Houston, Texas ta rufe aikin ta a FIFA World Cup 2026 a ranar Bikin 'Yancin Amurka, bayan Morocco ta doke Canada da 3-0 a wasan karshe na filin wasa, ta kuma tabbatar da matsayinta a zagayen kusa da na karshe.

Birnin da ke arewacin Texas ya tabbatar da cewa lalle duk abu yana da girma a Texas — ya bayar da kwallaye, tarihi, da abubuwa na musamman a wasanni bakwai, ciki har da wasanni biyu na fitar da kai, a Houston Stadium.

Kwararo da kwallaye tun farko

Houston da Vancouver sun raba daraja na zama filayen da suka fi samun kwallaye a matakin kungiyoyi, da kwallaye 21 a wasanni biyar — matsakaicin kwallaye 4.20 a kowane wasa — a gaban matsakaicin masu kallo 68,598 a kowace wasa.

Masu sha'awar wasanni kuma sun sami dama ta ganin kasashe daban-daban, inda kasashe 13 daga ƙungiyoyi biyar suka buga wasa a Houston Stadium, suka mai da birnin wurin bukukuwa na al'adun ƙwallon ƙafa.

Kasashen farko suna rubuta tarihi

Kasashe da yawa sun sami manyan lokutansu a filin duniya a Houston. Curaçao ta fara zura kwallo a FIFA World Cup ta hannun Livano Comenencia, wanda ya daidaita adadin kwallaye da Germany. A wannan wasan kuma, koci Dick Advocaat ya shiga tarihi a matsayin tsofon koci a tarihin gasar, yana da shekaru 78 da kwanaki 260.

Farkon tafiyar Congo DR mai ban sha'awa zuwa zagayen 32 ya fara ne daga Houston, inda Yoane Wissa ya zura kwallo ta farko ta ƙasar a cikin daidaito 1-1 da Portugal — maki na farko da ƙasar Afrika ta taɓa samu a gasar.

Cabo Verde sun rubuta nasu tarihin, suna zama ƙaramin ƙasa da ta taɓa kai zagayen fitar da kai bayan sun daidaita 0-0 da Saudi Arabia. Matsayinsu a zagayen 32, a farkon shigarsu a FIFA World Cup, ya kasance muhimmin lokaci ga ƙwallon ƙafa na Afrika.

Taurari suna ƙara wa gadonsu

Ba sababbin kasashe kaɗai suka kasance cikin labarai ba. Cristiano Ronaldo ya zama mutum na farko a tarihi da ya zura kwallo a nau'uka shida daban-daban na FIFA World Cup, yana buɗe zura a nasara 5-0 kan Uzbekistan.

Manuel Neuer, yana da shekaru 40 da kwanaki 79, ya zama tsofon ɗan Jamus da ya taɓa buga wasa a FIFA World Cup. Wannan wasan kuma — nasarar 7-1 akan Curaçao — har yanzu ita ce mafi girman nasara a gasar zuwa yanzu.

Netherlands sun cika kwallaye 100 a tarihinsu a FIFA World Cup lokacin Brian Brobbey ya zura a nasara 3-1 kan Sweden, suna zama ƙasa ta takwas kawai a tarihi da ta kai wannan alamar. Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya kasance cikin masu kallo.

Infantino kuma ya shaida Brazil suna dawowa daga baya da 1-0 a rabin farko da Japan, suka kammala da nasara 2-1 suka kuma tabbatar da matsayinsu a zagayen 16. Wannan shi ne karo na farko tun 1978 da Seleção suka lashe wasan fitar da kai bayan sun kasance a baya lokacin hutu.

Morocco ta ƙare da ƙwarewa

Wasan karshe na filin ya kawo wasan jin dadi a ƙarshe, tare da Morocco suna sarrafa wasan da Canada kafin su zura kwallaye uku a rabin na biyu su lashe 3-0. Azzedine Ounahi ya zama dan wasan Afrika na farko da ya zura kwallaye biyu a wasa guda na fitar da kai tun Henri Camara na Senegal ya yi haka da Sweden a FIFA World Cup 2002.

Ko da yake wasannin Houston sun ƙare, FIFA Fan Festival a East Downtown yana ci gaba da buɗewa ga jama'a — kyauta, ba tare da tikiti ko rajista ba — har zuwa 19 ga Yuli, tare da buɗe ƙofofin mintuna 90 kafin fara wasan farko na kowace rana.