Ingila sun tsallake zuwa zagaye na 16 na biyu na FIFA World Cup 2026, amma hanya tana da tsawo — a ma'anar kowa. Ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel yanzu dole ne ta fuskanci jerin zagayen fitar da ƙungiyoyi, canjin lokacin buga wasa a ƙarshen lokaci, da ɗan gajeren lokacin shirye-shirye kafin su fuskanci Mexico, tare da ketare iyakar Amurka da Mexico a karon farko a wannan gasar.

Idan Ingila ta kai ƙarshen wasan, nawa za su yi tafiya? Da amfani da nisan layin kai tsaye tsakanin biranen — ba ta hanyar jiragen sama ko tituna na ainihi ba — amsar tana da ban mamaki: kusan mil 25,500 daga tashi zuwa dawowa.

Tafiyar da ta gabata

Yaƙin neman zaɓe na Ingila ya fara kafin gasar ta ƙungiyoyi. Taron farko ya tashi daga Birmingham Airport zuwa Florida, inda aka buga wasa biyu na atisaye — da New Zealand a Tampa Bay da Costa Rica a Orlando. Ƙungiyar ta zauna a West Palm Beach a lokacin waɗannan wasannin.

Daga Florida, Ingila ta koma sansanin gasar a Kansas City. Wasannin ƙungiyoyi sun kai su Arlington don wasan da Croatia a Dallas Stadium, Foxborough inda Boston Stadium ya karɓi wasan da Ghana, da kuma ƙarshe New York New Jersey Stadium — inda za a buga wasan ƙarshe — don wasan ƙarshe na ƙungiya da Panama.

A zagayen fitar da ƙungiyoyi

Bayan zagayen ƙungiyoyi, Ingila ta koma Kansas City kafin tafiya Atlanta don fuskantar DR Congo a zagaye na 32. Ƙungiyar ta ketare iyaka zuwa Mexico don wasan zagaye na 16 da Mexico a Mexico City Stadium.

Idan ƙungiyar Tuchel ta ci gaba, hanyar za ta kasance kamar haka: kwata-fainal a Florida a Miami Stadium da Brazil ko Norway, semi-fainal a Atlanta, sa'annan wasan ƙarshe a New York New Jersey Stadium a East Rutherford, New Jersey, Lahadi, Yuli 19.

Sa'ad da Ingila suka sauka ƙasa da ƙasa da gidansu — kofin a hannu, idan komai ya tafi kamar yadda aka tsara — ƙungiyar za ta kasance ta yi tafiya kusan mil 25,500. Masu goyon bayan Ingila za su yi fata cewa kowane ɗaya daga waɗannan mil ya kasance ya cancanta.