England ta samu nasara mai tsauri 2-1 a kan DR Congo a zagaye na 32 na Kofin Duniya 2026, amma wasan bai isa ya kwantar wa masu goyon bayan su hankalin su ba kafin wani babban kalubale mai zuwa.

Three Lions sun yi mafi yawan wasan suna bin baya kafin Harry Kane ya cece su da kwalaye biyu a kwata na karshe na wasan. Kane ya kai kwallon da kai tare da tsallaken Anthony Gordon a minti 75 don daidaita lamarin, sannan ya kammala sauyin sakamakon ta hanyar harbi mai karfi daga baya-bayan kafa na Gordon a minti 86.

Fitowa da co-host Mexico

Ladan England shi ne wasa a zagaye na 16 a kan co-host Mexico a Mexico City — kuma ba lallai ba ce zabo mai sauqi. Tawagar Javier Aguirre ta kasance daya daga cikin manyan tawagogin gasar, ta lashe wasanni hudu ba tare da karbar kwallon guda daya ba.

Sakamakon Mexico a Kofin Duniya 2026 yana da ban mamaki: 2-0, 1-0, 3-0, da kuma 2-0 a kan Ecuador a zagaye na 32. Wannan jerin nasarori hudu ba tare da karbar kwallon ba ya sanya su cikin wani jerin manyan ƙasashe — kasar da ta yi haka a karshe ita ce Italy a shekarar 1990, wanda ya kai matakin semi-final kafin ya fadi a hannun Argentina ta hanyar harbi na gaci, sannan ya doke England 2-1 a wasan neman wuri na uku.

Bayan alkaluman, Mexico tana da nauyin tunani mai girma daga Azteca. Duk da cewa ba ta kai zagaye na kusa da kusa na Kofin Duniya tun 1986, maza na Aguirre sun zo wannan matakin suna cikin sifar da ba a saba gani ba.

Kwatanta tawagogi biyu

England da Mexico duka sun zura kwalaye takwas a wannan gasar, amma alkaluman tsaro suna ba da wata labari daban. England sun karbi kwalaye uku; Mexico ba su karbi kwallon guda daya ba. Game da daman da aka bai wa abokan hamayya, England ta ba DR Congo expected goals 0.8 da harbe-harbe bakwai, yayin da Mexico ta ba Ecuador expected goals 0.75 da kuma harbe-harbe bakwai — alkaluma masu kamanceceniya sosai, amma Mexico ta sake fita ba tare da karbar kwallon ba.

Tawagar Thomas Tuchel za ta buƙaci kasancewa a mafi kyawun yanayin ta idan ta so kawo ƙarshen tarihin cikakke na Mexico a cikin abin da ke alƙawarin zama daren yanke hukunci a Mexico City.