An bar Declan Rice a wajen farawa don England a wasan karshensu na Rukunin L a Gasar Kofin Duniya 2026 da Panama a MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, inda ya ta da sabbin damuwa game da lafiyarsa bayan an gan shi yana tafiya da rauni tare da mayafi a kafafunsa na hagu bayan zanen 0-0 da Ghana.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal ya kasance daya daga cikin sunayen farko a jerin wasanni na Thomas Tuchel tun lokacin da Bajamushe ya karbi ragama kusan shekaru biyu da suka wuce, wanda ya sa babu shi a cikin XI ya yi fice.

Tuchel ya rage damuwar jikkatar

A taron manema labarai kafin wasan, Tuchel ya yi ƙoƙari ya kwantar da hankalin masu goyon baya game da yanayin Rice. "[Elliot] Anderson da Rice sun yi horon yau [Alhamis]," in ji manaja. "Sun sami ƙananan matsaloli bayan wasan amma sun sami isasshen lokaci don warware. Don haka kowa yana samuwa sai dai Reece James, kuma za mu yanke shawara gobe."

Duk da wannan kwanciyar hankali, Rice bai kasance cikin farkon XI ba. Elliot Anderson ya shigo a matsayin kawai dan wasan tsakiya mai kare, yayin da Jarell Quansah ya maye gurbin James a matsayin dan wasan ɓangaren dama. Ana sa ran Jude Bellingham ya buga ɗan zurfi kaɗan, tare da ba Morgan Rogers matsayin lamba 10.

Yanke shawara da Tuchel ya yi da hankali

Yanke shawarar ta bayyana a matsayin na kariya. Tare da Rice yana ɗauke da rauni wanda watakila bai warke gaba ɗaya ba, Tuchel ya auna haɗarin dagula rauni idan aka kwatanta da barazanar da Panama ke iya yi — ya zaɓi hankali.

Panama sun isa MetLife Stadium bayan sun sha kashi a wasanninsu biyu na farko na Rukunin L, ga Croatia da Ghana, ma'ana England ya kamata su sami isasshen ƙarfi don ci gaba ba tare da dan wasansu na farko yana cikin cikakken ƙarfi ba.