Yayin da Spain da Argentina ke shirye-shirye don fafatawa a wasan karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026, hankulan dukkan mutane bai tsaya a kan 'yan wasa biyu kadai ba, har ma a kan filin wasa kansa — MetLife Stadium, wanda yake a East Rutherford, New Jersey, kimanin kilomita takwas yamma da Manhattan.

Filin wasan ya sha fuskantar zargi mai karfi a tsawon gasar, wanda ya tada wata tambaya da masu sha'awa da masu sharhi da yawa suka yi: shin ya cancanci zama zabin da ya dace da babban taron kwallon kafa?

Filin wasa mai suna mai rikitarwa

A tsakanin wadanda suka san shi sosai, MetLife Stadium bai taba samun kaunar gaske ba. Steve Politi, marubucin shafi na wasanni a New Jersey tun dadewa, ya fayyace hakan a sarari: "A takaice, kalmar fasaha don MetLife Stadium ita ce 'talakanci'." Masu karantar rubutunsa sun fi kai tsaye — daya ya kwatanta fuskarsa ta waje da babban banjon kurkuku, wani kuma da babban na'urar sanyaya iska.

An bude filin wasan a shekarar 2010 da kudin dala biliyan 1.6, kuma yana da fuska ta karfe mai kayan haskawa da za a iya shirya su, kujeru da yawa a filin budadde mai sa 82,500 da suites na alfarma 200 da aka watsa akan matakai hudu. Gidan wasannin New York Giants da New Jersey Jets ne, kuma tsarin sa na amfani da shi da nau'o'i daban-daban — an gina shi don kwallon kafa na Amurka, kide-kide, da manyan ayyuka — ya bar mutane da yawa suna jin kamar bashi da asali na musamman.

Filin wasan yana cikin filin dake da kadada 300 wanda aka fi sani da Meadowlands Sports Complex, kewaye da manyan hanyoyi kuma an gina shi a kan tsohon fadama. Isa can ba da mota wani abu ne mai wahala. Magoya bayan da suka dogara da motoci na haya sun fuskanci cunkoson zirga-zirga da tsare-tsaren sauka masu rikitarwa, yayin da wadanda suka yi amfani da bas ko jirgin kasa — kimanin 20,000 a kowace wasa — sun ba da rahoto game da kwarewa mafi saukakawa, ko da yake tikitoci na NJTransit na dala 98 sun haifar da korafe-korafe da yawa.

Damuwa game da filin wasan suna daskarewa sama da wasan karshe

Bayan harkokin dabara, saman filin wasan ya kasance batun da ake magana akai akai. An sanya ciyawa ta gari a madadin ciyawan wucin gadi ta yau da kullum na filin wasan, kuma yayin wasannin, ana iya ganin tsarin bututun ruwa yana fara aiki a lokacin hutu na sha ruwa don kiyaye filin ya yi rijiya.

Dan gaban Brazil Vinicius Jr ya bayyana damuwarsa bayan gurguntar 1-1 na tawagar sa a zagayen rukuni da Morocco a ranar 13 ga watan Yuni, yana mai cewa fagen da ya bushe ya harzuka zangon wasa. "Muna son motsa kwallon daga gefe zuwa gefe kuma wannan yana katse wasanmu," in ji shi. Kocin France Didier Deschamps shi ma bai gamsu ba bayan nasarar tawagar sa a kan Senegal a ranar 16 ga Yuni, yana kwatanta saman a matsayin "na musamman" — amma ba yabo ba ne. Dan wasan tsakiya Adrien Rabiot ya kwatanta shi da ciyawa ta wucin gadi a taurin sa da rigiditi.

FIFA ta ci gaba da jaddada cewa an tantance dukkan filayen a gasar kuma aka tabbatar da lafiyarsu da dacewansu da manufar da aka so, tana nanata cewa bambancin gani tsakanin filayen ba alamar iya wasan bane.

Hujjar New York

Duk da zargi, dalilan da suka haifar da zabar MetLife Stadium a fili suke. Alex Lasry, babban darektan FIFA World Cup 26 NYNJ Host Committee, ya ce New York da New Jersey suna wakiltar babban cibiyar sadarwa ta kafofin watsa labarai, nishadantarwa, da tattalin arziki a duniya — daidai inda FIFA ke son shirya babban taron ta.

"Abin da FIFA ke nema shi ne samun manyan taurari a babbar mataki," in ji Lasry, yana mai nuni ga wuraren kallo da aka tsara a Rockefeller Center da Central Park a matsayin wani bangare na babban bikin da ya zarce filin wasa kansa.

Kuba Kowalski, editan-in-chief na shafin yanar gizon ginin filayen kwallon kafa StadiumDB.com, ya amince da hankali na wannan zabi. "Watakila ba zabin kwallon kafa mafi kaunar zuciya ba ne, amma a matsayin yanke shawara ta kasuwanci ta duniya, yana da ma'ana sosai," in ji shi. Wurin filin wasan kuma yana tabbatar da lokacin wasan da ya dace ga masu sauraro a Turai da Amirka — wani muhimmin abu ga masu watsa shirye-shirye da masu dauki nauyi.

Sa'ad da jama'a suka cika, filin wasan na iya ruri

MetLife Stadium kuma filin wasa ne a budadde, wanda ke nufin yanayin yanayi a rana ta wasan karshe na iya taka rawa. An yi hasashen ruwan sama daya rana kafin wasan da bayan sa, kuma wasu magoya baya sun bayyana damuwarsu game da jinkirta wasan da zai yiwu idan guguwa ta zo yayin lokutan wasa.

Politi, duk da dukkan tangarohonsa game da kyaun filin wasan, ya yi imani cewa taron na iya fitar da mafi kyawun shi. "Sa'ad da ya cika kuma mutane suna da sha'awa kuma wasan yana da kyau, hakika wuri ne mai hayaniya sosai, yana iya ruri," in ji shi.

Spain da Argentina suna shirye don ba da daya daga cikin wasannin karshe da ake sa ran su sosai a tsakanin shekaru, MetLife Stadium zai samu damar tabbatar da masu zargi sun yi kuskure.