Monterrey ta kammala rawar ta a matsayin birni mai masaukin FIFA World Cup 2026 tare da wasan da ya cika zuciya a zagaye na 32, inda Morocco ta fitar da Netherlands ta hanyar bugun fenariti a yammacin Litinin 29 ga Yuni.

Monterrey Stadium ta shirya wasanni hudu gaba ɗaya yayin gasar, tare da matsakaicin masu halartar 51,179 — wanda yayi daidai da kashi 99.9 cikin ɗari na ƙarfin filin wasa na gasar — kuma uku daga cikin waɗannan wasannin sun cika da mutane gaba ɗaya.

Filin wasa da ya kama tunanin duniya

Baya ga kwallon kafa kanta, Monterrey Stadium ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan hotuna na FIFA World Cup 2026. Yanayin ban sha'awa na dutsen Cerro de la Silla da ke kewaye da filin ya haifar da sha'awa marar ƙarewa a kafofin watsa labarai na zamani a duk lokacin gasar. An buɗe filin a watan Agusta 2015, kuma a watan Maris 2026 an yi amfani da shi wajen gudanar da wasanni biyu na play-off tsakanin ƙungiyoyi daga ƙasashen waje daban-daban.

Monterrey Stadium shi ne filin gida na CF Monterrey, ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi a cikin kishiyar da ta yi da Tigres UANL — duk da haka, dukan gari da yankin da ke kewaye sun haɗu don maraba da taron Kofin Duniya ta hanya mai burgewa.

Wasanni hudu, tarihi ɗaya na tarihi

Gasar ta birni ta fara ne a ranar 14 ga Yuni lokacin da Sweden ta doke Tunisia da 5-1 a wasan farko na Rukuni F. Yasin Ayari — wanda mahaifinsa ɗan Tunisia ne — ya zira kwallaye na farko da na ƙarshe a wasan.

Kwanaki shida bayan haka, Monterrey ta sanya sunanta a duk tsawon tarihin kwallon kafa ta hanyar shirya wasan 1,000 a cikin tarihin shekara 96 na FIFA World Cup. Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya halarta wasan tarihin tare da Hisako, Princess Takamado ta Japan da kuma daruruwan shahararrun 'yan wasa na FIFA Legends. Japan ta ba da wasa mai dacewa da liyafa, ta doke Tunisia da 4-0, tare da dan wasa Ayase Ueda ya zura kwallaye biyu.

Matakin rukuni ya ƙare a filin wasa a ranar 24 ga Yuni yayin da South Africa ta doke Korea Republic da 1-0. Kwallun Thapelo Maseko a minti na 63 ta tabbatar da tarihin Bafana Bafana — shiga zagayen kusa da kusa a FIFA World Cup na farko a tarihinsu.

Sannan Morocco ta samar da wasan zagaye na 32 mafi bayyane a gasar, ta yi adawa da Netherlands a cikin tsarin kusa da kusa na musamman tsakanin ƙungiyoyi biyu da ke cikin manyan goma na The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking. Wasan ya ƙare da 1-1 bayan ƙarin lokaci, kuma Morocco — wadda ta kai matakin semi-final a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 — ta yi nasara da 3-2 a bugun fenariti a gaban taron masu halartar 51,243 da suka cika filin.

Almeyda yana godiya ga Monterrey

Sabon horon CF Monterrey Matías Almeyda ya halarta wasanni biyu daga cikin hudu a filin, ciki har da wasan zagaye na 32. Tsohon ɗan Argentina na ƙasa da ƙasa — wanda ya wakilci ƙasarsa a FIFA World Cup France 1998 da FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan 2002 — ya bayyana godiyarsa ga filin wasa da kuma babban yanayin kwallon kafa na Mexico.