Bayan da duka Czechia da South Africa suka sha kashi a wasanninsu na farko a Rukuni A na FIFA World Cup 2026, wannan wasan na biyu yana ɗauke da nauyi sosai — idan kowace ƙungiya ta sha kashi, damar zuwa zagaye na gaba za zama mai ƙunci.

Ƙungiyoyin biyu suna ganawa a Mercedes-Benz Stadium da ke Atlanta, inda nasara za ba wanda ya ci iko kan makomar sa kafin wasan ƙarshe na rukuni. Ga South Africa, waɗanda suka karɓi katin ja guda biyu a gabanin Mexico a ranar farko, ladabi a fagen wasa yana da mahimmanci kamar ƙwarewar wasa.

Zaɓi na tarihi a filin wasa

Wasan Czechia da South Africa za a gudanar da shi ƙarƙashin jagorancin Tori Penso, wata alkali 'yar shekara 39 daga jihar Florida, wadda ke yin tarihi a matsayinta na ƙaramar alkali ta farko ta Amurka da za ta jagoranci wasan gasar duniya ta maza.

Penso ta haura cikin sauri tun da aka saka ta a jerin FIFA a shekarar 2021. Mafi girman zaɓinta shi ne karshen gasar mata ta duniya ta 2023 da aka yi a Sydney, inda ta jagoranci nasarar Spain a kan England — wanda ya tabbatar da ita a matsayinta na daya daga cikin mafi kyawun alkalan duniya.

Ta kuma yi tarihi a cikin kwallon ƙafa na kulob, ta zama alkali ta farko ta mata mai cikakken lokaci a Major League Soccer, inda ta yi aiki tsawon shekaru shida. Kakar MLS 2026 tana hutawa yanzu saboda gasar duniya. A wasanni tara na kakar nan, Penso ba ta ba da katin ja ba, ta ba da fanariti ɗaya kawai, kuma tana ba da fiye da katin rawaya huɗu a wasan a matsakaici.

Ƙungiyar alƙalai ta Amurka gaba ɗaya — sai ɗaya

Penso za ta yi aiki tare da mataimakiyoyin alkali Kathryn Nesbitt da Brooke Mayo, suna kammala ƙungiyar mace-mace ta alƙalai daga Amurka kan layin fage. Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh na New Zealand zai zama alkali na huɗu, yayin da Tatiana Guzman na Nicaragua za ta jagoranci VAR.

Abu mai mahimmanci shi ne cewa Penso ba ta taɓa jagorancin wasan da ya haɗa da Czechia ko South Africa ba, a cikin kwallon ƙafa ta maza ko mata. Bafana Bafana, musamman, za su fata yammaci mai natsuwa fiye da wasan da suka yi da Mexico.