Amurka sun fara yakin neman zabensu na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a gida da nasara mai ƙarfi ta 4-1 kan Paraguay a SoFi Stadium — amma sakamakon an ɗan lulluɓe shi a taƙaice ta jerin abubuwan ban mamaki da suka sa VAR ya yi tarihi.

Yayin da masu masaukin baki suka sami 3-0 cikin sauƙi a cikin wasan Rukuni D, alkalin wasa na Netherlands Danny Makkelie ya nuna katin rawaya ga mai tsaron gida mai ƙwarewa Tim Ream, mai shekaru 38, kan kalubalantuwar sa da Miguel Almiron. Bayan an buga bugun daga kai tsaye kuma an ci gaba da wasa na ɗan lokaci, an kira Makkelie zuwa allon gefen filin wasa ta VAR.

Na farko a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya

Abin da ya biyo baya ba a taɓa ganin irinta a wannan matakin ba: Makkelie ya soke yanke shawarar nasa, ya cire gargaɗin Ream ya ba da katin rawaya maimakon haka ga tsohon ɗan wasan gaba na Newcastle United Almiron, wanda a bayyane ya faɗi da gangan don neman bugun.

FIFA ta gabatar da dokar bambancin asali musamman don wannan gasar, bisa buƙatar shugaban alkalai Pierluigi Collina. Tana ba wa jami'ai damar gyara katin rawaya ko ja idan an ba da hukunci ga ɗan wasa mara kyau — a wannan yanayin, ɗan wasan ƙungiyar abokin hamayya.

Shigarewar ta kuma haifar da mamaki tunda an sake fara wasan kafin a kai Makkelie zuwa allo, wanda a yawancin yanayi da ya hana duk wani dubawa. Dokar bambancin asali ta ba da damar gyara yanke shawara har ma bayan sake fara wasa.

Wata sabuwar doka ta gasar ta ba da izinin duba katin rawaya na biyu — waɗanda ke haifar da fitarwa — kodayake katin rawaya na farko sun kasance wajen ikon yau da kullun na VAR a wajen wannan tanadi na musamman.

"Sun ƙyale su buga bugun daga kai tsaye, wanda ya yi ban mamaki amma a bayyane shi ne yanke shawara mai kyau. Ita ce karo na farko mun ga hakan amma gaskiya ne," in ji tsohon mai tsaron gida na Everton da Wales Ashley Williams, yana magana da BBC Sport.

"Duk wata gyara ta ƙa'idoji wanda ke nufin ƙarin hukunci kan faɗuwa ta gangan abu ne mai kyau," ya ƙara da tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na England Danny Murphy, wanda yake sharhi tare wa BBC Sport.

Balogun ya haskaka yayin da USA ta yi tafiya

A filin wasa, Amurka, wadda tsohon kocin Tottenham Mauricio Pochettino ke jagoranta, sun burge daga farkon wasa. Golan da Damian Bobadilla ya ci a raga nashi ya fara tafiyarsu kafin Folarin Balogun ya ci sau biyu, yana aika masu masaukin baki zuwa hantsi suna kan 3-0. Balogun ya zama kawai ɗan wasan Amurka na biyu da ya ci fiye da guda ɗaya a wasan guda ɗaya na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya.

Paraguay sun rage tazarar ta hannun Mauricio wanda aka haifa a Brazil don kawo 3-1, amma majiyar Giovanni Reyna shi ne ya ba da karshen magana — ya lankwasa harbi mai ban mamaki na yadi 20 da ɓangaren waje na ƙafar hannun daminsa a daƙiƙoƙin ƙarshe na wasan don tabbatar da nasara ta 4-1 a gaban taron magoya baya masu farin ciki.