Alan Shearer yana imanin cewa England za ɗauki ƙalubalen da ke jiranta a sanannen Azteca Stadium da jin daɗi, ba da tsoro ba — kuma yana tsammanin ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel za tafi da nasara da kuma wuri a matakin kusa da karshen gasa.

An yi magana mai yawa game da yanayin da England dole ta wuce: tsawan wurin daga matakin tekun, taron jama'a mai adawa inda ake tsammanin kusa da kashi 80 na masu goyon bayan Mexico, da kuma kagara da ƙungiyar masu masaukin Mexico suka yi rashin nasara a cikinta a kan biyu kawai daga cikin wasanni 89 na gasa tun 1966. Shearer, duk da haka, bai girgiza ba.

"Duk zance ya tsaya lokacin da suka fito a filin," in ji tsohon kyaftin din England. "Idan suka buga wasan ba taron ba, ina tsammanin za su yi nasara."

Shearer ya bi England a duk fadin gasa a Amurka, yana ganin su samu goyan bayan mafi yawan jama'a a dukkan wasanni huɗu na mataki na rukuni, ciki har da kusan kashi 75 na masu goyon baya a Atlanta a kan DR Congo. Mexico City za ta ji daban gaba ɗaya — kuma wannan, ya ce, shi ne ainihin abin da ke sa wannan taron ya kasance mai ban sha'awa.

Tunawa da Shearer na Azteca

Ga Shearer, filin wasa yana da mahimmanci na sirri. Ya kalli Kofin Duniya na 1986 a talabijin yana matashi kuma tun daga lokacin yana mafarkin ziyartar Azteca. Wannan za ta zama dawowa ta farko ta England tun daga waccan matakin kusa da karshen gasa sanannen — mai raɗaɗi — da Argentina kusan shekaru arba'in da suka wuce.

"Zai zama wani al'amari mai ban mamaki da gwaji na musamman," in ji shi. "A matsayin ɗan wasa, waɗannan su ne lokutan da kake horarwa duk rayuwarka saboda su."

Rikici da abubuwan jan hankali

Shearer kuma ya yi magana game da hayaniyar da ba ta filin wasa da ke kewaye da wasan, ciki har da rikicin game da lokacin farawa da kuma rahotannin cewa Ecuador ba ta iya kwanta barci saboda ƙaho na mota da wutar wasa kafin wasansu na zagaye na 32. Ba zai yi mamaki ba idan ya koyi daga baya cewa England ma ta fuskanci irin wannan rikici a daren da ya gabaci wasansu.

"Yana ɓata rai amma dole ka karbe shi ka ci gaba," in ji shi. "Ban yi tunanin hakan zai dame 'yan wasan England kwata-kwata ba."

Matsalolin zaɓen Tuchel

Yana juyawa zuwa zaɓen 'yan wasa, Shearer ya gano matsayin baya na dama a matsayin muhimmiyar yanke shawara ga Tuchel, ganin barazanar da dan wasan gaba na Mexico Julian Quinones ke ɗauka — wanda ya zura kwallaye 3 a wannan Kofin Duniya. Wasa da Djed Spence na iya ba da ƙarin kwanciyar hankali na tsaro amma mai yiwuwa rage aikin farmakin gefen dama.

A ɓangaren hagu, Shearer ya ji Anthony Gordon ya yi isasshiyar gudummawa a matsayin mawallafi a kan DR Congo don cancanta wuri na farko, yayin da gefen dama ya kasance zaɓe mafi wuya tsakanin Noni Madueke da Bukayo Saka.

Wata ɓangare ɗaya da ya kasance tabbatacce a kai shi ne tsakiyar filin wasa, inda ba zai matsar da Declan Rice ba — wanda ya ƙare wasan DR Congo a matsayin baya na dama — daga matsayinsa na asali kusa da Elliot Anderson da Jude Bellingham. "Tare da Elliot Anderson da Jude Bellingham, yana ba mu kyakkyawar daidaiton tsakiya," in ji Shearer.

Ya kuma yi wa England nasiha da su fara wasan da sauri fiye da yadda suka yi a kan DR Congo, yana gargaɗi cewa karɓar kwallo ta farko a Azteca na iya zama tsada sosai.

France har yanzu ƙungiyar da Shearer ke son ta

Yana duba fiye da zagayen 16 na England, Shearer ya yabi hanyar mai ban mamaki ta Cape Verde a gasar — suna riƙe Spain da draw mara kwallon farko kafin su sa Argentina wahala — kafin ya sake tabbatar da zaɓinsa kafin gasar cewa France su ne masu fifiko gaba ɗaya.

"Babu abin da ya canza ra'ayina," in ji shi. "Su har yanzu su ne ƙungiyar da za a bugi."

Shearer ya kuma ci gaba da nuna Kylian Mbappe a matsayin zaɓinsa na Golden Boot, kodayake ya bayyana fatan cewa Harry Kane zai bi shi har ƙarshe — farawa da kwallon ɗaya ko biyu a kan Mexico.