Ingila ta ci gaba zuwa matakin kusa da karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 da nasara mai wahala 2-1 akan DR Congo, ta hanyar brace na Harry Kane a cikin mintuna 15 na karshe. Lamunin su shi ne tafiya zuwa Mexico City don fuskantar mai-masaukin baki Mexico a yanayin da ya fi tsoratarwa a gasar.

Mexico, karkashin manajan Javier Aguirre, ta kasance cikakkiya a wannan nau'in: nasarori hudu daga hudu, kwallaye takwas da aka zura, kuma ba a ci komai ba. Tambayar da ke gabanin tawagar Thomas Tuchel ita ce ko Ingila ta taɓa cin nasara akan ƙasar da ta karbi baki a Kofin Duniya.

Wasanni uku, nasara daya

Ingila ta taɓa fuskantar ƙasashe masu masaukin baki guda uku na Kofin Duniya a tarihin gasar — a cikin 1954, 1982, da 1990 — wanda ke ba mu samfurin wasanni uku don dubawa.

Mafi kwanan nan ya kasance a cikin 1990, lokacin da Ingila ta fuskanci mai masaukin baki Italy a wasan yanke hukunci na matsayi na uku. Bayan mintuna 70 ba tare da kwallon kwando ba, kwallayen sun biyo baya: Roberto Baggio ya bude wa Italy, David Platt ya daidaita wa Ingila, kafin Salvatore Schillaci ya canza bugun fanareti a minti na 86 domin ba Italy nasara ta 2-1. Ingila ta dawo gida a matsayi na hudu.

Shekaru takwas kafin haka, a gasar 1982 a Spain, Ingila ta nuna wasa mai tsari don riƙe mai masaukin baki da 0-0. Kyaftin Luis Arconada ya kasance ɗan wasan kiyayewa mafi aiki, yana yin kiyayewa bakwai, amma maki ɗaya shi ne duk abin da Ingila ta iya ɗaukewa.

Hasken bege daga 1954

Don samun ƙarfafawa ta gaske, magoya bayan Ingila dole su koma fiye da shekaru 70 baya. A Kofin Duniya na 1954 a Switzerland, mutanen Walter Winterbottom sun ci mai masaukin baki 2-0, da kwallaye daga Jimmy Mullen da Dennis Willshaw.

Wannan shi ne cin nasara ɗaya tilo na Ingila akan ƙasar mai masaukin baki a Kofin Duniya — rikodin da ya kai fiye da ƙarni ɗaya. Lokacin da tawagar Tuchel ta fita a Mexico City a ranar 5 ga Yuli, za su kasance suna neman kawai nasararsu ta biyu irin wannan a tarihin gasar.