FIFA World Cup 2026™ ta cimawa wani mataki da ba a taɓa cimawa a kowace gasa da ta gabata ba — jimlar halarta ta wuce mutum miliyan biyar a karon farko a tarihin gasar da ke kusa da shekaru ɗari.
An kai wannan adadin tarihi a lokacin da France ta ci Sweden a zagaye na 32 a New York New Jersey Stadium, inda taron mutum 80,663 cika filin don shaida Les Bleus sun lashe da 3-0.
Mai sha'awa da aka yi wa alfahari da zama mutumin miliyan biyar shi ne Raphaël Noufele, saurayin Faransa mai shekaru 25 da ya girma tsakanin Paris da New York City. An girmama shi kafin wasan ya fara lokacin da tsoffin zakaran duniya na 1998 da 2018 Blaise Matuidi da Youri Djorkaeff suka ba shi takarda ta bikin domin tunawa da wannan al'amari.
Babban koci Didier Deschamps ya ƙara farin ciki da ba Noufele rigar dan wasan da ke cikin tawagar yanzu Désiré Doué.
"Yana da ban mamaki sosai. Har yanzu ban gane ba. Da dare zan zauna gida in yi tunani, amma ya kasance mai daɗi, mai ban mamaki," in ji Noufele mai shekaru 25, wanda tunaninsa na farko game da FIFA World Cup shi ne hawaye da ya zubar bayan France ta sha kashi a wasan karshe na Germany 2006.
Wannan ba ita ce ziyarar farko ta Noufele zuwa New York New Jersey Stadium a wannan gasar ba — ya kasance can a lokacin wasan kungiyoyi inda France ta ci Senegal. Shi ma ya halarci wasanni a FIFA World Cup 2022 a Qatar.
Matuidi, wanda yanzu yana zaune a Amurka, ya bayyana farin cikinsa game da yanayin da gasar ta halitta.
"Yanayin yana da ban mamaki, kana iya ganinsa a duk faɗin biranen Amurka. Wannan ita ce FIFA World Cup kuma muna jin daɗinta sosai. Babu wani wasanni da ke ba da irin wannan kuzari da yanayi. Muna farin ciki sosai da kasancewa gefen kwallon ƙafa — mu ci gaba!" in ji Matuidi.
Noufele kuma ya nuna bege cewa wannan tarihin wani fara ne kawai: "Gasar ta shahara sosai. Kowa yana son ta. Ina tsammanin zata fi girma nan gaba. Miliyan goma ba da dadewa ba, ina fatan haka."
