Ba'ingileshi Michael Oliver zai yi alkalin wasa a wasan zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026 tsakanin Canada da Morocco a Houston Stadium, inda mai nasara zai fuskanci France ko Paraguay a kusa-da-kusa.

Oliver yana daya daga cikin alkalai biyu kawai na Ingilishi a gasar, tare da Anthony Taylor. Dan shekara 41 din ya zo da gogewa mai ban mamaki, bayan ya jagoranci wasanni 812 na hukuma a cikin Premier League, UEFA Champions League, da karshen wasannin FA Cup guda biyu.

Hanyar Oliver zuwa wannan alƙalanci

Ya fara aikinsa a Kofin Duniya a Qatar a shekarar 2022, inda ya jagoranci wasanni biyu na matakin rukuni da wasan kusa-da-kusa mai ban sha'awa wanda Brazil suka fita daga ciki saboda Croatia ta doke su a bugun fenariti. A wannan gasar, rashin lafiya ya hana Oliver shiga wasan rukuni tsakanin Ivory Coast da Ecuador, amma ya dawo lafiya ya jagoranci wasannin rukuni da suka hada da France, Norway, Sweden, da Netherlands.

Oliver kuma yana riƙe da rikodin ban mamaki — ya zama alkalin wasannin Premier League mafi ƙarami da aka nada bayan ya yi debunti a watan Agusta 2010 yana da shekara 25 da kwana 182.

Sauran ƙungiyar alkalai

Stuart Burt da James Mainwaring, abokansa daga Ingila, za su yi aiki a matsayin mataimakan alkalai. 'Yan Hollandan Danny Makkelie da Hessel Steegstra za su ɗauki mukamai na alkalin huɗu da mataimakin alkalin ajali bi da bi.

Abin da ake nema

Canada sun fito na biyu a Rukunin A kafin su kori South Africa a zagayen farko na 32, suna samun matsayinsu a zagaye na 16 a ƙarƙashin manaja Jesse Marsch. Morocco, a nasu ɓangaren, sun jagoranci Rukunin C kafin su kawar da Netherlands a bugun fenariti — tunatar da gudu mai ban mamaki a gasar cin Kofin Duniya 2022 a Qatar.

Atlas Lions na ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe masu masaukin baki na FIFA World Cup 2030 tare da Spain da Portugal, wanda ke ƙara muhimmancin kowane mataki da suke ɗauka a wannan gasar. Mai nasara a wannan wasan zai buga wasan kusa-da-kusa a Boston Stadium a ranar 9 ga Yuli.