England suna kusa da buɗe gasar FIFA World Cup 2026, suna ɗauke da begen gaske na kawo ƙarshen fiye da shekaru sittin ba tare da kambun duniya ba a ƙarƙashin jagorancin kocin Thomas Tuchel.

Rukunin abokan hamayya na saba

Kafin isa zagayen knockauti, England dole su shawo kan Rukuni L — wata jadawali mai cike da ƙungiyoyin da suka yi ta fafatawa da su a manyan gasar kwanan nan.

Kamfen ɗinsu yana farawa a ranar 17 ga Yuni da Croatia a Arlington Stadium a Dallas, da farawa da karfe 9 na dare lokacin UK. Ƙungiyoyin biyu sun yi ta fafatawa a karon ƙarshe a zagayen semi-final na Gasar Duniya 2018, inda Croatia ta yi nasara 2-1 a lokaci na ƙari don kawo ƙarshen balaguron England.

Kwanaki shida bayan haka, a ranar 23 ga Yuni, England za su fafata da Ghana a karon farko na hukuma tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu. An shirya wannan wasan a Foxborough Stadium a Boston, kuma da farawa da karfe 9 na dare.

England za su rufe jadawalin Rukuni L a ranar 27 ga Yuni da Panama — wani abokin hamayya na 2018 — a MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, da farawa da karfe 10 na dare lokacin UK. Harry Kane ya nuna wasa na musamman a lokacin da waɗannan ƙungiyoyin suka yi ta fafatawa a Rasha, yana taimaka wa England samun gurbi a zagayen Round of 16 kafin ƙarshen wasanni na rukuni.

The Three Lions sun shirya don gasar da nasarori biyu na abokantaka a ƙasar Amurka, suka doke New Zealand 1-0 da Costa Rica 3-0.

Tafarkin bayan matakin rukuni

Idan England suka lashe Rukuni L, za su fuskanci ƙungiya ta uku daga Rukunin E, H, I, ko J a zagayen Round of 16. Ana sa ran waɗannan rukunin za su ƙunshi wasu daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin gasar — Germany, Spain, France, masu riƙe da kambun Argentina, da Portugal a cikinsu.

Matsayi na biyu a rukuni zai sa England su fuskanci ko dai waɗanda suka lashe Rukuni A ko ƙungiyar da ta zo ta uku mafi kyau daga Rukunin C, E, F, H, ko I — tafarki da ƙungiyar Tuchel za ta shiga a matsayin wacce ake jingina da ita.