Ingila ta fara yakin neman gasar FIFA World Cup 2026 da babbar nasara ta 4-2 a kan Croatia a Dallas, ta hau kan Rukuni L. Lokacin da ya kawo sauyin wasa ya zo a farkon rabin lokaci na biyu, lokacin da Thomas Tuchel ya gabatar da sakon da 'yan wasansa ba za su manta da shi ba da wuri-wuri.

Jawabi na Tuchel da ambaliyar da ta biyo baya

Gary Neville, a ITV, ya kwatanta jawabin rabin lokaci a matsayin "wani abu mai ƙarfi sosai." 'Yan wasan sun ji. Jude Bellingham ya mayar da Ingila gaba a minti na 47, sannan abinda ya biyo baya shine harbi tara a cikin mintoci 12 — hari mai ɗorewa da babu kariya wanda mai tsaron gida na Croatia Dominik Livakovic ya iya dakatar dashi a wani ɓangare kawai. Livakovic ya yi ceton goma-goma 7 a wannan lokacin kadai, ciki har da ceto sau uku don kare ƙoƙari na Nico O'Reilly, Anthony Gordon, da Ezri Konsa, da kuma ceto sau biyu na Harry Kane — duka a cikin dakika 85 kawai.

Ingila ta kammala wasan da harbi 11 a kan gaba, wanda Jamus kawai ta wuce a kan Curacao a wannan gasar. Amma waɗannan Croatia ne — 'yan karshe na Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a 2018, na uku a 2022. Bambanci a wasan tsakanin rabin lokaci biyu na Ingila ya kasance mai ban mamaki kamar yadda sakamakon kansa yake.

"An nuna ƙungiyar da muke so mu kasance a rabin lokaci na biyu," Bellingham ya faɗa bayan ƙarshen wasan. Kane ma ya kasance a fili: "Mun tafi da cikakkiyar ƙarfi kuma ba su iya bin mu ba."

Damuwa a rabin lokaci na farko, amsoshi a na biyu

Rabin lokaci na farko na Ingila bai zama mai gamsuwa ba kwata-kwata. Mataimakin Tuchel, Anthony Barry, ya ba da hira mai wuyar mana a ITV a lokacin shakatawa, yana magana game da "tsarin tsorata" a cikin wasan Ingila da "wata makamashi mai jijjigewa" da ta dakatar da su. Wani gani da aka saba gani ga duk wanda ya kalli Ingila a manyan gasar kwanan nan.

Rabin lokaci na biyu ya kasance kishiyar duk wannan — sauri mai girma, matsi mai ƙarfi, da niyyar kai hari kai tsaye. Ko Ingila za ta iya sake yin hakan akai-akai shine babban tambayar gasar nasu.

Kane shine muhimmi, da Bellingham kusa da shi

Harry Kane ya kasance a tsakiyar komai. Ya zura kwallaye biyu — bugun fanariti da kai — kuma ya harbi sau 7 a cikin mintoci 90. Abu mafi muhimmanci, har yanzu ya kasance yana komawa baya don yin tackles a lokacin ƙarin lokaci, alama bayyananniya cewa yanayin jikinsa yana inda yake bukata bayan wani wahalar gasar Euro 2024 wanda ya ƙare da an maye gurbinsa a wasan karshe a kan Spain.

Tsarin yanzu ya dace da Kane sosai. Noni Madueke ya ba da fadin wasan na dindindin, yana karɓar ƙarin kwallaye daga Kane fiye da kowane ɗan wasa, ciki har da wata kyakkyawar bayan kwata'an lokaci. Marcus Rashford da Bukayo Saka sun ƙara haɗari daga benci, suna nuna zurfi da ake da shi a gefen wasa.

"Jude Bellingham shine babban ɗan wasa," Neville ya faɗa. "Shi da Kane a kai hari su ne bambanci." Aikin Tuchel shine gina tsari wanda ke bude su duka biyu sosai — kuma shigensa a lokacin hutu a Dallas yana nuna yana iya riga yana da shirin.

Lokaci da zai iya tsara gasar

Akwai ƙayyadewa. AT&T; Stadium a Dallas yana da sanyaya iska, ma'ana Ingila sun buga a yanayi mafi kyau kusan. A zafi na zagaye masu fitar da kowaye baya, kiyaye wannan ƙarfin zai zama mafi wahala — musamman a kan abokan hamayya mafi ƙarfin jiki da tsarawa fiye da ƙungiyar Croatia mai tsufa wanda aka gina a kusa da Luka Modric.

An yi kwallaye huɗu ko fiye a wasu wurare a wannan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, amma a kan Paraguay, Curacao, Tunisia, da Iraki — ba Croatia ba. Ingancin wasan Ingila na rabin lokaci na biyu yana ɗauke da nauyi na gaske.

Declan Rice ya nuna yanayin ɗakin sutura bayan jawabi na Tuchel: "Wani daga waɗancan lokutan ne da kake cewa: 'wow, wane babban koci'." Dallas tana iya ba wannan ƙungiyar Ingila — da kocin su — daidai irin imani da ke juyar da ƙungiya mai kyau zuwa mai hamayya da gasar cin kofin duniya.