Ingila ta sanar da kanta a FIFA World Cup 2026 ta hanyar nasara mai ban sha'awa 4-2 a kan Kroatiya a Dallas Stadium mai cike da murna, inda ta nuna wasan da ya haɗu da fasahar kai hari da rashin ƙarfi na tsaron baya.

Harry Kane ya saita yanayin kafin wasan, yana gargaɗin 'yan uwansa da su kasance "yan bakin zuci" su kuma karɓi matsin lamba na gasar. A tsawon lokaci mai yawa, Ingila ta yi haka — tana wasan da ƙarfin kai hari da ba a gani sosai a cikin ƙungiyar ƙasa a cikin shekarun nan, har ma a lokacin wasan karshe na Euro 2024 da kuma kwata fainal na Kofin Duniya a Qatar.

Kane ya yi daidai da tarihin Lineker

Kane ya ci kwalaye biyu, yana daidaita tarihin Gary Lineker na kwalaye 10 na Ingila a Kofin Duniya. Kyaftin din yanzu yana da kwalaye 81 masu ban mamaki a wasanni 115 na ƙasa da ƙasa. Kwallon da ya ci ta biyu ta zo daga bugun fanariti, bayan an yanke wa mai tsaron ragar Croatia Dominik Livakovic hukunci da ya bar layin sa da wuri — yarinta ta farko ta Kane tana da an hana bayan gurunnan tsawaitawar da ya saba.

Ingila ta jagoranci sau biyu a rabin farko amma aibi na tsaron baya ya ba Kroatiya damar dawo cikin wasan kowane lokaci, wanda ya haifar da fushi na bayyane na kai-horon Thomas Tuchel a gefen filin. Zaɓin Ezri Konsa a maimakon Marc Guehi ya haifar da cece-kuce, kuma wasan Konsa bai shawo kan wannan muhawara ba.

Bellingham ya kunna rabin na biyu

Duk abin da Tuchel ya faɗa wa 'yan wasansa a lokacin hutu, ya yi aiki. Jude Bellingham ya dawo da jagorancin Ingila a cikin daƙiƙa kaɗan bayan rabin na biyu ya fara, yana wucewa Mario Pasalic kafin ya doke Livakovic da harbi mai natsuwa. Kroatiya sa'an nan aka turawa baya a gidansu yayin da igiyoyin kai hari na Ingila suka ci gaba.

Noni Madueke ya kasance mai aiki a duk tsawon wasan, ya lashe bugun fanariti na farko ta hanyar mayar da martani da wuri fiye da Luka Modric akan wata kwallo da ta bace. Kasancewarsa kuma ya ba Thomas Tuchel damar kare ƙarfin Bukayo Saka — yanke shawara wanda ya tabbata daidai lokacin da Saka ya shiga a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin wani kuma ya taimaka rufe wasan.

Marcus Rashford ya rufe nasarar a ƙarshe kafin lokaci ya cika, kuma canjin uku na Tuchel a mintoci 72 — da ya shigar da Rashford, Saka, da Morgan Rogers a matsayin maye gurbin Anthony Gordon, Madueke, da Declan Rice — ya jaddada nufinsa na kai hari yayin da yake jagoranci 3-2.

Masana sun yabi jaruntakar Tuchel

Wayne Rooney, tsohon dan gaban Ingila wanda ke aiki a matsayin mai sharhi ga BBC Sport, ya yabi waɗannan canje-canje: "Da na ga waɗancan yara uku suna shigowa, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka da Morgan Rogers, na ce 'Ina son waɗannan canje-canje ƙwarai'. Yana da jaruntaka kuma yana nuna yana ƙoƙarin lashe wasan."

Tsohon mai tsaron raga na Ingila Paul Robinson ya yarda da wannan ra'ayi: "Yadda ya yi canje-canjen ya yi ƙarfin hali kuma ya kasance mai ƙarfi. Mafi mahimmancin abu da zan iya ɗauka daga wannan shi ne cewa 'yan wasa da suka shigo sun ba Thomas Tuchel babban matsala, kuma wannan shine mafi muhimmancin abu ga manaja."

Joe Hart, wani tsohon mai tsaron raga na Ingila, ya ƙara da: "Ya ce 'za mu kai su'.' Ya shigar da su kuma yana da kyau sosai don ƙungiyar ganin waɗanda suke kan benci suna shigowa kuma suna yin tasiri haka."

Damuwa game da tsaron baya ya ci gaba

Wasan kai hari na Ingila zai sa abokan hamayya na gaba su yi tunani — amma rauni na tsaron baya da aka nuna a Dallas zai kasance babban damuwa ga Tuchel kafin gwaji mafi ƙarfi. An kuma ga Tuchel yana runguma ɗan ƙasarsa Jurgen Klopp a gefen filin bayan busa ƙarshe, Klopp yana nan a matsayin mai sharhi na talabijin.

Ba kamar zamanin Sir Gareth Southgate mai ɗaukar hankali ba, Tuchel bai taɓa ɓoye buri nasa ba. "Tauraruwa ta biyu a riga" ta kasance manufarsa da aka bayyana tun lokacin da ya karɓi mukamin, kuma zaɓinsa da canje-canjensa a Dallas sun tabbatar da kalaminsa ta hanyar aikatawa.

Ingila yanzu tana juyawa hankalinta zuwa ga wasan mai zuwa a Rukuni L — haduwa da Ghana a Boston ranar Talata.