Toronto Stadium ya karbi wasanninta na karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026, ta rufe labule kan jerin wasan da ya hada lokutan tarihi, rubuce-rubuce na halartar jama'a, da kuma adawa ta musamman tsakanin manyan taurarin kwallon kafa guda biyu a zagayen knock-out.

Farkon tarihi na Canada a gida

Filin wasan ya rubuta sunansa a tarihin Kofin Duniya a ranar 12 ga watan Yuni, lokacin da Canada's men's national team ta buga wasanta na farko na FIFA World Cup a ƙasar ta. Ƙungiyar kocin Jesse Marsch ta yi daidai da Bosnia da Herzegovina a Rukunin B da maki 1-1, a gaban masu kallo fiye da 43,000 waɗanda suka cika filin, yawancinsu suna sanye da jan kalar Canada.

«Dole ne in gode wa taron jama'a,» in ji Marsch bayan wasan. «Taron ya tilasta mana shiga wasan, kuma yayin da suke jin ƙarfin yana juyawa a rabin lokaci na biyu, suna ƙara zama cikin tsoro. Wuri ya fashe da murna da zarar mun ci kwallo.»

Kafin wasan an yi bikin buɗe filin da ya yi fice inda manyan mawaƙan Canada Michael Bublé da Alanis Morissette suka yi waƙa, inda na karshen ya jagoranci taron ya rera waƙar ƙasa 'O Canada'. Alessia Cara, Jessie Reyez, da Elyanna suma suka yi wasan kwaikwayo, yayin da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo da Jakadan FIFA World Cup Will Arnett ya yi jawabi ga taron tare da tauraron Hollywood na Canada Ryan Reynolds da Mike Myers.

Wasanni shida, ƙasashe goma

Toronto Stadium a ƙarshe ya karbi wasanni biyar na matakin ƙungiyoyi da ɗaya na Round of 32, yana maraba da ƙungiyoyi goma daga ƙungiyoyi huɗu. Babban al'ummar Ghana da ke Toronto sun fito cikin ƙarfi don Ghana a wasannin Rukunin L da Panama, kuma Black Stars sun tabbatar da nasara ta ƙarshe don cin duk maki uku.

Wasan Rukunin E tsakanin Germany da Côte d'Ivoire ya jawo babban al'ummar Jamusawa daga bakin tafkin Ontario, wanda ƙarin ƙarfi ya zo daga tauraron NHL Leon Draisaitl da 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Stephanie Beatriz. Zakaran duniya na 2014 sun ceto nasara ta hannun maye Deniz Undav wanda ya fito daga benci ya ci kwallaye biyu a nasara ta 2-1 bayan sun kasance a baya.

Panama ta dawo Toronto don Round of 32 ta bar da kashi tukuna — 1-0 ga Croatia — a wasan da ya ga jimlar halartar gasar ta wuce miliyan uku. Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya halarta tare da Firaministan Croatia Andrej Plenković da Ministan Kudi na Canada François-Philippe Champagne, don bikin bayyanar ta 200 ta duniya na Luka Modrić.

Ronaldo da Modrić suna yin tarihi tare

Nasarar Senegal 5-0 akan Iraq ta shimfida mataki don wasan Round of 32 tsakanin Croatia da Portugal, wanda ya mayar da Modrić Toronto. A wannan wasan, Cristiano Ronaldo — mai shekara 41 da kwanaki 147 — ya zama tsofon ɗan wasan filin da ya taɓa buga wasa a wasan knock-out na FIFA World Cup.

Da Modrić ma yana filin wasa, shi ne karon farko a tarihin gasar da ɗiyan wasan filin guda biyu waɗanda suka wuce shekaru 40 suka fuskanci juna a zagayen knock-out. Ronaldo ya ci kwallonsa ta 11 a FIFA World Cup — kuma ta farko a zagayen knock-out — yayin da Portugal ta koma baya ta lashe 2-1, tana faranta wa babban taron masu goyon bayan Portugal da ke waje rai.

Ƙididdiga na Toronto a gasar

Taron ƙarshe na 43,036 ya kai jimlar halartar Toronto a cikin wasanni shida zuwa 258,088 — wuce kwata miliyan na magoya baya. Waɗannan masu kallo sun shaida jimlar kwallaye 15, matsakaici 2.5 a kowace wasa.

Ko da yake wasannin gasa na Toronto sun ƙare, bikin Fan Festival na birni — wanda ke Fort York ƙarƙashin The Bentway — zai ci gaba da buɗewa har zuwa ƙarshen wasan FIFA World Cup 2026 a ranar 19 ga Yuli.