cup 2026 ta fara kafin busa farawa. A watan Maris, birnin ya karɓi wasanni biyu na play-off tsakanin ƙungiyoyi masu wakiltar nahiyoyi daban-daban waɗanda suka aika DR Congo zuwa manyan wasanni a karon farko cikin shekaru 52 — lokacin da suka shiga ƙarshe, suna yin hakan a ƙarƙashin sunan Zaire.

A ranar 11 ga Yuni, ranar bude gasar, Korea Republic ta samu nasara bayan juyawa ta 2-1 akan Czechia a Guadalajara Stadium, bayan da Oh Hyeon-gyu ya zira ƙwallo mai yanke hukunci a minti na 80.

Makon gaba, a ranar 18 ga Yuni, Mexico ta buga wasan FIFA World Cup a Guadalajara a karon farko. Nasarar El Tri 1-0 akan Korea Republic ta tabbatar da matsayi na farko a Rukunin A, ta kuma mai da Mexico kasa ta farko da ta shiga zagaye na 32.

DR Congo ta dawo filin wasa a ranar 23 ga Yuni don fuskantar Colombia, amma sa'a bata tare da su a wannan karon ba. Burin Daniel Muñoz a tsakiyar rabin na biyu ya ba Colombia nasara ta 1-0 da matsayi a zagaye na 32.

Gasa uku, filayen wasa uku, shekarun tarihi

Tarihin Guadalajara a FIFA World Cup ya kai sama da rabin karni. Birnin ya karɓi wasanni takwas a Estadio Jalisco a gasar 1970, ciki har da nasarar Brazil akan Uruguay a semi-final. A 1986, duka Jalisco da Estadio Tres de Marzo sun karɓi wasanni, tare da nasarar West Germany akan France 2-0 a semi-final ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka rage a zukata.

Ko da yake filin wasan ya yi shiru, bukukuwan bai ƙare ba. FIFA Fan Festival na Guadalajara a Plaza de la Liberación yana ci gaba da buɗewa — kyauta — har zuwa karshen gasar a ranar 19 ga Yuli.