Said Martinez yana shirye-shiryen rubuta sunansa a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa yayin da zai jagoranci wasan Ƙungiya B tsakanin Qatar da Switzerland a FIFA World Cup 2026, ya zama alkalin wasa na farko da aka haifa a Honduras da ya taba jagoranci wasan Kofin Duniya.

Wasanni zai fara da karfe 3pm ET (karfe 8 na dare a UK) a San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, inda Qatar — mai masaukin wasa a 2022 — ke dawowa a fagen duniya bayan shekaru huɗu kacal tun gudanar da gasar.

Alkalin wasa wanda iyali suka gina

Yana da shekaru 34, Martinez ƙarami ne a matsayin alkalin wasa ga aiki mai irin wannan girma, amma ya kasance yana yi tun yana ɗan shekara 18 — yana ƙarfafawa ta hanyar mafarkin bin sawun mahaifinsa. Wannan farkon da ya yi masa ya sa ya zama ƙaramin alkalin wasa da ya taba aiki a babbar gasar Honduras.

Aikinsa ya kai shi ta wasannin Nations League zuwa manyan damarmakin da Concacaf ke bayarwa. A shekarar 2021, shi ne mutumin da ke tsakiya a wasan ƙarshe na Concacaf Gold Cup tsakanin Mexico da United States — ɗaya daga cikin wasannin da aka fi kallo a kalandar tarayyar.

El Matematico da rikodinsa na kati

A wajen filin wasa, Martinez ya ɗan bar aikin alkalanci don neman digiri a ilmin lissafi, wanda ya samu masa laƙabi mai daɗi na El Matematico. Ya dawo aikin alkalanci kuma bai sake duba baya ba tun hakan.

Rikodinsa na ƙididdiga yana bayyana labarin ƙarfi da aiki: a wasanni 310, ya bayar da matsakaicin kati 4.22 na rawaya a kowace wasa kuma ya nuna kati 106 na ja a cikin aikinsa. Ko da ma'auni na ƙwallon ƙafa a Kudancin Amirka — inda wasan jikin jiki ya zama ruwan dare — wannan adadi yana sanya shi cikin alkalai mafi yawan bayar da kati a yankin.

Cikakken ƙungiyar alkalai

Martinez zai raka 'yan ƙasarsa na Honduras Walter Lopez da Christian Ramirez a matsayin mataimakan alkalai. Oshane Nation na Jamaica zai ɗauki matsayin alkalin wasa na huɗu, yayin da Mauro Vigliano na Argentina zai kula da VAR a wannan wasan Ƙungiya B.