Mutumin Portugal Joao Pinheiro an nada shi alkalin wasa na wasan Kungiya B tsakanin Switzerland da Bosnia and Herzegovina a Gasar Duniya ta FIFA 2026, inda dukkan ƙungiyoyin ke neman nasarar farko a gasar.

Alkalin wasa mai gogewar duniya

Pinheiro ya zo wannan wasan da tarihi mai ƙarfi. Yana cikin jerin alkalai na FIFA tun 2019, kuma ya taba sarrafa wasanni a Primeira Liga ta Portugal, UEFA Champions League, da kuma UEFA Europa League. Ya kuma jagoranci nasarar da Paris Saint-Germain ta samu a kan Tottenham Hotspur a Super Cup na 2025, wanda ke nuna gogewa tasa a matakin ƙungiyoyi.

Wannan zai zama bayyanarsa ta farko a matsayin alkalin wasa a Gasar Duniya, ko da yake gogewa tasa ta ƙasa da ƙasa ta fara tun 2019, lokacin da ya jagoranci wasa tsakanin Brazil da Panama. Tun daga lokacin, ya zama abin da ake gani kullum a Saudi Pro League da kuma Egyptian Premier League, inda yake hulɗa da 'yan wasa masu sunaye kamar Cristiano Ronaldo da Sadio Mané.

Alkalin wasa wanda baya jin kunya wajen bayar da kati

Tarihin Pinheiro yana nuna cewa yana son cire katinsa. A cikin wasanni 440 na aikinsa, ya ba da katuna masu launi rawaya 1,980 da katuna masu launi ja 45 — matsakaicin katin rawaya biyar a kowace wasa. Dukkan Switzerland da Bosnia and Herzegovina za su buƙaci kiyaye ladabi idan suna son guje wa matsala a Sofi Stadium a Los Angeles.

Cikakken ƙungiyar alkalai

Pinheiro za a taimaka masa da ƴan ƙasa tasa na Portugal Bruno Jesus da Luciano Maia a matsayin mataimakan alkalai. Tiago Martins, wanda shi ma Baportugal ne, zai ɗauki nauyin Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Jafananci biyu Yusuke Araki da Jun Mihara suna kammala ƙungiyar a matsayin alkalin wasa na huɗu da mataimakin alkalin wasa na ajiya bi da bi.

Abin da ke hannuwa ga ƙungiyoyin biyu

Switzerland ta shiga wannan wasa bayan da Qatar ta tsayar da su a wasan farkonsu — sun ɗauki gaba ta hanyar bugun fanareti na Breel Embolo kafin daidaiton ƙarshe na Miro Muheim ya hana su duk maki uku. Bosnia and Herzegovina na fuskantar yanayi makamancin haka — su ma sun zira ƙwallon farko a ragar Canada masu masaukin baki, kafin su ci gaba da karɓar burin daidaito a minti na 78. Nasara a ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin za ta tafi nesa wajen tabbatar da cancantar zuwa zagaye na gaba.