Ingila ta fita daga Mexico City tana ciwo amma ta tsaya ƙafa. Yanzu, yayin da kusa da wasan kusa da ƙarshe na Gasar Duniya da Norway a Miami ranar Asabar, manajan Thomas Tuchel na fuskantar ƙalubale na tsaro wanda ba shi da mafita mai sauƙi.

Matsalar mai tsaron hannun dama da ta yi girma cikin watanni

Wahalar Ingila a gefen hannun dama na tsaro bai fara a wannan gasar ba — ya fara kafin. Tuchel ya zaɓi ƴan wasa biyu ne kawai da suka ƙware a matsayin mai tsaron hannun dama a cikin ƙungiyarsa: Reece James da Tino Livramento, dukansu suna da tarihi mara kyau na lafiyar jiki. Kiransa na baya na mai tsaron tsakiya Trevoh Chalobah don maye gurbin Livramento da ya ji rauni ya tayar da tambayoyi a lokacin, kuma wannan yanke shawara tana da ƙarfi yanzu.

Ingila ta rasa dukunya mai tsaron hannun dama uku ta hanyar raunuka da ɗaya ta hanyar dakatar da shi. Wannan jerin abubuwan masifa ne ta kowace ma'aunin.

James, Spence, Quansah — jerin marasa yiwuwa

Reece James, zaɓi na farko na Ingila a wannan matsayi, bai horar da wasa ba tsawon makonni biyu bayan ya sami rauni a tarnaƙin ƙafa. Yana warwarewa a hankali, kuma akwai ƙaramin yiwuwar cewa zai iya taka rawa ta wani irin yanayi da Norway — amma kusan tabbas ba mintoci 90 cikakku ba. Dawowar da wuri da sauri na haifar da haɗarin sake faɗawa cikin rauni, kuma an ji tsoron cewa kowace matsala ƙarin za ta ƙare kasancewarsa a gasar.

Djed Spence ya zo wasan Norway yana ɗauke da ƙaramin rauni wanda ya katse horarwarsa kafin wasan raundi na 16 da Mexico. Shigarsa a matsayin mai maye gurbi a Azteca Stadium bai ba da kwanciyar hankali ba, kuma yiwuwar farawa ranar Asabar ya dogara ne ga yadda warwarewasa ke ci gaba a kwanakin masu zuwa.

Jarell Quansah ba ya nan kwata-kwata. Jan katin da ya samu da Mexico ya kawo dakatar da shi na wasa ɗaya, kuma ko da Ingila ta yanke shawarar ɗaukaka ƙara a hukumance, damar kwamitin horo na FIFA ya soke hukuncin a wannan matakin ya yi ƙasa ƙwarai.

Konsa da Stones a matsayin shirin baya

Idan ba James kuma ba Spence suka cancanci farawa, zaɓin da ya fi yiwuwa na Tuchel shi ne Ezri Konsa a matsayin mai tsaron hannun dama — matsayin da mai tsaron Aston Villa ya cika a ƙarshen wasan Mexico lokacin da Ingila ta canza zuwa tsari na masu tsaro biyar. Konsa na iya gudanar da matsayin, amma sanya shi a can yana tilasta sake shirya tsaro, inda John Stones ya shiga cikin haɗin masu tsaro na tsakiya.

Stones ya yi aiki sosai a wannan matsayi a ƙarshen mintuna a Azteca Stadium, amma har yanzu yana neman ƙarfin gwiwansa a gasa ta matakin koli bayan tsawon lokaci ba tare da wasa mai yawa ba. Ya fara wasan farko na Ingila da Croatia, ya yi gwagwarmaya, kuma aka cire shi daga ƙungiyar farko a wasan da ya biyo baya da Ghana.

Ƙididdiga suna ɗaga ruhu, amma Haaland yana jira

Ƙarfin tsaro na Ingila a rabin lokaci na biyu da Mexico ya kasance na musamman. Sun buga mintoci 47 da ƴan wasa goma, amma sun karɓi 0.01 non-penalty xG a kan buɗin raga a wannan lokacin — adadi da ke kusa da wani abu mara misaltuwa a ƙididdiga. Wasan tsaro mafi kyau ne na wasannin Ingila biyar a wannan Gasar Duniya.

Amma Raul Jimenez ba Erling Haaland ba ne. Dan wasan Norway yana wakiltar barazana daban-daban gaba ɗaya kuma mai yawa, kuma tsaro na Ingila da aka yi da farfajiya wanda aka tarwatsa ta hanyar raunuka zai fuskanci gwajin mafi tsanani har yanzu. Lokacin ba zai iya zama mafi muni ba.