England za fara zagayen su a Rukuni L na FIFA World Cup 2026 da Croatia a ranar Laraba, kuma manaja Thomas Tuchel har yanzu yana da muhimman yanke shawara da za a yi a wurare huɗu kafin ya sanar da tawagar farawa.

Yakin neman wando na lamba 10

Gasar da ke tsakanin Jude Bellingham da Morgan Rogers don matsayin lamba 10 yana ci gaba da zama zabin da ake kallo sosai. Shaidun da aka samu daga wasannin abota da New Zealand da Costa Rica — da kuma rahotannin da suka fito daga ciki na sansanin horo — sun nuna cewa Bellingham ya wuce gabanin abokansa na kusa, wanda ke nuna cewa dan wasan tsakiyar Real Madrid zai fara gaban Croatia.

Amma Rogers ba a cire shi ba. Ya kasance mafi dogara mai kai hari ga England a duk lokacin cancantar neman shiga kofin duniya, shi kaɗai mai kai hari da ya buga dukkan wasanni takwas na cancantar, kuma Tuchel ya dogara sosai a kansa a wannan lokacin.

Gefen dama: Saka ko Madueke?

Noni Madueke ya fara a gefen dama da Costa Rica yayin da Bukayo Saka ke sarrafa mintinsa. Tun daga wannan wasan, Saka ya tabbatar da cewa yana da lafiya kuma yana shirye, amma ya kuma yarda cewa Tuchel ne ke da yanke shawara na ƙarshe game da ko yana shirye ya buga mintina cikakkiyar 90. Yanke shawarar wanda zai fara a gefen dama zai dogara ga kimantawar Tuchel na lafiyar Saka a rana ta wasan.

Gefen hagu: Rashford ya dawo cikin hoton

Anthony Gordon ya burge a gasar sa da Marcus Rashford a gefen hagu, amma yanayin da ke cikin sansanin England ya bayyana ya fi goyan bayan Rashford. Waɗanda ke kusa da ƙungiyar sun bayyana shi a matsayin yana cikin mafi kyawun yanayin jiki, yana gabatar da manyan zaman horon, kuma yana ɗauke da maganin hankali mai kyau da ba a ga shi kwanan nan ba. Rashford ya kasance abin son Tuchel tun lokacin da manaja ya karɓi ragamar shugabanci watanni 18 da suka wuce, wanda ke sa wahala a ɗauke shi a mawuyacin hali.

Rashin tabbas a matsayin na baya na tsakiya

An daɗe ana ɗaukar Marc Guehi a matsayin tabbatacce a zuciyar tsaron England, amma yanke shawarar Tuchel na haɗa John Stones da Ezri Konsa tare da Costa Rica ya kawo shakku ga wannan zato. Zaɓin nau'i-nau'i na ƙarshe na iya dogara ne akan jin daɗin lokaci na ƙarshe na manaja kansa. Jin da ke fitowa daga cikin sansanin shi ne cewa Stones zai buga, tare da Konsa ko Guehi a gefen sa.

Wuraren bakwai da suke da alamar kasancewa

A wajen waɗannan wurare huɗu, sauran layin England ya bayyana an saita shi sosai. Jordan Pickford zai fara a raga a Kofin Duniya sa na uku. Reece James shine mai kare hannun dama na farko ba tare da wata shakka ba, kuma Nico O'Reilly yana kan hanyar yin wasan farko a Kofin Duniya a matsayin mai kare hannun hagu. Declan Rice da Elliot Anderson ana sa ran su jagoranci tsakiyar filin, yayin da Harry Kane ke jagorantar harin.

Tuchel ana san shi da cikakkar zaɓin tawagar sa ba da daɗewa ba — sau da yawa yana kwana a kan zaɓuɓɓukansa dare kafin wasan don ya isa ranar wasan da sabon hankali. Tare da Croatia suna jiran Laraba, wurare huɗu a cikin tawagar sa na iya kasancewa ba a yanke shawararta ba har zuwa lokacin farawa.