Arsène Wenger, Babban Jami'in Ci Gaban Kwallon Kafa na Duniya na FIFA, ya bayyana cewa FIFA World Cup 2026™ ta farko da ta kunshi ƙungiyoyi 48 babbar nasara ce, yana watsi da damuwar da aka yi kafin gasar cewa fadadawa zata rage ingancin wasan.

Yana magana a taron manema labarai na FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG), Wenger ya yarda cewa yanke shawara ya yadda ta faru da ta haifar da shakku, amma ya ce abin da ya faru a filin wasa ya bai wa komai amsa cikakkiya. "An yi tambaya kafin ta fara. Mun gano cewa yana da mahimmanci a ɓangaren ɗa'a a ba kowa dama ko ba ƙungiyoyi mafi yawa damar wakiltar kwallon kafa. Gabaɗaya, na gamsu cewa shi ne shawara ta daidai kuma babbar nasara ce," in ji Bafaranshe.

Ya nuna cewa ƙananan al'ummai ba su kawai shiga gasar ba — sun yi gogayya ta gaske, tare da Cabo Verde ta tsaya fili a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi da yawa da suka zarce tsammani kuma suka ba da nishaɗi na musamman. Wenger ya jingina ingantaccen horon ƙwararru da ci gaba na fasaha da raguwar tazara tsakanin manyan ƙasashen kwallon kafa da sauran duniya.

Ƙananan al'ummai sun cancanta wurinsu

Michael O'Neill, memba na TSG da kuma manajan Northern Ireland, ya kasance a fili ƙwarai. "Bai kamata in yi gaskiya ba, ban yi imani cewa ya rage inganci kaɗan ba. Ina tsammanin, a maimakon haka, ya ƙara da shi. Yana ba ƙananan al'ummai damar shiga, wanda yake da muhimmanci sosai don ci gaban kwallon kafa a waɗannan ƙasashe," ya ce.

Tsohon kocin Germany da United States Jürgen Klinsmann, wanda ya ɗauki Kofin Duniya a matsayin ɗan wasa na asali na Germany a Italy 1990, ya lura cewa manyan ƙasashe da yawa — ciki har da Germany, Netherlands, da Brazil — an fitar da su kafin mafi kyawun takwas. Ya ambaci Cabo Verde, Congo DR, Switzerland, da Norway a matsayin ƙungiyoyin da suka ba da mamaki a duk tsawon gasar.

Tsohon ɗan wasan Argentina Pablo Zabaleta ya ware ƙodon Curaçao, wanda ya shiga gasar a karon farko, a kan Ecuador a matsayin lokaci mai ma'ana. "Wannan wani abu ne da a gare ni, daga mahangar kaina ta mutum, ya yi mini ban mamaki sosai… lokaci ne mai girma a gare su," Zabaleta ya ce, yana yaba wa mai tsaron raga Eloy Room da bikin da aka yi a Curaçao.

Kwallaye daga nesa da sabbin hanyoyin masu tsaron raga

Bayanan aiki da TSG ta tattara a duk tsawon gasar sun nuna canjin muhimmanci a yadda gasar ta kasance. Kwallaye da aka ci daga wajen yankin azaba sun ninka idan aka kwatanta da Qatar 2022, suna tashi daga kashi 8 zuwa kashi 16 cikin dari. Klinsmann ya haɗa wannan da dabaru masu hankali da masu yawan masu horon suka yi amfani da su, inda ƙananan katangun tsaro suka tilasta abokan hamayya su yi ƙoƙari daga zango mai tazara tsakanin mita 18 zuwa 20, wanda hakan ya ƙara wahalar masu tsaron raga.

Pascal Zuberbuhler, tsohon mai tsaron raga na Switzerland kuma shugaban TSG, ya jaddada wata yanayi: ƙaruwar masu tsaron raga da ke zaɓan bugun hannu maimakon kama ƙwallon, musamman daga kusurwa, bugun 'yanci, da ketare. "Da nake wasa, ka fito ka kama ƙwallon. A yau… yin bugun hannu mai kyau da hannu guda ko hannaye biyu, wani abu ne da ya yi kyau sosai a wannan gasar ganin masu tsaron raga suna yi," Zuberbuhler ya ce.

Argentina da Spain — wasan karshe da salon wasa daban-daban

Hankulan duk yanzu sun koma zuwa wasan karshe na Lahadi tsakanin Argentina da Spain. Wenger ya gabatar da shi a matsayin haduwar falsafar kwallon kafa biyu daban-daban — ƙarfin Argentina da salon wasa na jiki mai ƙarfi yana adawa da iyawar fasaha da basira na Spain. Ya kuma nuna kasancewar "ɗan wasa na musamman" wato Lionel Messi a matsayin abin da zai iya yanke hukunci ga ɓangaren Kudancin Amirka.

O'Neill ma ya sa ran wasa mai ɗaukar hankali. Spain ta ci gaba da sha'awar kwallaye ɗaya kawai a duk tsawon gasar, tana dogara da kwallon da aka sarrafa sosai, yayin da Argentina ta tilasta kanta ta yi wasan kari lokaci sau biyu a matakin kwallon daga kashi, ta dogara da kwallaye a ƙarshen wasan da gudummawar masu maye gurbinsu. "Mun ga sihirin Messi ma, a ma'anar cewa suna dogara a kansa kaɗan a lokuta masu mahimmanci a gasar. Ina tsammanin yana da wahala sosai a wannan matakin a annabta waɗanda suke a gaba, amma ina tsammani ƙungiyoyi biyu mafi kyau suna wasan karshe," O'Neill ya ce.