An tabbatar da alkalin wasa na farko na FIFA World Cup 2026: jami'in Brazil Wilton Sampaio zai jagoranci wasan Mexico da South Africa a Estadio Azteca a Mexico City.

Sampaio yana kawo gogewa mai yawa zuwa ɗaya daga cikin zaɓuɓɓuka mafi girma a ƙwallon ƙafa. Mai shekaru 44 ya yi aiki a matsayin alkalin wasa a fiye da wasanni 250 a gasar kulob da kuma ta kasa da kasa, kuma yana filin wasa lokacin da England suka fita da France a zagaye na takwas na Kofin Duniya 2022 a Qatar.

Sana'a da aka gina akan manyan wasanni

Shiriyar Sampaio a ƙwallon ƙafa ta kai har zuwa farkon fasahar Video Assistant Referee — shi ne memba na ƙungiyar VAR ta farko ta FIFA, wanda aka gabatar a gasar 2018 a Rasha.

Duk da haka, yadda ya gudanar da rashin nasarar England 2-1 a hannun France a Qatar 2022 ya jawo zargi mai tsanani. Masu suka sun ce ya kasa ba da laifuffuka don kalubalen Faransanci akan Bukayo Saka da Mason Mount, yayin da buƙatar fanareti da ta shafi Harry Kane ta kasance ba tare da amsa ba.

Mai tsaron England Harry Maguire ya yi suka a bainar jama'a game da aikin Sampaio bayan karshen wasan, yana gaya wa BBC Sport: "Ina tsammanin yanke shawara na alkalin wasa a duk wasan ya yi marar kyau sosai. Koyaushe muna tsayawa nan kuma a matsayinmu na 'yan wasa ana sukar mu. Da kyau a ga ko zai fito ya ce ko ya yi wasa mai kyau ko a'a. Domin akwai yanke shawara da yawa a rabi na farko inda suka yi laifuffuka biyar, shida da wuri. Ina tsammanin H [Harry Kane] yana wajen akwatin amma laifi ne a bayyane. Ya kasa a rabi na biyu, na Bukayo laifi ne a bayyane wanda ya kai ga burinsu na farko. Manyan lokuta, manyan yanke shawara, kana tsammanin samun wasu daidai amma rashin sa'a da daren nan ba mu samu komai."

Ƙungiyar alkalai a Estadio Azteca

Sampaio zai sami taimakon 'yan ƙasarsa na Brazil Bruno Pires da Bruno Boschilia a matsayin mataimaka. Juan Gabriel Benítez daga Paraguay zai cika aikin jami'in huɗu, yayin da wani ɗan Paraguay, Eduardo Cardozo, an naɗa shi alkalin wasa na ajiya idan Sampaio ya kasa kammala wasan.