Micah Richards, tsohon dan wasan tsaro na Manchester City, ya gargadi cewa Ingila na babbar kalubale a gabansu a zagayen kusa da karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 a kan Argentina, yana mai nuni ga barazanar musamman da Lionel Messi ke wakilta.

Ingila sun kai wannan mataki bayan kawar da Norway a zagayen kusa da karshe na takwas, yayin da Argentina suka ci gaba da hanya mafi wahala — suna samun nasara 3-1 a kan Switzerland bayan karin lokaci.

Yana magana da BBC Sport, Richards ya amince da ruhun fadace-fadacen Ingila amma ya jaddada cewa tawagar na da babban aiki a gabansu. "Dukkanmu mun san ba su buga isasshen wasa don tafiya su lashe gasar ba. Amma akwai wani abu a cikin ketare layin," in ji shi.

Tsohon dan wasan tsaro ya yi kwatankwacin dawowar ban mamaki na Real Madrid a mintocin karshe a wasannin UEFA Champions League a kan Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, da Chelsea. "Wannan shi ne sashi na wasan Ingila da nake jin dadi a yanzu — ikon su nemo hanyar lashe wasa," Richards ya kara da cewa.

Ya kasance a fili game da abin da Ingila ke bukata kafin su iya da'awar kofin. "Manaja ya kasance daidai gaba daya a abin da ya fada. Ya san bai isa ba. Sun kammala aikin — amma akwai ayyuka da dama da za a yi idan kana son lashe Kofin Duniya."

Matsalar Messi

Richards ya ajiye gargadinsa mafi tsanani ga aikin Ingila na toshe Messi. Ya amince cewa Ingila na iya daidaitawa da Argentina ta jikin mutum, amma ya jaddada cewa tsarin Argentina gaba daya yana zagaya mutum daya.

"Ingila na iya fi Argentina gudu amma suna da wannan hazikan karami Messi. Dukkansu suna buga masa. Kowa ya kamata ya yi farin ciki," ya shaida wa BBC Sport.

A cewar Richards, motsin Messi yana sanya alamar ta al'ada kusan ba zai yiwu ba. "Ba ya komawa baya. Yana shiga kananan sarari da ba ya kamata ya kasance a can. Yana kunna lokacin da ya dace, yana da mafi kyawun fasaha, fahimtarsa ta sarari na ban mamaki, kuma yana da kyakkyawan harbi."

Wannan haduwar, kamar yadda Richards ya nuna, tsaron Ingila ba ta taɓa fuskantar ta ba — idan har sun fuskanta — a wannan matakin.