Sa'ad da kura ta Kofin Duniya 2026 ta sanya England da Croatia cikin rukuni ɗaya, magoya bayan kwallon ƙafa a duk duniya nan da nan suka tuno da waccan wasan semi-final mai ban sha'awa na 2018 — dare da ya ƙare da baƙin ciki ga Three Lions. Bayan shekara takwas, gasar ramuwar gayya ta isa a Rukunin L, kuma England suna ƙoƙari su rama.

Yanayin rukuni

Rukunin L ya haɗa da Ghana da Panama ma, wanda ya mai da England da Croatia jagororin gasar. Ƙungiyoyin Turai biyu sun gane cewa cin wannan wasa na farko ya wuce tattara maki uku kawai — yana buɗe hanya mai sauƙi ta zagayowar cin karo. Mafi mahimmanci, guje wa shan kashi na iya yin ma'ana fiye da kowa ga England: Panama ita ce ƙungiya mafi rauni a rukuni, kuma zanen daidai a nan zai bar Three Lions cikin matsayi mai kyau zuwa ranar ƙarshe.

Shin Croatia za su cuci England?

Croatia sun kasance ƙungiya da aka gina akan iko da ƙarfi. Luka Modric, mai ƙin tsufa, yana ci gaba da jagorantar wasan tare da Mateo Kovacic a tsakiyar fili — ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyaun nau'in masu wasa a gasar. Amma gaba, Croatia suna da ƙarancin ƙarfin kai hari. Ana san su da ƙwarewa a wasannin gwagwarmaya, masu iya jure mintuna 120 da cin nasara ta hanyar bugun fenariti, amma sanya fargaba kwa mintuna 90 akan abokin hamayya mai ƙarfin jiki wata ƙalubale ce daban.

Dabarar England

Ƙungiyar maneja Thomas Tuchel tana da kaifi a kan-canji, amma babban tambaya ita ce ko za su iya jagorantar wasan akan toshewar tsakiyar fili ta Croatia masu gogewa da bude tsaro da aka tsara sosai. Yawan Harry Kane na ja da baya don karɓar ƙwallon na iya dagula tsarin Croatia ko kuma ya nisanta shi daga yankin gwal.

A Euro 2020, England sun buɗe tsaro na Croatia ta wurin Kalvin Phillips yana gudu daga zurfi yayin da Declan Rice ke kare tsakiyar fili. Ana iya ganin wannan tsari irin nan a nan, tare da Elliott Anderson mai iya cika aikin box-to-box, Jude Bellingham da Morgan Rogers suna kawo haɗari ta hanyar isa da jinkiri a yankin fenariti, da Nico O'Reilly yana tsoratarwa daga gefen hagu — matsayi da yake aiwatarwa akai-akai a kulob dinsa.

Hasashe: England 2-0 Croatia

Yi tsammani haƙuri a farkon wasan, inda kowanne ɓangare ba ya son kashe kansa — kamar yadda Brazil da Morocco suka buga wasan mai hankali na 1-1 a wasansu na farko. Amma England suna da inganci fiye da Croatia kuma ya kamata su samu hanya. Bugun ƙafafu a rabi na biyu zai iya karya daidaito, kafin wasan ya buɗe a mintuna ƙarshe kuma England su ƙara na biyu.