Da karshen mako na gasar FIFA World Cup 2026 ya zo, tseren Golden Boot ya zama mai ban sha'awa kamar tseren kofin kansa. Lionel Messi da Kylian Mbappé suna da ƙwallaye takwas kowanne, amma ana iya yanke shawarar kyautar da wuce ƙwallo ɗaya kawai.

Yadda dokoki na yankewa ke aiki

Idan 'yan wasa biyu suka ƙare da daidaiton ƙwallaye, dokokin World Cup suna kallo na farko zuwa ga taimako na ƙwallaye, sannan — idan har yanzu daidai ne — yawan mintoci da aka buga, inda dan wasa da ya buƙaci mintoci kaɗan ya samu matsayi mafi girma. Wannan tsarin yana mai da kowane dama da aka ƙirƙira ma'auni mai muhimmanci.

Messi yanzu yana da taimako huɗu tare da ƙwallayen takwas, wanda ke ba wa kyaftin na Argentina fa'ida idan mafi kyawun masu zura ƙwallaye suka daidaita a ƙarshe. Mbappé, a gefe guda, dole ne ya dogara ga ƙara ƙwallayen a wasan na uku na France da England.

Hanyar Messi zuwa karshen wasa

Karshen wasa da Argentina ke bugawa da Spain yana ba Messi hanya mafi kai tsaye don mallake kyautar shi kaɗai. Ƙwallo ɗaya a wasan nan zai ɗauke shi zuwa tara — matakin da Mbappé zai yi wahalar kaiwa — yayin da taimako ɗaya ƙarin zai faɗaɗa jagorancinsa a ma'aunin yanke sare na farko.

Wasan kusa da ƙarshe da England ya nuna gwanintarsa fiye da ƙwallaye kaɗai. Argentina na baya kafin Messi ya ƙirƙiri ƙwallaye biyu a ƙarshe — ɗaya wanda Enzo Fernández ya ci da kuma ƙwallo na yanke shawara da Lautaro Martínez ya ci a lokacin ƙarin — don ɗauke ƙungiyarsa zuwa gaba. Waɗancan taimako biyu ba kawai sun tabbatar da wuri a karshen wasa ba; sun kuma ƙarfafa matsayinsa a tseren Golden Boot cikin nutsuwa.

Associated Press ta tabbatar da cewa Messi ya kai ƙwallaye takwas da taimako huɗu bayan wasan kusa da ƙarshe, wanda ke nuna cewa gudunmawarsa ta wuce fadin filin hukunci a duk tsawon gasar.

Damar ƙarshe ta Mbappé a kan England

Ficewar France a matakin kusa da ƙarshe yana nufin Mbappé ba zai buga a karshen wasa na World Cup ba, amma wasan na uku da England yana da muhimmanci na gaskiya a gare shi da kansa. Ƙwallo ɗaya zai ɗauke shi zuwa tara kuma ya sanya matsin lamba kai tsaye a kan Messi kafin babban bikin Lahadi. Ƙwallaye biyu zai yi shi da wahala sosai a shawo kan sa.

Ko da taimako yana da nauyi, la'akari da dokokin yanke sare. Mbappé ya lashe Golden Boot a World Cup 2022, kuma kyauta ta biyu za ta sanya shi a cikin ƙaramin ƙungiya na 'yan wasa da suka nemi kyautar fiye da sau ɗaya — ƙwazo da ba zai iya watsi da shi ba, komai yadda France ke kusantar taron gaba ɗaya.

Faɗaɗaɗɗen tsari da tasirinta a kan tsere

Tsarin ƙungiyoyi 48 na World Cup 2026, tare da ƙarin zagaye na 32, yana nufin waɗanda suka kai karshen wasa na iya buga wasanni har takwas — fiye da kowace bugun baya. Wannan yana ba manyan masu kai hari damar ƙarin don tara ƙwallaye a kan gasa mai tsawo, kodayake yana buƙatar lafiya ta jiki mai dorewa da daidaito yayin da hamayya ke ƙara ƙarfi a kowace zagaye.

Dukkan Messi da Mbappé sun gina jimlarsu a hankali, suna zama masu haɗari har zuwa cikin matakai na knockout maimakon tara ƙwallaye a mataki na rukuni. Rikodin ƙwallaye 13 da Just Fontaine ya kafa a 1958 yana kasancewa manufa mai nisa, amma faɗaɗaɗɗen tsari yana tabbatar da cewa tserin Golden Boot na gaba za su ƙara ba da lada ga juriya tare da ƙwarewar zura ƙwallaye.

Wasanni biyu, kyauta ɗaya

Karshen wasa na Lahadi tsakanin Argentina da Spain zai yanke hukunci game da World Cup, amma tseren na musamman na Messi yana gudana a layi ɗaya. Ba zai yi sadaki da tsarin ƙungiyarsa don neman ɗaukakar mutum ba — burin haɗin gwiwar Argentina ya zo da farko — amma duk lokacin da ya karɓi ƙwallon kusa da ƙofar, tseren Golden Boot zai kasance wani ɓangare na tunaninsa.

Mbappé yana fuskantar damuwa ɗaya a wasan na uku. France za ta so ta ƙare gasar da sauti mai kyau, kuma yana da dukkan dalilai don kasancewa mai cikakken mai da hankali. Golden Boot ba ta yanke ba tukuna, kuma taimako, ƙwallaye, da mintoci duka za su taka rawa kafin ɗayan dan wasa ya iya nema ta.