Kwallon hudu ta Sweden a cikin nasarar 5-1 da suka samu a kan Tunisiya a Gasar Duniya ta haifar da cece-kuce ranar Lahadi — kuma tabbatar da ita a karshe ya dogara ne akan fasaha da aka aro daga wasan kwallon hannu (cricket).

Mattias Svanberg ya ci kwallon sakan 18 kawai bayan shiga a matsayin maye, yana canza bugun daga cikin garkuwa na Yasin Ayari. A farko an ayyana shi a matsayin offside, sai dai zanga-zangar 'yan wasan Sweden da ma'aikatan kocin sun sa VAR ta duba, wanda a karshe ya soke hukuncin.

Yadda fasahar take aiki

Mabudin juya hukuncin shi ne fasaha ta igiyar ruwa mai kama da Snickometer na cricket — wanda aka fi sani da Snicko. Wani firikwensin da aka saka a cikin kwallon wasan na Adidas Trionda, wanda yake wani bangare na Connected Ball Technology na kamfanin, ya gano taɓawa mafi laushi da ya yi daga hannun kai mai Sweden da Liverpool mai suna Alexander Isak lokacin da bugun daga cikin garkuwa ya wuce kusa da shi.

Saboda Isak ya taɓa kwallon a lokacin, Svanberg ya riga ya koma matsayin halal — wanda ya sanya kwallon ta halatta. Rakiyoyin da aka nuna wa masu kallo sun nuna karantawar firikwensin mai kwanciyar hankali wanda ya yi tsalle daidai lokacin da kwallon ta wuce kusa da ƙafar Isak da aka miƙa.

Adidas ta bayyana fasahar a matsayin ta da "yanke hukunci mafi sauri a lokacin wasa da fahimtar wasa fiye da kowane lokaci." Bayanai daga kowane taɓawa — ko ta takalmi ko ta hannu — ana aika su ga ƙungiyar VAR kai tsaye.

Tsohon dan wasa na Jamhuriyar Ireland, Clinton Morrison, wanda yake sharhi ga BBC Radio 5 Live, ya yarda da wahalar yanke hukuncin: "Karshen da kyau ne na Svanberg, amma zan fahimci me ya sa 'yan wasan Tunisiya za su yi takaici saboda idan ka kalla, bai yi kama da akwai taɓawa ba. Dole ne ya kasance taɓawa mafi laushi ta waje na takalminsa na dama. Yabo ga VAR, yabo ga alkalin wasa. Sun yi daidai."

Amfani da fasahar a baya a kwallon kafa

Ba wannan karo na farko da fasahar ta yi tasiri a manyan gasar ba. A Gasar Duniya ta 2022 da aka yi a Qatar, Snicko ta tabbatar cewa Bruno Fernandes ya ci kwallon farko ta Portugal a cin nasara 2-0 a kan Uruguay — ba Cristiano Ronaldo ba, wanda ya yi murna kamar ya shiga da kansa. Firikwensoshin sun tabbatar da cewa bai taɓa kwallon ba.

A Euro 2024, fasahar ta hana kwallon daidaituwa ta Belgium a kan Slovakia. An ba Romelu Lukaku kwallon a farko, amma nazarin Snicko ya nuna a sarari cewa abokin wasansa Lois Openda ya taɓa kwallon da hannunsa a lokacin da suka kai hari.

Asalin Snicko a cricket

Snickometer na cricket wanda ƙwararren kwamfuta na Ingila Allan Plaskett ya ƙirƙira tsakiyar shekarun 1990 ne don tantance ko mara ƙwallon ya taɓa kwallon. Yana amfani da sake nuna bidiyo da aka raba furen-fure tare da igiyar ruwa don nuna hulɗa tsakanin sanduna da kwallon, yana aiki da frames 340 a sakan daya.

Ba a ƙara amfani da tsarin a Tests na Ingila ba, inda UltraEdge mafi ci gaba ya karba wurinsa, kodayake ana ci gaba da amfani da shi a Australia da New Zealand. Rawar da yake takawa a cricket ta shiga rikitarwa kwanan nan — a lokacin jerin Ashes 2025-26, an ba dan wasan Australia Alex Carey ba a kori ba a Test na uku saboda abin da jami'ai suka kira "kuskuren ɗan adam" ta masu kula da Snicko. Carey, wanda yake da maki 72 a lokacin, ya ci gaba da ci 106 a innings ta farko a Adelaide.

Yayin da nau'in fasahar ta kwallon kafa ta ci gaba da bunƙasa, matsayinta wajen yanke ƙarshe a manyan gasar yana fuskantar girma.