Ingila na ƙarin wasa biyu kawai kafin su kawo karshen shekaru 60 na takaicin ƙwallon ƙafa — kuma hutu a ranar Juma'a, 24 Yuli na iya jiranta bayan nasara.

Three Lions dole ne su fara wuce zakarun duniya na yanzu, Argentina, a wasan dab da na karshe, sannan su fuskanci France ko Spain a wasan karshe, kafin duk wata bukukuwa ta fara. Amma duk da haka, yiyuwar hutu na kasa tana ana tattaunawar ta a mafi girman matakai na gwamnati.

Starmer ya bude kofa

Firayim Minista mai ficewa Sir Keir Starmer ya nuna cewa zai yi la'akari da ba da hutu na hukuma idan Ingila ta yi duk hanyar. Yana magana a taron NATO a Turkiyya, kafin nasarar tawagar Thomas Tuchel a kan Norway, Starmer ya ce: "Ban so in kawo rashin sa'a, amma tambaye ni kuma idan mun kai wasan karshe."

Starmer ya yi murabus tun daga lokacin kuma ba zai kasance a ofis ba lokacin da za a yanke wani yanke shawara na hukuma. Wanda zai maye gurbinsa a 10 Downing Street, Andy Burnham, ya taɓa nuna karin hankali a baya, yana kiran tattaunawar hutu kafin wasan Ingila a Azteca a matsayin "dan wuri kaɗan." Da mintoci 180 na ƙwallon ƙafa kawai na iya raba Ingila da dawwama, wannan yaren yanzu yana da tsufansa.

Hanyar zuwa wasan karshe

Argentina ta tsaya a tafarkin Ingila da farko, tawagar da ta yi hanyarsa zuwa wasan dab da na karshe ta hanyar wasannin tuƙuru da Cape Verde, Egypt, da Switzerland. A tsakiyar kamfen ɗinsu akwai Lionel Messi — mai shekaru 39 kuma kusan tabbas a Kofin Duniyarsa na karshe — wanda ya kasance yana samar da lokutan haske na mutum ɗaya a duk faɗin gasar.

Messi ya ci kwallaye takwas a wannan bugu, yana ɗaga jimlarsa ta Kofin Duniya zuwa kwallaye 21, yana wuce tarihin da Miroslav Klose ya kafa na kwallaye 16. Argentina ba za ta yi sauƙin cin nasara ba.

Idan Ingila ta shawo kan wannan gwajin, wasan karshe yana jiranta da France, waɗanda ke da harin mafi ƙarfi a gasar watakila, ko Spain, masu tsaron mafi ƙarfi watakila. Babu zaɓi mai sauƙi ga maza na Tuchel.

Tarihi yana kusa

Nasarar Kofin Duniya za ta zama ta farko ga Ingila tun nasararsu ta musamman a ƙasarsu ta 1966, tana sanya wannan tsara na 'yan wasa dawwama a ƙwaƙwalwar wasannin ƙasa. Juma'a, 24 Yuli an riga an alama ta a matsayin ranar hutu ta yiwuwa — cikakkun bayanai da ke nuna yadda ake ɗaukar wannan yuwuwar da muhimmanci, har ma kafin an buga wani ƙwallon a wasan dab da na karshe.