Makon guda bayan fara Kofin Duniya na FIFA, tsarin taimakon bidiyo na alkali (VAR) ya haifar da jayayya fiye da fassara. Masu sha'awa, horar da 'yan wasa, da tsoffin masu hukunci duka suna da wahalar fahimtar dalilin da ya sa wasu abubuwan suke karkashin bitar bidiyo yayin da wasu ba sa — kuma abubuwan da suka faru a wannan mako sun nuna cewa ba wani tsari na gaskiya da ake bi.
Lambobi a bayan muhawara
Lissafi na nuna cewa VAR a wannan Kofin Duniya na aiki da yawan katsewa wanda ya yi kama da na Premier League. Wannan gasar ta England ta rubuta matsakaicin katsewa 0.29 a wasa a kakar da ta gabata; Kofin Duniya na tsaye a 0.28. Akan hukunce-hukuncen da ke bukatar yanke shawara ta hankali — inda ake neman alkali ya duba allon — Premier League ta samu matsakaici na 0.15 a wasa, yayin da Kofin Duniya ke tsaye a 0.17.
Kwatanta wadannan lambobi da na UEFA Champions League, wanda ke rubuta katsewa 0.47 a wasa da ziyara 0.36 na allon a kowane wasa. UEFA na amfani da fassara mai tsauri game da doka ta hannu, wanda ke rage damar yanke shawara na hankali kuma ke rage dalilan da za a bar wani lamari ya wuce ba tare da a bitar ba. Sakamakon haka akwai yawan katsewa da, tare da shi, jin daɗin daidaito a cikin masu kallo.
Mako guda na hukunce-hukuncen da suka baiwa jama'a mamaki
Wasanni guda uku musamman sun jawo sukar tsanani. Da farko, kocin Ghana Carlo Queiroz ya yi korafi a fili bayan ƙungiyarsa ba ta sami bugun fanareti a kan England ba saboda ƙalubalantar Ezri Konsa a kan Prince Kwabena Adu. Queiroz ya ce VAR ta "je sha kofi." Wasa ya ƙare da ci 0-0, kuma masu sharhi da yawa sun amince cewa ƙalubalantar ta yi muni sosai don a bi da ita zuwa bitar allon aƙalla.
Kashegari, an hana Brazil zura kwallo a ragar Scotland a nasararsu ta ci 3-0 saboda VAR ta yanke hukunci cewa Vinicius Jr ya yi wa Jack Hendry laifi. Tsohon mataimakin alkali na Kofin Duniya Darren Cann, yana magana a Match of the Day, bai yarda da wannan ba. "Akwai taɓa ɗan taɓa kafin ƙwallon ta tafi amma ban ji wannan faul ba ne," in ji shi. Scotland, ya ƙara da cewa, sun sami "ɗan sa'a."
Sai rashin nasara na Germany 2-1 a hannun Ecuador ya samar da jerin abubuwan da suka fi cece-kuce a gasar. An bar burin buɗe wasan Leroy Sane ya tsaya duk da cewa takalmin Alexandar Pavlovic na sama ya faɗa fili a kan kai Pedro Vite — wani lamari wanda yawancin mutane suka ɗauka ya kamata VAR ta shiga tsakani nan take. Dogo Joe Hart, yana bayyana a Match of the Day, ya kasance mai tsauri: "Duk ɗan wasa da ke kallo wannan Kofin Duniya yanzu zai ga wannan lamarin ya ce nan take, wannan na haɗarin abokin hamayya ne, wannan takalmi ne mai tsawo, wannan faul ne. Ina tsammanin yanke shawara kuskure ne." Ellen White ta ƙara fiye da haka: "Na yi mamaki cewa ba a sake duba shi ba kuma ba a soke shi ba."
Mintuna kaɗan bayan haka, alkalin Tori Penso ya nuna zuwa wurin fanareti don Germany bayan Kai Havertz ya faɗi ƙarƙashin ƙalubalantar Joel Ordonez. A wannan karon, jami'in VAR Joe Dickerson ya tsoma baki — ya soke fanareti bayan ya gano laifin da Sane ya yi wa Vite a kusa da layin tsakiya. A kanta, tsoma bakin na iya zama mai ma'ana. Amma an kwatanta shi da gazawar da ta gabata ta shiga tsakani akan takalmin Pavlovic na sama, ta bayyana a matsayin rashin daidaito mai zurfi.
Matsalar tsari ba tare da sauƙin warwarewa ba
Shugaban alkalai na FIFA Pierluigi Collina ya daɗe yana tsaron salon wasan da ke gudana cikin walwala, yana jayayya cewa ƙwallon ƙafa wasa ne na taɓawa kuma ba duk taɓawar jikin na nufin laifi ba. Sa'ad da alkalai a filin suka dora sauƙi sama, VAR dole ta bi — kuma ƙa'idar "kuskure mai fa'ida kuma bayyana" tana zama mafi wahalar kaiwa.
Wannan tashin hankali ya ci Premier League fama cikin shekaru da yawa. "Tsoma baki kaɗan don amfani mafi yawa" shi ne ka'idar asali ta VAR sa'ad da aka gabatar da ita, amma ya dogara gaba ɗaya akan alkalai su yanke hukunce-hukuncen da suka dace a kan lokaci. Sa'ad da wannan bai faru ba, iyakataccen yawan tsoma bakin VAR na barin manyan kuskure ba tare da gyara ba.
France ma ta ji waɗannan tasirin: VAR ta ba da shawarar fanareti kan laifin Sadio Mane a kan Kylian Mbappe, amma alkalin filin ya ƙi — wani abu wanda ya baiwa masu kallo da yawa mamaki. Collina da ƙungiyarsa ta jami'an bidiyo 30, waɗanda ke aiki daga tushe a Dallas, suna fuskantar matsin lamba da ke ƙaruwa don su kafa ƙa'ida ta daidaito kafin gasar ta kai matakanta masu yanke shawara.
