Babban koci na Ghana, Carlos Queiroz, ya yi tsananin sukar yanke shawarar FIFA na faɗaɗa Gasar Duniya zuwa ƙungiyoyi 48, yana gargaɗi cewa mataki din ya rage darajar gasar kuma ta mai da ita wani abu "mara daraja da na kowa."

Bugu na ƙari, gasar 2026 ita ce ta farko da ta ƙunshi ƙasashe 48, wanda ya bambanta da tsarin ƙungiyoyi 32 da aka yi amfani da shi tun daga 1998. Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya ƙarfafa wannan faɗaɗawa a shekara ta 2017, yana mai cewa zai ba da damar ƙasashe da yawa shiga babbar gasar wasanni a duniya. Duk da haka, masu sukar sa sun yi jayayya cewa ainihin dalili shi ne ƙara kuɗaɗen shigar FIFA da ƙarfafa ikon Infantino a cikin ƙungiyar.

Yayin da yake magana da 'yan jarida — ta hanyar The Athletic — bayan Ghana ta sha kashi 2-1 a hannun Croatia a Philadelphia ranar Asabar, Queiroz mai shekaru 73 ya bayyana ƙin yardar sa kan tsarin da ya faɗaɗa.

"Na gaskata cewa darajar abu tana zuwa ne idan abu yana da wuyan samu. Adadin ƙungiyoyi da za su iya cancanta shiga wannan gasar na iya mai da ita wani abu mara daraja da na kowa. Idan ƙungiyoyi da yawa suna cancanta, shin darajar ta kasance wuyan samu? Wannan ya zama tambaya a gare ni — amma ra'ayin kaina kawai ne."

Queiroz yana magana da babban ikon sana'a game da wannan lamari. Wannan kocin gwani ya jagoranci ƙungiyoyi ƙasa da ƙasa 11 daban-daban a cikin sana'a mai tsawon fiye da shekaru arba'in. Lokacin da Ghana ta ci Panama a wasan farko na kungiyar a Toronto a ranar 17 ga Yuni, ya zama kocin da ya fi tsufa da ya ci nasara a wasan Gasar Duniya tana da shekaru 73.

Wannan nasarar, haɗe da daidaito da aka samu a wuyan England makon da ya biyo baya, ya isa wajen kai Ghana zuwa zagaye na kowane damar kawar da ƙungiyoyi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin kyawawan ƙungiyoyi masu matsayi na uku. Duk da haka, Queiroz bai gamsu ba cewa ƙungiyoyi masu matsayi na uku ya kamata su ci gaba.

Jayayya kan cancanta

Tsohon mataimaki koci na Manchester United ya faɗaɗa suka sa zuwa tsarin cancanta kanta, yana nuna Kudancin Amirka a matsayin misali bayyananne na matsalar.

"Ainihin nasarar yanzu a Kudancin Amirka zai kasance cikin rashin cancanta," ya ce, yana nuna cewa ƙasashe shida daga cikin goma na nahiyar yanzu suna ci gaba ta atomatik, inda na bakwai ke samun damar play-off. "Wane ne bai cancanta a Turai ba? Gasar cancanta na fara rasa muhimmancinsa idan kowa ya cancanta. Cancanta ya kamata ya kasance mai mahimmanci, mai wuya sosai, mai ƙwazo."

Queiroz, wanda aka naɗa shi a matsayin koci na Ghana a watan Afrilu, ya zama kocin na biyu kawai a tarihi — bayan shahararren Bora Milutinovic — da ya shiga Gasar Duniya a jere sau biyar. Halartocinsa na baya sun haɗa da Portugal a 2010, Iran a gasar guda uku masu zuwa, da kuma South Africa a bugu na 2002.

Ya rufe da hukuncin gaske game da alkiblar wasan.

"Gasar Duniya ya kamata ta kasance wani abu mai ma'ana da muhimmanci. Ya kamata ta kasance wuyan samu. Amma, kamar yadda kuka sani, a yau kuɗi ne mai magana a cikin wasan. Inda muka saba yin magana game da ƙwallon ƙafa, yanzu moneyball ne."