Ingila sun bude yakin neman cin FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 da nasara mai kayatarwa a kan Croatia, wasa mai ban mamaki na rabi na biyu wanda ya aika sakon sarari zuwa ga sauran gasa. Yanzu da Three Lions suka fara da kyau, tambayar da ke bakan kowace mai sha'awa ita ce: wanene zai iya tsayawa tsakanin Ingila da kofin?

Zagaye na 32: DR Congo — ko sake haduwa da Cristiano Ronaldo

A matsayin kammalan Rukunin L, Ingila za su fuskanci ƙungiyar ta uku daga cikin Rukunoni E, H, I, J, ko K. Ka'idojin tsarin gasar da aka faɗaɗa sun ce idan ƙungiyar ta uku daga Rukunin K ta cancanci, ana haɗa ta kai tsaye da ta farko ta Rukunin L — kuma a yanzu, wannan ƙungiya ita ce DR Congo mai yiwuwa.

DR Congo a halin yanzu tana matsayi na biyu a Rukunin K, inda Colombia ke jagoranci. Idan Colombia ta ci gaba da riƙe matsayi na farko kuma DR Congo ta wuce Portugal a cikin wasanni biyu na ƙarshe, ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel za ta fuskanci Leopards — zaɓi mafi kyau fiye da fuskantar Senegal ko Ivory Coast, waɗanda suke da ƙarfi fiye da su dangane da ayyukan yanzu.

Duk da haka, idan DR Congo ba ta iya riƙe Portugal, Ingila na iya maimakon haka fuskanci Portugal ta Cristiano Ronaldo — wasa mai yuwuwar jan hankali ya kasance sake wasansa daga manyan taruwar 2004 da 2006 tsakanin ƙasashen biyu.

Zagaye na 16: Mexico, ko wataƙila Ecuador

Yi nasara a zagaye na 32 kuma Ingila za su fuskanci mai nasarar wasa tsakanin jagoran Rukunin A da ƙungiyar ta uku mai cancantar daga Rukunoni C, E, F, H, ko I. Mexico a halin yanzu suna jagorantar Rukunin A a matsayin ƙasar masaukin baki, kuma South Korea su ne babbar barazana ga matsayinsu na farko.

A ɓangaren wannan wasa, Ecuador — duk da hasarar 1-0 a minti na ƙarshe ga Ivory Coast — sun bayyana suna da kyakkyawar matsayi don ci gaba daga Rukunin E, mai yuwuwar ɗaukar bambancin raga mai kyau. Senegal, suna fita daga abin da ake kira Rukunin Mutuwa, su ma suna yuwuwa, wanda zai ba Ingila sake fuskantar abokin gaba mara daɗi bayan sakamakon bazara da ya gabata.

A haƙiƙa, wannan zagaye yana tattare da Mexico ko Ecuador. Ganin ƙarfin gida mai ban tsoro na Mexico, Tuchel zai buƙaci shirya don ɗaya daga cikin wasannin zagaye na 16 mafi wahala a gasa.

Kusa da na ƙarshe: Brazil, Morocco, ko mamaki

Hoton kusa da na ƙarshe shine mafi wuyar hasashen mataki a tafiyar Ingila ta hasashe. Jerin FIFA zai nuna Brazil a matsayin ƙarin abokin hamayya mafi yuwuwa — sake wasa na zagaye na ƙarshe na 2002 na tarihi. Duk da haka, Morocco mai sabuntawa, waɗanda suka riƙe Brazil a 1-1 daidai a New Jersey, na iya kammala sama da Seleção a rukuninsu.

Duk wacce ƙungiya ta fito daga wannan rukunin za ta kasance ta tsallake Japan a zagaye na 32 kafin ta fuskanci Ecuador ko Norway a zagaye na 16. Hoton zagayen ƙarshe na huɗu daga wannan ɓangare na teburin har yanzu yana da buɗaɗɗe gaske.

Kusa da na ƙarshe: Argentina sun fi bayyana

Zaben Kofin Duniya ya raba Ingila, France, Spain, da Argentina a cikin kusurwa huɗu daban-daban na teburin — ma'ana an riga an tsara ɓangaren biyu na zagaye kusa da na ƙarshe. Yadda abubuwa suke, Ingila da Argentina za su hadu don farkon lokaci a babbar gasa tun 2002, yayin da France da Spain ke gwabzawa a zagaye kusa da na ƙarshe na biyu wanda zai kasance sake wasan Euro 2024 na gargajiya wanda ya hada Lamine Yamal da Kylian Mbappe.

Lionel Messi da Argentina za su buƙaci shawo kan Uruguay, sannan wataƙila Turkey, Australia, ko Iran, kafin yuwuwar fuskantar Colombia ko Portugal kafin zuwa zagaye kusa da na ƙarshe. Tarihi ya koyar da mu kada mu ɗauka kome — a 2018, da yawa sun yi tsammanin zagaye kusa da na ƙarshe tsakanin Spain da Ingila, kafin Russia ta kawar da Spain kuma Croatia ta kawar da Russia bayan haka.

Gasar ƙarshe: France, Spain ko Germany

Ana sa ran France ta jagoranci rukuninsu, kamar yadda Germany za su yi haka. Yuwuwar fadan France da Germany a zagayen cirewa — yana tuna da zagaye na ƙarshe na huɗu na 2014 — na iya fitowa kafin ɗaya daga cikinsu ta fuskanci Netherlands. A ɓangaren da ya rage na gasar ƙarshe, Spain tana bayyana mafi ƙarfin ɗan takara, kodayake Belgium da Croatia suna da tarihin zagayen cirewa duk da ƙarancin derejensu a kan takarda.

Idan Portugal ta kammala mataki na rukunin a matsayi na biyu, ita ma za ta bayyana a wannan ɓangaren teburin — ta ƙara rikita yanayi ga duk wanda ya kai gasar ƙarshe.

Mafi kyawun yanayi da mafi munin yanayi ga Ingila

Mafi yuwuwar hanyar da ta fi dacewa ita ce: DR Congo a zagaye na 32, South Korea a zagaye na 16, Norway ko Ecuador a zagaye na ƙarshe huɗu, Colombia, Switzerland ko Uruguay a zagaye kusa da na ƙarshe, da Germany, Belgium ko Croatia a gasar ƙarshe.

Mafi wuyar hanya ita ce: Portugal a zagaye na 32, Mexico a zagaye na 16, Brazil a zagaye na ƙarshe huɗu, Argentina a zagaye kusa da na ƙarshe, da France ko Spain a gasar ƙarshe.