FIFA ba ta da wani shiri na gaggawa idan wasan ƙarshe na zagaye na ƙungiyoyin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ya jinkirta ko a yi watsi da shi saboda yanayi mai tsanani — wannan gibi a cikin ka'idoji na iya ba wasu ƙungiyoyi fa'ida mai muhimmanci.

Ka'idar fara wasan lokaci ɗaya

Tun daga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 1986 a Mexico, FIFA ta buƙaci wasanni biyu na ƙarshe a kowace ƙungiya su fara daidai lokaci ɗaya. An gabatar da wannan ka'ida ne bayan abin kunya da aka sani da 'Disgrace of Gijón' a gasar 1982 a Spain, lokacin da West Germany ta doke Austria 1-0 cikin sakamakon da ya tabbatar da cancantar ƙungiyoyi biyu akan asarar Algeria. Ba ƙungiya ɗaya ba ta yi ƙoƙarin canza sakamako bayan da West Germany ta zura a minti na 10.

Mataki na 12.4 na ka'idojin hukuma na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya 2026 yana ƙarfafa wannan al'ada, yana cewa cewa "wasanni biyu na ƙarshe a kowace ƙungiya dole ne su fara lokaci ɗaya a rana ɗaya, sai dai idan FIFA ta faɗi wani abu daban (misali a lokutan ƙarfin yanayi)."

Matsalar jinkirin yanayi

Duk da haka, The Times ta ruwaito cewa FIFA ba ta kafa wani tsari don magance yanayin da ɗaya daga cikin wasanni biyu na ƙarshe na ƙungiya da ke farawa lokaci ɗaya ya sami dogon tsayawa saboda yanayi. Idan wasa ɗaya ya jinkirta, ɗayan zai ci gaba — wanda ke ba ƙungiyoyin da ke cikin wasan da ya tsaya damar dawo filin da sanin sakamakon da suke buƙata don ci gaba.

Batun ba na ka'ida ba ne kawai. Ranar Litinin, nasarar France ta 3-0 akan Iraq a Philadelphia ta tsaya tsawon awanni biyu a rabin lokaci bayan tsawa ta hana ci gaba da wasa cikin aminci a wasan Ƙungiya I. Da hakan ya faru a wasan ƙarshe, sakamakon na iya kasancewa mai nisa.

Idan aka bar wasa gaba ɗaya saboda yanayi mai tsanani, ka'idojin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya sun ce za a sake shi daga daidai minti da ya tsaya — yana ba ƙungiyoyi biyu lokaci don sake kimanta hanyarsu ta fasaha kafin kammala wasan.

Ƙungiyoyi masu sha'awa a cikin lamarin

Wasu ƙungiyoyi na iya shafar wannan gibi na ka'idoji kai tsaye. England na fuskantar Panama a New Jersey da karfe 10 na dare BST ranar Asabar a Ƙungiya L, farawa lokaci ɗaya da wasan Croatia da Ghana a Philadelphia. England da Ghana sun rarrabu a saman ƙungiyar ta bambancin zura kawai.

Scotland, a nata ɓangaren, na fuskantar Brazil a Miami yau da dare da karfe 11 BST. Suna matsayi na uku a Ƙungiya C, bayan Morocco a matsayi na biyu da maki ɗaya, waɗanda suke fuskantar Haiti a Atlanta a wasan lokaci ɗaya.

Har sai FIFA ta magance wannan gibi, haƙiƙanin zagaye na ƙarshe na matakin ƙungiyoyi ya kasance a buɗe ga rashin tabbas na yanayi.