Ingila sun tabbatar da matsayi na farko a kungiyarsu kuma yanzu sun san hanyar da suke bukata su bi a zagayen fitar da wasu — wata hanya da, idan sakamakon ya kyautata musu, zata kai su ga wasan karshe na babban gasar ku karo na uku a wannan shekaru goma.

Zagaye na 32: DR Congo a Atlanta

Farkon kalubalen Ingila a zagayen fitar da wasu shine wasa da DR Congo a Atlanta, Laraba 1 Yuli da karfe 17:00 BST. DR Congo sun kare na uku a Rukuni K bayan sun yi daidai da Portugal, sun sha kashi a hannun Colombia, kuma sun doke Uzbekistan.

An san su da sunan Leopards, suna matsayi na 46 a duniya, kuma sun nuna tsaron da ya dace — sun karbi kwalaye uku ne kawai a wasannansu uku na matakin rukuni. Ƙungiyarsu na da gogewar Premier League ta gaske: dan wasan kai hari na Newcastle Yoane Wissa, dan wasan tsaro na West Ham Aaron Wan-Bissaka, dan wasan tsaro na tsakiya na Burnley Axel Tuanzebe, da dan wasan hagu na Sunderland Arthur Masuaku.

DR Congo — wanda a baya ana kiransa da Zaire — shi ne kasa ta farko daga Afirka ta Kudu da Sahara da ta samu cancantar Kofin Duniya a shekarar 1974. Wannan ita ce kawai bayyanarsu ta biyu, kuma a karo na farko suna takara a zagayen fitar da wasu. Sai Algeria ta fitar da su a zagaye na 16 na Africa Cup of Nations a watan Janairun da ya wuce.

Zagaye na 16: Mexico a Estadio Azteca

Idan Ingila suka ci gaba, za su iya fuskantar mai masaukin baki Mexico a zagaye na 16, Litinin 6 Yuli da karfe 01:00 BST. Mexico na cikin kawai ƙungiyoyi uku da suka ci dukkan wasannansu uku na matakin rukuni, suna amfana da buga kowane wasa a gidansu — wani alheri da ke cigaba a farkon zagayen fitar da wasu.

Wasan Mexico a zagaye na 32 da Ecuador da kuma ganawa mai yiyuwa da Ingila, dukansu an tsara su a Estadio Azteca shahararriyar Mexico City, wacce tana iya karbar 87,500 masu kallo kuma tana sama da mita 2,100 sama da matakin teku. Wannan tsawo na iya haifar da karancin numfashi, hanzarin bugun zuciya, da gajiya ga 'yan wasa masu nesa da yanayin haka.

Mexico suna matsayi na tara a duniya kuma sun yi wasanni 12 ba tare da sha kashi a gasar hukuma ba, karo na karshe da suka sha kashi shi ne 2-0 a hannun Honduras a zagaye na karshe na Concacaf Nations League a watan Nuwambar 2024. Ecuador, wadanda Mexico dole ne su fara kayar da su, sun kare na uku a Rukuni E bayan nasara mai ban sha'awa ta 2-1 a kan Germany a wasan karshen rukuni, kuma ba su karbi kwalaye fiye da daya a wani wasa tsawon wasanni 26 cikin shekaru sama da biyu.

Kusa da karshe: Brazil, Ivory Coast, ko Norway a Miami

Wasa mai yiyuwa na kusa da karshe, Asabar 11 Yuli da karfe 22:00 BST a Miami, zai kawo Ingila a gaban masu karfi. Brazil, wadanda suka lashe Kofin Duniya sau biyar, sun jagoranci Rukuni C — suna fitar da Scotland a hanya — kodayake suna nuna rauni a daidaituwa ta 1-1 da Morocco a wasansu na farko. Dole ne ƙungiyar Carlo Ancelotti ta fara shawo kan Japan a zagaye na 32.

Japan ba karami ba ne: sun kare na biyu a Rukuni F bayan Netherlands, ba su sha kashi a wasanni 16 na jere, kuma sun doke Ingila 1-0 a wasa na abokantaka a Wembley a watan Maris. Sauran abokan hamayya masu yiyuwa a kusa da karshe su ne Ivory Coast da Norway, wadanda za su fuskanci juna a zagaye na 32.

Ivory Coast na da zaɓuɓɓukan kai hari masu ban sha'awa a matashi mai hazaka Yan Diomande na RB Leipzig, Ange-Yoan Bonny na Inter, da ɗan wasan gefe na Manchester United Amad Diallo, bayan sun kare na biyu bayan Germany a matakin rukuni. Norway, da ke dawo wa Kofin Duniya karo na farko tun 1998 bayan kare na biyu bayan France a Rukuni I, suna ɗauke da babbar barazana a dan wasan gaba na Manchester City Erling Haaland.

Semi-final: Argentina ko Colombia da komawa Atlanta

Cin wasan kusa da karshe na nufin Ingila za su koma Atlanta don semi-final, Laraba 15 Yuli da karfe 20:00 BST. Mafi kusancin shinge a wancan mataki shine Argentina. Lionel Messi, wanda ya cika shekara 39 a lokacin gasar, ya zura kwalaye biyar yayin da masu kiyaye kambun suka ci dukkan wasannansu uku na matakin rukuni. Argentina za su fuskanci Cape Verde a zagaye na 32, sannan mafi kusancin ganawa da wanda ya ci tsakanin Australia da Egypt a zagaye na 16.

Colombia — wadanda suka jagoranci kungiyarsu a gaban Portugal — za su yi fama da Argentina a kusa da karshe idan ƙungiyoyin biyu suka ci nasara a farkon zagayen biyu na fitar da wasu, wanda ke sa su zama wata ƙungiya mai yiyuwa a semi-final. Algeria da Ghana suma suna a gefen wannan jadawalin da Ingila, ko da yake hanyarsu zuwa sati huɗu na karshe zata buƙaci kayar da ƙungiyoyi masu inganci da dama.

Karshe: New Jersey a 19 Yuli

Wasan karshe na Kofin Duniya zai gudana Lahadi 19 Yuli da karfe 20:00 BST a New Jersey a gaban masu kallo 82,500. Ingila na iya fuskanci kowace daga cikin ƙungiyoyi 16 a gefen jadawalin na daya — daga cikinsu France wadanda suka lashe gasar 2018, Germany masu kambun 2014, da Spain wadanda suka yi nasara a 2010.

Yana da tsammanin France da Germany za su fuskanci juna a zagaye na 16 idan dukansu suka ci wasanninsu na farko. Netherlands suna da wasa mai wahala a zagaye na 32 da Morocco, kuma wanda ya ci iya fuskanci France ko Germany a kusa da karshe. Spain, a nata ɓangaren, tana kan hanya zuwa semi-final bayan ganawa mai yiyuwa da Portugal a zagaye na 16 — wanda dole ne ya fara kawar da Croatia.

Gefen jadawalin na daya kuma yana ɗauke da Paraguay, Sweden, South Africa, Canada, United States, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, da Senegal.