Babban kocin United States, Mauricio Pochettino, ya yabi babban yanke shawarar FIFA na soke hukuncin dakatar Folarin Balogun da aka samu daga jan kati, wanda ya baiwa dan wasan damar shiga wasan Round of 16 na World Cup 2026 da Belgium.
Da farko, an kori Balogun filin wasa bayan dogon bincike ta VAR, sakamakon taka idon ƙafar mai kare ƙasar Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tarik Muharemovic, a wasan Round of 32. Korar ta tilasta United States su buga mintuna 35 da 'yan wasa goma kawai.
FIFA ta yi amfani da Mataki na 27
Maimakon aiwatar da dakatar da wasa ɗaya na yau da kullum, FIFA ta yi amfani da Mataki na 27 na dokokin ladabinta, ta kuma sa Balogun ƙarƙashin kulawar shekara ɗaya. Wannan yanke shawara mai ban mamaki ya ba masu sa ido da yawa mamaki a duniya.
Rahotanni sun nuna cewa Shugaban Amurka Donald Trump ya tuntuɓi shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino kai tsaye don neman a canza hukuncin jan katin — wani abu da Pochettino ya amince da shi ba tare da ƙi ba.
Yayin da ma'aikatan horar da Belgium suka soki juyin da kuma kwatanta shi da barkwanci, Pochettino ya nuna jin daɗi kuma ya ce yanke shawarar wani mataki ne mai kyau don gaskiyar ƙwallon ƙafa.
Maganar Pochettino
«Martanina kamar na kowa ne — ina son wannan wasanni sosai kuma ina amincewa da ɗa'a da gaskiyarsa. Muna murnar wannan yanke shawara. An azabtar da mu isasshe da Bosnia sa'ad da muka buga mintuna 30 da 'yan wasa goma. Cikakken rashin adalci ne. Ina buƙatar kare ƙungiyata — kashi 99.9 cikin ɗari, dukkanmu mun yarda cewa jan kati ne na rashin adalci,» in ji Pochettino.
«Ban shiga ba — na ji labarin a yau kafin horarwa. Ƙungiyar tabbas tana aiki tuƙuru don kare yanayin mu. Ni kuwa, na mai da hankali kan Belgium,» ya ƙara da cewa.
Pochettino kuma ya yi magana a kan ikon ƙwallon ƙafa na haɗa kan mutane, yana mai cewa yadda sha'awar Amurkawa ke ƙaruwa ga wasanni yana tunatar da shi asalinsa na Argentina da Turai, inda ƙwallon ƙafa ya fi wasa kawai.
