Ingila za fuskanci Argentina a wasan demi-finale na FIFA World Cup 2026 ranar Laraba, inda za fara wasanni karfe 8 na dare a lokacin Ingila — watau karfe 3 yamma a lokacin Atlanta, wacce a yanzu tana da bambancin sa'a biyar da Ingila.

Za a buga wasan a Mercedes-Benz Stadium, wanda aka yi masa suna na wucin-gadi na Atlanta Stadium bisa ka'idojin kasuwanci na FIFA don wannan gasar. Filin wasa yana daga cikin mafi ci gaban fasaha a FIFA World Cup 2026, tare da rufin da ake iya ja da rufe shi da tsarin sanyaya yanayi, wanda ake sa ran zai kare 'yan wasa daga zafi — babban damuwa bayan gogewar Ingila a Miami ranar Asabar.

Hanyar Ingila zuwa demi-finale

Wannan karo na hudu ne kawai a tarihin Ingila da ta kai demi-finale ta Kofin Duniya. Baya-bayan nan ya kasance a shekarar 1966 — lokacin da suka lashe kambun — da kuma fita mai zafi a shekarar 1990 da 2018. Shekara sittin bayan wannan babbar nasara, Ingila na neman dawo da wannan karfi.

Ingila ta riga ta buga wasa a wannan filin wasa a cikin wannan gasar, tana doke DR Congo a zagaye na 32 a wani karshen wasa mai ban sha'awa, bayan Harry Kane ya ci kwallaye biyu a minti na karshe. Kane da Jude Bellingham suna ci gaba da zama manyan karfin tawagar yayin da suke shiga cikin manyan hudu.

Hanyar Argentina da tarihin Messi

Tsayin daka ga Ingila shi ne Argentina, wadanda a yanzu sune gasar cin kofin duniya. Hanyarsu zuwa demi-finale bai kasance mai sauqi ba — sun buƙaci karin lokaci don cin Cape Verde da Switzerland, sannan suka samu hanyar dawowa mai ban mamaki a kan Egypt a zagaye na 16.

A tsakiyar komai, kamar yadda ya kasance kullum, akwai Lionel Messi. Yana da shekara 39 kuma mai yiwuwa yana buga Kofin Duniya na karshe, Messi ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Kwallayensa takwas a wannan gasar sun daga jimillar kwallayensa a Kofin Duniya zuwa 21, wanda ya zarce tarihin Miroslav Klose mai tsawo na kwallaye 16 don zama mafi yawan masu zura kwallo a tarihin Kofin Duniya.

Ya cancanci ambaton cewa Ingila da Argentina basu hadu a wasan hukuma tun FIFA World Cup 2002 ba, inda Ingila ta ci 1-0 a matakin rukuni — sakamakon da ya taimaka share tunanin abubuwan da suka faru a wasan 1998 tsakanin kasashen biyu.

Wasan ranar Laraba yana da alkawarin zama daya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awar wasannin demi-finale na Kofin Duniya tun shekaru masu yawa, tare da fa'idar filin wasa mai rufewa da yanayi da aka sarrafa yana rage hadarin jinkirin da yanayi yakan haddasa a filayen wasa masu budewa.