Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026, gasar da ta karya tarihi a Amurka, Kanada, da Mexiko, ta ƙare — kuma Spain ita ce zakara a karo na biyu a tarihinsu. Spain ta doke Argentina da 1-0 a lokacin karin wasa a wasan karshe da aka gudanar a filin wasa na New York-New Jersey, ta ɗauki ɗaya daga cikin kyaututtukan da ake ƙoƙarin nema sosai a duniyar ƙwallon ƙafa.

Bankwana Messi da filin Kofin Duniya

Yayin da ya yi tunani kan gasar, babban marubuci na ƙwallon ƙafa na the i paper, Daniel Storey, ya ce ganin Lionel Messi — watakila a karo na ƙarshe a Kofin Duniya — gata ce ta gaske. Storey ya rufe taron a tafiyarsa ta dogon hanya a duk faɗin Amurka, yana sha'awar girma da kyan gani na gasar da ta ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi 48, wanda ba a taɓa ganin irinta ba a baya.

Storey kuma ya nuna damuwa game da samun damar kudi a gasar, yana cewa FIFA dole ne ta ɗauki matakai masu ma'ana don magance matsalar tsadar farashi na tikiti kafin gasa masu zuwa, domin magoya baya na yau da kullum kada a bar su a baya daga babban taron ƙwallon ƙafa.

Yadda Amurka ta maraba da Kofin Duniya

Lisa Carlin na CBS Sport ta ba da kimantawa mai kyau game da yadda masu kallo na Amurka suka karɓi gasar, tana lura cewa Amurka ta karɓi Kofin Duniya da himma. Ta kuma yaba wa wasan rabi na lokacin wasan karshe — wasan kwaikwayo wanda ya ja hankalin jama'a saboda sun haɗa star na pop Justin Bieber, dan wasan ƙafa na Brazil Ronaldo, da Muppets a cikin abin da yawa suka kwatanta shi da wani abin da ya yi kyan gani na FIFA.

Tsarin da aka faɗaɗa na ƙungiyoyi 48 ya fara fitowa cikakke a wannan gasar, yana kawo ƙasashe daga ko'ina a duniya zuwa filayen wasa a ƙasashe uku. Girman gasar ne ya bayyana makonni shida na wasanni, yana ba wa magoya baya yawan ƙwallon ƙafa wanda ba a taɓa ganin irinta a wani Kofin Duniya da ya wuce ba.

Gasar da ta wuce kawai sakamako

A cikin gasar, podcast na More than the Score na BBC World Service — wanda Mike McCarthy ke gabatarwa tare da baƙi ciki har da Storey da Carlin — ya wuce sakamako don bincika ƙungiyoyi masu tasowa, taurari masu fitowa, al'adun zamani, da al'ummomin magoya baya masu sha'awa waɗanda suka tsara gasar ta hanya da ƙididdiga kadai ba za su iya nuna ba.

Nasarar Spain tana nuna dawowar da ba a zata ba zuwa kololuwar ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya ga ƙungiyar da ta ɗaga kofin a karo na ƙarshe a shekara ta 2010. Argentina da Lionel Messi, a nasu ɓangaren, sun ƙare a matsayin mataimaka — an hana su nasara ta biyu a jere ta Kofin Duniya ta hanyar da ta fi ban mamaki.