Lionel Messi da Argentina suna fara kamfen ɗinsu na FIFA World Cup 2026 a Arrowhead Stadium a Kansas City ranar Laraba, inda suke fuskantar Algeria a wasan da zai iya zama na ƙarshe na Messi a mafi girman mataki na ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya. Alkalin wasannin Group J opener zai zama fuska da ake sani sosai ga zakarun da ke riƙe da take da kuma abokan hamayyarsu.

Alkalin wasa da Argentina ta sani sosai

An nada Szymon Marciniak daga Poland don jagorancin wasan. Dan shekara 45, yana cikin jerin sunayen duniya na FIFA tun 2011, kuma wannan gasar tana wakiltar World Cup ta uku a jere a gare shi — bayan da ya fara aiki a Russia 2018 sannan a Qatar 2022.

Tarihin Marciniak da Argentina yana da zurfi. Ya kula da wasansu na daidaito a matakin rukuni da Iceland a Russia 2018, sannan ya koma Qatar 2022 don kula da nasararsu a zagaye na 16 kan Australia a Al Rayyan. Sai dai mafi girman nadin sa ya zo ne a wasan karshe na 2022, lokacin da ya jagoranci wasan tsakanin Argentina da France — wasan da ya ƙare da Messi ɗauke da kofin.

Alkalin wasa mai daraja a Turai

Bayan World Cup, Marciniak yana kasancewa koyaushe a gasar kulob ɗin matakin sama. Ya jagoranci wasan karshe na UEFA Champions League 2022-23 a Istanbul, inda Manchester City ya doke Inter Milan. A matakin rukuni na UEFA Champions League 2025-26, ya bayar da katunan rawaya 12 kuma ya ba da bugun fansa ɗaya a wasanni huɗu.

Gaba ɗaya, Marciniak ya jagoranci wasanni 78 a UEFA Champions League da Europa League, inda ya kori 'yan wasa 18 a wannan lokacin.

Cikakken ƙungiyar alkalai a Kansas City

Ƴan ƙasar Poland Tomasz Listkiewicz da Adam Kupsik za su zama mataimakan Marciniak. An nada Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh na New Zealand a matsayin alkalin huɗu, yayin da Tomasz Kwiatkowski na Poland zai jagoranci aikin VAR.

Algeria za ta yi ƙoƙari ta dakile yunƙurin Argentina na cin kofin duniya a jere, kuma mataki a Arrowhead Stadium yana shirye don wani buɗe tarihi na Group J wanda zai iya ƙayyade yadda ƙasashen biyu za su tsaya a farkon gasar.