Babban kocin Mexico Javier Aguirre ya yi watsi da tattaunawar cewa tsayin Estadio Azteca zai bai wa tawagansa fifiko a gasar kusa da kusa da England a zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026.

Yana magana kafin wasan, Aguirre ya jaddada cewa yanayin muhalli ba zai yanke shawarar wasan ba. "Ita ce 11 da 11," in ji shi, yana ƙara da cewa Mexico dole ta nuna wasan kusan cikakke don cin nasara kan England wanda ya kwatanta da ƙungiya "mai ƙarfi."

Estadio Azteca tana tsayin mita 2,240 — kusan ƙafa 7,350 — sama da matakin teku a Birnin Mexico, inda iska mai sauƙi ke rage karɓar oxygen kuma tana sanya ƙwallon ta tafi da sauri fiye da wuraren ƙasa. Waɗannan yanayi sun jan hankalin kocin England Thomas Tuchel, wanda ya nuna kalubalen muhalli da ƙungiyarsa ke fuskanta, musamman saboda England ba ta da isasshen lokaci don saba da yanayin kafin wasan ya fara.

Aguirre yana dogara ga ƙungiyarsa, ba ga yanayin muhalli ba

Duk da faɗuwar gida mai yawa — tsayi, yanayin filin, da magoya baya masu ƙwazo na Azteca — Aguirre ya bayyana cewa ladabi na dabara, ba dalilai na muhalli ba, ne zai jagoranci Mexico zuwa matakin kusa da kusa da na karshe.

"Suna da ƴan wasa manyan da ke buga ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin ƙasar su da wajen ƙasar su," Aguirre ya ce game da England. "Suna da ƙarfi sosai ta fuskar jiki, kuma ƴan wasa ne masu girma."

Ya kasance a sarari daidai dangane da inda hankalinsa yake: "Ba na mai da hankali kan hakan ko kaɗan. Ita ce 11 da 11. Alkalin wasa yana nan ya nuna abubuwa. Mu ƴan wasa 11 na Mexico ne waɗanda dole su zura kwallo a ragar su, kuma su za su yi ƙoƙarin zura kwallo a ragar mu."

Aguirre ya yarda da sha'awar da ke kewaye da ƙungiyar, amma ya ce aikinsa shi ne riƙe ƴan wasansa a ƙasa. "Ƙungiyar tana sane da komai — kowane ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasana yana da wayar zamani kuma suna ƙonewa, don haka sun san sosai game da farin ciki da kyakkyawan fata da ke waje," in ji shi. "Wajibi na shine duk lokacin da suka yi girman kai ko suka yi farin ciki fiye da kima, ina ƙoƙarin kawo su ƙasa."

Kocin bai bar wata shakka game da imaninsa a damar Mexico ba: "Da ban gaskata cewa za mu iya cin nasara kan England ba, da na gaya muku a sarari. Amma ina da ƙarfin imani a yadda muke buga wasa. Ina tsammanin muna daidai, kuma ƙungiyar da za ta yi ƙarancin kurakurai ita za ta yi nasara."