Ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel ta England na shiga gasar kusa da kusa ta FIFA World Cup 2026 a kan Mexico tana sane da cewa kalubalen da ke gabanta sun fi filin wasa kawai.

Mexico, daya daga cikin ƙasashen da ke gudanar da gasar a wannan lokacin bazara, ta kai wannan matakin cikin kyakkyawar hali. Sun kasance cikin ƙasashe uku kawai — tare da France da Argentina — da suka lashe dukkan wasannin rukuni da cikakken bayanan nasara. Sun kuma riga sun tura Ecuador a zagaye na 32, wanda ke nufin sun taka wasan ɗaya fiye da yawancin abokan hamayyarsu a wannan matakin.

Matsalar tsawo

Wasan Lahadi zai gudana a Estadio Azteca da ke Mexico City, wani fili da aka gina a kusan tsawo na mita 2,200 — ko ƙafa 7,218 — sama da matakin teku. Wannan adadi ya fi tsawo na kololuwar ƙasar Ingila, Scafell Pike, sau biyu, kuma ya zarce tsawo na Ben Nevis, kololuwar da ta fi kowace wuri a Ingila da Kudi Kudanci, da kashi 64 cikin ɗari.

Don sanya haka cikin mahallin Turai, Estadio Azteca ya tsaya kusan mita 180 sama da Omar Hitzfeld Arena cikin tsaunukan Alps na Switzerland, wanda ake gane shi a matsayin filin wasa mafi tsawo a Turai.

A tsawo kamar wannan, buƙatun jiki da ake sawa wa 'yan wasa sun fi girma. Numfashi yana ƙara wahala, da mai da hankali na iya raguwa da sauri, kuma matakin aiki gaba ɗaya yana shafuwa — musamman ga waɗanda ba su saba da wasa a irin wannan yanayi ba. 'Yan wasan da suke horar da kansa akai-akai a tsawo suna samun fa'ida ta zahiri wanda ba za a iya samarwa da dare ɗaya ba, kuma wannan shine dalilin da ya sa manyan masu horar da wasannin ƙarfi suke daraja sansanin horon tsawo.

England ba su da wannan nau'in shirye-shirye na jiki. Filin da suka taka a tsayon mafi girma a wannan gasar shi ne Mercedes-Benz Stadium na Atlanta, wanda yake a tsawo na mita 320 kawai — kimanin kashi 15 na tsawo na Azteca.

Fa'idar Mexico a gida

Yanayin tsananin ƙwazo a cikin Azteca, cike da magoya bayan gida masu himma, ya ƙara ƙalubale ga England. Uku daga cikin wasanni huɗu da Mexico ta taka a wannan gasar an gudanar da su a Azteca ; a keɓe ɗaya an taka a Estadio Akron — wanda kansa shi ne fili na biyu mafi tsawo a gasar.

Mexico ba ta cin nasara kawai ba — ta yi haka a gaban masu kallo masu cika filin gida a tsawo, tana gina gudu da kwanciyar hankali wanda England za ta samu wahalar rushe shi. Spain ita ce ƙungiya ɗaya tilo da ba ta karɓi ƙwallo a ragar ta a gasar har yanzu, ko da yake ta taka wasa ɗaya ƙasa da Mexico.

Ga England, dabaru ta faɗi a wani alkibla ɗaya mai sarai : ɗaukar iko da wasan da wuri, zira ƙwallo da sauri, kuma guji lokacin ƙari a tsawo na mita 2,200 sama da matakin teku. Tambayar da ke tafe kafin Lahadi ita ce ko 'yan wasan Tuchel za su iya aiwatar da wannan shiri a kan ƙungiya mai kaifin wasa kamar wannan tare da goyon bayan masu kallo mai ƙarfi.