Ingila ta doke Croatia 4-2 a wasansu na farko na Kofin Duniya, kuma sun nuna wasan kai hari mai ban sha'awa, amma bangaren tsaro na wasansu ya bari damuwa. Nazarin ayyukan ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel lokacin da suke da ƙwallon da lokacin da ba su da ita ya nuna dalilin da suka kasance a buɗe a bayan gida a lokuta da dama.
Kane ya shiga tsakiyar filin ya haifar da matsalolin tsaro
Tsarin kai hari na Ingila a rabin farko ya kasance na kai tsaye kuma mai kirkira. Declan Rice ya ja zuwa gefen filin don barin sarari a tsakiyar wuri, yana baiwa Harry Kane damar sauka zuwa zurfi don karbar ƙwallo kafin ya tura dogayen wucewa zuwa gudu na Anthony Gordon, Jude Bellingham, da Noni Madueke.
Wannan hanyar ta haifar da manyan damammakin ci — wani lokaci masu kaiwa hari na Ingila sun sami kansu uku da uku — amma ta dauki farashi na tsaro. Lokacin da Ingila ta rasa ƙwallo yayin ginin wasan, Kane maimakon Rice ke a yankin tsaro na tsakiya, wanda ya bar gibin tsari da Croatia ta iya amfani da shi.
Yawan rasa ƙwallo saboda wasa kai tsaye da yawa
Ingila kuma ta yi gwagwarmaya wajen nemo daidaito a yanayinsu na wucewa. Wajen ƙoƙarin jan matsayin Croatia kafin wasan da ƙwallo mai tsawo, wani lokaci sun yi wasa kai tsaye da wuri sosai kuma sun rasa ƙwallo fiye da yadda suke so.
Mataimakin koci Anthony Barry ya yarda da wannan matsala a tsakiyar wasan:
"Ina tsammanin akwai yawan makamashi na tsoro da farko. Sai muka yanke shawarwari marasa kyau — mun buga mai tsawo lokacin da ya kamata mu yi gajere, mun buga gajere lokacin da ya kamata mu yi mai tsawo, ba mu buga ta cikin sararin don hanzarta wasan mu yadda muke so."
Ƙoƙarin kashe-kashen da Croatia ta yi da gangan a kan Jordan Pickford a duk lokacin da ya taɓa ƙwallo shi ma ya ba da gudunmawa ga hasarar — yana amfani da mai tsaron ƙofar Everton a matsayin jigo na matsin, ya tilasta masa dub da tsawo lokuta da yawa, ya ba Croatia damar dawo da sarrafa wasan.
Matsi a kan manyan nisafi ya bari Ingila a buɗe
A rabin farko, Gordon, Kane, da Madueke sun yi ƙoƙarin matsi kan tsaron uku na Croatia. Lokacin da ƙwallo ta je zuwa gefen daman Croatia, Nico O'Reilly dole ne ya yi dogon tafiya don hawa fagen wasan da amfani da matsi, wanda ya bai wa kwarangwal na gefen Croatia lokaci da sarari don ci gaba.
Ɗabi'ar lura da mutum ɗaya ɗaya ta yi tsada wajen tsaro ƙasa
Matsin ɓangare na Ingila ya haifar da ƴan matsaloli lokacin da suke tsaro kusa da ƙofar su. Sana'ar manne wa ɗan wasa ɗaya ɗaya a lokacin matsi, yan wasan Ingila sun sami kansu cikin shakka yayin canjin tsaro, sau da yawa suna zaɓar bin mutumin su maimakon tsaro a salon yankin gargajiya.
A ginin don burin Croatia na biyu, Kane ya bi gudu na Modric zuwa matsayi da ya yi kama da tsakiyar tsaro, Madueke ya shigo tsakiyar filin, kuma Bellingham ya rama ta hanyar tsaro a gefen — ayyuka waɗanda ba su dace da kowane ɗayansu ba.
A duk tsawon wasan, mun ga Ingila tana canzawa daga tsaro na huɗu zuwa biyar, tare da Elliot Anderson ko Rice suna sauka. A ka'ida, wannan zai kasance don haɗuwa da ƙarfin layin gaba na Croatia na biyar. Amma ga buri na biyu, wannan tsaro na yanayi na biyar ya tarwatse: Anderson da Bellingham duka sun ja zuwa Martin Baturina wanda ya sauka zurfi, wanda ya buɗe sarari tsakanin Reece James da Ezri Konsa. Wucewa mai sauƙi ta sami Ivan Perisic yana gudu zuwa wannan sararin, kuma jan-juyawarsa ta taimaka wa Petar Musa ya ci.
Alamomin ƙarfafawa duk da buƙatar inganta
Ƙungiyoyin matsi na sama sun gaba ɗaya sun yi gwagwarmaya a wannan gasar amma yana da ƙarfafawa cewa Tuchel ya sami damar daidaita hanyarsa ta tsaro a tsakiyar wasan. A rabin na biyu, Ingila ta bayyana suna karkatar da matsinsun maimakon matsi gaba ɗaya, wanda ya basu damar hawa da ƙarfi.
Akwai aiki da za a yi lokacin da Ingila ke tsaro a cikin toshe kusa da ƙofar su, kuma sakar Rice ko Anderson don samar da tsaro na biyar ya bar sarari a zuciyar tsakiyar filin wanda, a wata rana, zai iya a hukunta shi. Amma mafi girman kyakkyawan abu shine ikon su a ƙwallon — idan Ingila za ta iya sarrafa gudu na wasan, ta mamaye ƙwallo na dogon lokaci, za su kasance suna fata cewa lokacin da suke kusa da ƙofar su zai ragu.
