An tabbatar da cewa Maurizio Mariani, alkalin wasa ɗan Italiya, zai tsara wasan zagaye na 32 tsakanin Brazil da Japan a FIFA World Cup 2026, wanda aka shirya a NRG Stadium a Houston ranar Litinin.

Wannan shi ne aikinsa na uku a wannan gasar. Da farko, Mariani ya tsara wasan da ya ƙare 1-1 tsakanin Uruguay da Saudi Arabia a Rukuni H, da kuma nasarar Colombia 1-0 akan DR Congo.

Rikodin Mariani har zuwa yanzu

Dan shekara 44 bai nuna katin ja karo ɗaya ba a wannan Kofin Duniya. A wasannin biyu da ya tsara, ya ba da katin rawaya huɗu kacal — hanya mai kwanciyar hankali sosai.

A kwanan nan, Mariani ya tsara gasar karshe ta UEFA Conference League tsakanin Crystal Palace da Rayo Vallecano watan da ya gabata, wanda ke nuna ƙwarensa a matakin koli na wasan ƙwallon ƙafa.

Ƙungiyar alkalan wasa gaba ɗaya

Daniele Bindoni da Alberto Tegoni, 'yan ƙasarsa ta Italiya, za su taimaki Mariani a matsayin mataimakan alƙali. Sando Schaerer na Switzerland zai zama alƙali na huɗu, yayin da Stephane De Almeida zai yi aikin alƙali mai ajiya. Ba a tabbatar da bayanai game da ƙungiyar VAR ba a lokacin rubuta wannan rahoton.

Yadda ƙungiyoyin biyu suka zo nan

Brazil ta ci gaba daga Rukuni C a matsayin shugaba, da nasarori biyu da kuma daidai ɗaya. Japan, a nata ɓangaren, ta ƙare a matsayi na biyu a Rukuni F ba tare da shan wani ƙashi ba — ta yi daidai da Netherlands da Sweden, tsakiyar haka kuma ta doke Tunisia 4-0.

Wasansu a Houston shine na farko a cikin wasanni uku na ranar Litinin. Jamus za ta fuskanci Paraguay a Boston, kafin Netherlands da Morocco su hadu a Monterrey don rufe ranar.

Zagaye na 32 ya fara ranar Lahadi lokacin da Canada, ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen mai masaukin baki, ta doke South Africa 1-0 godiya ga burin Stephen Eustaquio a cikin lokacin ƙari — wanda ya saita yanayin matakin knock-out mai tsauri.