Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya bayyana cewa FIFA World Cup 2026™ shi ne taron da ya samu nasara mafi girma a tarihin dan Adam, yana mai nuni da yawan masu kallo da suka karya tarihi, filayen wasa cike-cike, da kwallon kafa mai zafi sosai a matsayin hujja ta gasar da ta wuce duk wani tsammani.

Yana mai magana da kafofin watsa labarai a New York, Infantino ya kira yanayin a matsayin "mai ban mamaki," yana mai ƙara da cewa: "Mafi girma fiye da komai da duniya ta taɓa gani — ba wai wasan kwallo ko kwallon kafa kaɗai ba — amma kowane irin taro. Shi ne taron da ya fi nasara a tarihi."

An karya tarihin yawan masu kallo

Bayan wasan 44 daga cikin wasannin 104 na gasar, jimlar masu kallo ta kai 2,851,010 — matsakaicin 64,796 a kowace wasa da kuma adadin cikawa na kashi 99.6 na kowane ɗari. Rikodin da aka taɓa samu na FIFA World Cup na 3,404,252, wanda aka kafa a FIFA World Cup USA 1994™, yana kusa da a karya shi.

Ranar wasa ɗaya kwanan nan ta kawo masu kallo 288,007 a wasanni huɗu, tana mai kafa sabon tarihi ga gasar. Wannan shi ne karo na biyu a cikin ƙasa da mako ɗaya da aka karya wannan rikodin, ya wuce alaman da ya gabata na 277,070 wanda ya tsaya kusan shekaru 32 tun 28 ga Yuni 1994.

"Ina da matukar godiya ga duk masu sha'awar da suke zuwa filayen wasa da kuma FIFA Fan Festivals," in ji Infantino. "Akwai iyalai da yawa, yara da yawa, mata da yawa a filayen wasa, kuma wannan yana da kyau sosai."

Sabon jaruman gasar sun fito

Infantino ya yarda cewa taurarin gasar da aka sani sun ba da komai, suna zura ƙwallaye da faranta wa taron rai, amma ya kuma jaddada fitowar jaruman da ba a tsammace su ba — ciki har da masu tsaron gida Vozinha na Cabo Verde da Eloy Bloom na Curaçao. Ya bayyana cewa waɗannan ayyukan suna tabbatar da hujjar faɗaɗa FIFA World Cup zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48.

Me ya sa akwai hutu na sha ruwa a kowace wasa

A karo na farko a tarihin FIFA World Cup, an gabatar da hutu na sha ruwa a duk wasannin, suna faruwa a minti na 22 da na 67, kowanensu yana ɗaukar mintoci uku. Ana ƙara wannan lokaci zuwa lokacin ƙari a ƙarshen kowane rabin wasa.

Infantino ya bayyana a fili cewa babban dalilin shi ne lafiyar 'yan wasa a lokacin zafi, amma ya jaddada wani dalili na biyu mai muhimmanci daidai: daidaito a gasar. "Abin da ya fi muhimmanci a gare mu shi ne tabbatar da cewa duk ƙungiyoyi, a kowace wasa, suna buga ƙwallon kafa a ƙarƙashin yanayi ɗaya," in ji shi. "Muna son tabbatar da daidaito ga kowa, kuma shi ya sa ake aiwatar da waɗannan hutun a kowace wasa."

Ya kuma amsa hasashen cewa FIFA tana da niyyar kasuwanci, yana mai ƙi shi gaba ɗaya. "Babu ƙarin kuɗin shiga ga FIFA, tunda an sanya hannu kan duk yarjejeniyoyin kasuwanci da riga. A gare mu, wannan lamari ne na wasanni kaɗai," in ji shi.

Infantino ya ba da shawarar cewa waɗannan hutun wataƙila suna taimakawa wajen kula da gurin wasannin a matakin sama. "Har zuwa daƙiƙa na ƙarshe na wasa, 'yan wasa suna kai hari," ya lura. "Kuma wataƙila — wataƙila a'a — amma wataƙila kuma godiya ta wannan ɗan hutu ƙaramin da 'yan wasa ke da shi, bayan sun koma filin wasa su nuna abin da suke iya."