Dare ɗaya kafin karshen wasan FIFA World Cup 2026™, Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya yi magana da shugabannin Ƙungiyoyin Mambobi a New York, yana mai sanar da cewa wasan Lahadi tsakanin Spain da Argentina zai rufe alfarmar gasar da ya bayyana a matsayin mafi ban mamaki a tarihin ɗan adam.

"Duniya baki ɗaya za ta duba," in ji Infantino ga baƙi a wata taron cin karin kumallo a New York City ranar Asabar. "Ba kawai don suna son sanin wanda zai lashe Kofin Duniya ba — har ma don wannan FIFA World Cup a Canada, Mexico da Amurka ta kasance mafi ban mamaki a tarihin ɗan adam. Ba mafi girman Kofin Duniya kawai ba — ita ce mafi girman taron wasanni, na zamantakewa da na al'adu a tarihin ɗan adam."

An karya tarihin rikodin duka

Bugu na farko na FIFA World Cup™ mai ƙungiyoyi 48 ya karya rikodin a kowane matakai. Sama da masu sha'awa 6.6 miliyan sun halarta wasannin a filayen wasa 16 har zuwa matakan semi-final — fiye da ninki biyu na rikodin 3.6 miliyan da aka samu a FIFA World Cup USA 1994™, kuma mafi girma fiye da jimlar halarta ga gasar 2018 da 2022 tare. An cika filayen wasan da kashi 99.7 cikin ɗari na iyawarsu — wanda shi ma rikodin tarihi ne.

A wajen filayen wasa, mutane sama da 8.5 miliyan sun ziyarci FIFA Fan Festivals na hukuma a ƙasashen masu masaukin guda uku. Hanyoyin yanar gizo da kafofin sada zumunta na FIFA sun karɓi bugun 34 miliyan da kuma mu'amala miliyan 2 har zuwa ƙarshen matakin kwata na ƙarshe. Zuwa ƙarshen zagaye na 16 kawai, ana ƙiyasin cewa mutane biliyan 5.2 — kusan kashi biyu bisa uku na yawan jama'ar duniya — sun shiga hulɗa da gasar aƙalla sau ɗaya.

Faɗaɗawa ta tabbatar da darajarta a filin wasa

Infantino ya yi magana da ƙarfi cewa faɗaɗawa zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48 ya ƙarfafa gasar, ba ya raunana ta ba. Matsakaicin kwallaye a kowace wasa ya tashi zuwa 2.91 daga 2.69 a bugu na baya, kuma wasanni 14 tsakanin zagaye na 32 da semi-final sun ƙunshi kwallo da ta canza sakamakon bayan minti na 85.

Duk ƙungiyoyin huɗu da suka fara shiga FIFA World Cup — Cabo Verde, Curaçao, Jordan, da Uzbekistan — sun zura aƙalla kwallo ɗaya. Ƙungiyoyi 42 daga cikin 48 sun samu aƙalla maki ɗaya, waɗanda suke wakiltar ƙungiyoyin nahiyoyi shida. Ƙasashe bakwai sun kai matakin knockout stage a karon farko: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cabo Verde, Canada, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt da South Africa.

"Ga amsa ga waɗanda suke cewa ƙungiyoyi 48 za su raunana ingancin Kofin Duniya," in ji Infantino. "Akasin haka, ya sa ta fi ƙarfi sosai. Manufarmu ba ta kasance ƙara zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48 kawai don samun ƙarin wasanni ba — manufar ita ce canza wasan. Sanya ƙwallon ƙafa ta zama ta duniya gaskiya."

Kashe sukar masu suka

Infantino ya yarda cewa gasar ta fuskanci shakku mai yawa kafin farawa — game da bizar, shirye-shiryen filayen wasa, da matakin ƙungiyoyin da suka sami gurbi a karon farko. Ya ce an tabbatar da cewa duk damuwar bata da gaskiya. "Mun yi wa duk masu suka shiru," in ji shi. "Ikon wasa da sihirinsa sun karɓe mulki. Soccer ta ci Amurka kuma Amurka yanzu ta zama ƙasar soccer."

Gasar ta buƙaci ƙoƙarin ma'aikata kimanin 5,000, kusan masu aikin sa kai 50,000, da mutane 300,000 masu izinin shiga suna aiki a biranen masaukin guda 16 da wurare 646 na hukuma. Infantino ya bayyana godiyarsa ga Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump, Firayim Minista na Canada Mark Carney, da Shugabar Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum saboda "goyon bayan da ba a taɓa ganin irinta ba," da kuma Sakatare Janar na FIFA Mattias Grafström da tawagar sa.

Da Spain da Argentina suna shirye su sadu a New York New Jersey Stadium ranar Lahadi, Infantino ya bayyana a sarari cewa ko wanene ya ɗaga gasar — ko Argentina ta samu taurarenta na huɗu ko Spain ta biyu — gadon wannan gasar ya riga ya tabbata a tarihi.