Rukunin C na FIFA World Cup 2026 na ƙara ɗumamawar, inda Brazil za fafata da Haiti a wasan da zai iya canza matsayin rukuni, jim kaɗan bayan Morocco ta hau saman ta hanyar cin Scots.

A rubuce, Brazil suna da dama ta zinari ta biyo Morocco kai tsaye. Haiti, a nasu ɓangaren, sun fara da wuya — sun sha kashi daga Scotland a bayyanarsu ta farko a Kofin Duniya tun 1974, ƙungiya da ba ta taɓa samu ko maki ɗaya ba a matakai na karshe.

Alkalin wasa: Ivan Barton

An zaɓi Ivan Barton daga El Salvador domin ya jagoranci wannan wasan. Yana da shekara 35, Barton yana cikin jerin alkalai na FIFA tun 2018 kuma an san shi sosai a gasar CONCACAF, bayan ya jagoranci wasanni da yawa a United States, Canada, da Mexico.

Wannan ba Kofin Duniya na farko ba ne gare shi. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin alkalai biyar na CONCACAF a fitowar Qatar shekaru huɗu da suka wuce, inda ya jagoranci wasanni uku — cin da Japan ta yi wa Germany da shahara, nasarar Brazil akan Switzerland a matakin rukuni, da kuma zagaye na 16 mafi kyau tsakanin England da Senegal.

Rikodin ladabtarwa

Barton ya nuna hankuri a Qatar, inda ya ba da katin rawaya uku kawai a wasannin sa uku baki ɗaya. Wannan ya saba wa tarihinsa na cikin gida a El Salvador, inda ya samu matsakaicin kusa da katin rawaya biyar a kowace wasa a cikin wasanni 24 na kakar wasa ta Apertura da Clausura na 2025 da 2026 — tare da katin ja 12 a wannan lokacin.

Busa ta hukunci ma abin da ya saba a wasanninsa na gida, inda Barton ya bai wa kusan kowane wasa na biyu, ciki har da wasanni da yawa na zafi na Clausura.

Cikakken ƙungiyar alkalai

Za a taimaki Barton a gefen layin ta abokansa na ƙasar El Salvador David Moran da kuma Henry Pupiro daga Nicaragua. Oshane Nation na Jamaica yana aiki a matsayin alkalin huɗu, yayin da Khamis Al-Marri na Qatar ke da alhakin VAR.