Ingila na fuskantar ɗaya daga cikin filayen wasa mafi ƙalubale a ƙwallon ƙafa a zagayen ƙarshen 16 na FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 — Azteca mai tarihi, inda Mexico ke son kare rikodinsu na musamman a gida. Bayan sun dawo daga baya wajen doke DR Congo 2-1 a Atlanta, Harry Kane ya zura kwallaye biyu, yanzu ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel dole ta fuskanci abokin hamayya mai ƙarfin babban mai taimako: tsayin ƙasa.

Filin wasa na musamman

Azteca — wanda FIFA ta rubuta a hukumance a wannan gasar a matsayin Mexico City Stadium — yana da wuri na musamman a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa a matsayin filin wasa ɗaya tilo da ya karbi wasanni a Kofin Duniya daban-daban guda uku. Ya gudanar da ƙarshen wasa na 1970 da 1986, tare da buɗewar wasa na Kofin Duniya 2026, kuma rikodin Mexico a can ya yi fice.

El Tri sun buga wasanni goma na Kofin Duniya a filin wasa ba tare da shan kashi ko ɗaya ba, suna fuskantar abokan hamayya masu ƙarfi ciki har da Soviet Union a 1970 da Belgium a 1986. Bayan sun riga sun doke South Africa, Czechia, da Ecuador a wannan gasar a filin wasa ɗaya, Mexico na Javier Aguirre suna shiga zagayen ƙarshen 16 da ƙarfin guiwa. Wasan zai fara da karfe 1:00 da safe, lokacin Burtaniya, Litinin.

Me ya sa tsayi ke da irin wannan muhimmanci

Azteca tana a tsayin mita 2,200 sama da saman teku — kusan ƙafa 7,220 — wanda ya zarce iyakar mita 2,000 inda tsayi ke fara shafar aikin wasannin. Da tsayi yana ƙaruwa, matsin iska da yawan iska suna raguwa, kuma sama da mita 2,000, ƙarfin aerobic na 'yan wasa yana raguwa sosai.

A aikace, wannan yana nufin zuciya, huhu, da tsokoki suna aiki da ƙarancin inganci, kuma gajiyawa na zuwa da sauri. A cewar Physiopedia, tsayi mai yawa a cikin likitancin wasanni an bayyana shi a matsayin duk wani abu sama da mita 1,500. A irin waɗannan tsayuka, matsin sinadarin oxygen a cikin huhu yana raguwa, wanda ke rage matakin oxygen daga huhu zuwa jini da daga jini zuwa tsokoki.

Babbar damuwa a tsayin Azteca ba shine lalacewar tsanani da ake gani a tsayukan da suka wuce gona da iri ba, amma raguwar ƙarfin aerobic wanda ke iyakance aikin wasa. A gefe ɗaya, 'yan wasa masu kyakkyawar dangantaka da wannan tsayi suna samun fa'ida mai auna — suna amfana da ƙarancin yawan iska kuma suna samun ƙarancin juriya ga motsin sauri.

Shirin daidaita na Ingila

Tawagar horarwa ta Ingila sun san tun farko cewa wasa a zagayen ƙarshen 16 a Azteca wani ɓangare ne mai yuwuwa na hanyarsu ta Kofin Duniya, an kuma yi shirye-shiryen da ya dace. Shirin shi ne ƙungiyar ta koma Mexico City kwanaki biyu kafin wasan — mataki da aka tsara don taimaka wa 'yan wasa su fara daidaita da tsayin.

Duk da haka, ƙarin lokacin daidaita yana da iyaka. Ingila ta yanke shawarar kada ta ɗauki ƙarin yini ɗaya a Mexico City, tana fifita komawa sansanin Kofin Duniya a Kansas City maimakon ƙara lokacin hulɗa da tsayin. Daidaita, ko da yake yana da muhimmanci wajen ƙuntata giɓin jiki, ba za a cimma shi gaba ɗaya a irin wannan gajeren lokaci ba — kuma Mexico, suna buga wasa a gida, suna da babban fa'ida ta ƙungiya da ta daidaita gaba ɗaya da waɗannan yanayin.