DR Congo sun zo gasar kusa da England a zagaye na 16 na Kofin Duniya bayan sun gama rukuni a matsayi na uku — sun doke Uzbekistan, sun daidaita da Portugal, kuma sun sha kashi ga Colombia. Duk da wannan tarihin matsakaici, suna wakiltar kalubale na gaske na dabarun wasa ga tawagar Thomas Tuchel.

Tsarin tsaro da aka gina akan mamaki

DR Congo sun yi amfani da tsari na dindindin na 5-3-2 a duk gasar. Matsakaicin rikodin su na kashi 38.8 cikin ɗari yana tsaye daban ɗaban da kashi 65.7 na Ingila — adadi da Spain kawai ta zarce da kashi 70.3 — yana tabbatar da cewa DR Congo ƙungiya ce da ke rantse da ƙwallon kuma tana nema ta kai hari mai gudu.

Amma tsarinsu na tsaro ya fi yadda wannan adadi ke nuna. A kan Portugal da Colombia, ƙungiyoyi da suka fi rikodin ƙwallon, DR Congo sun danna daga sama daga yanayin bugun ƙafa na mafarka maimakon komawa baya cikin toshewar kare. Maharan biyu da masu tsakiya uku suna ɗaukar matsayi na gaba, suna matsa wa mai tsaron ƙofar abokan hamayya, masu kare a tsakiya, da mai tsaro na tsakiya. Wing-beki suna matsa masu tsaro na gefe, suna barin masu kare uku na tsakiya su yi nisa kai tsaye da maharan uku.

Inda Ingila za iya samun sarari

Wannan tsarin danna yana taimaka wa Ingila ta hanyoyi da yawa. Ƴan wasan Tuchel sun saba da magance matsanancin danna — musamman ta hanyar gogewarsu a Premier League — kuma mai horar ya gina tawagar sa don jawo danna kafin, a kalaman mataimakin Anthony Barry, "hanzarta ta cikin ɓangare na tsakiya."

Ta hanyar jan harin DR Congo da tsakiyar wurin wasa daga layin tsaro, Ingila na iya ƙirƙirar sarari a baya ga masu gudu. Wannan ra'ayi yana bayyana matakin turawa da Elliot Anderson da Harry Kane suke yi ta hanyoyin wucewa, kuma yana bayyana dalilin da ya sa Ingila ta yi aiki da kyau fiye da gutsattsarin Croatia mai danna fiye da Ghana mai kwanciyar hankali.

Hanya ɗaya ta musamman ita ce ta hanyar masu kare na gefe na Ingila. Wing-beki na DR Congo dole ne su ratsa nesa don danna a wuraren gefe, suna bawa masu kare na Ingila lokaci da sarari akan ƙwallon. "Rukunin faɗi" na Tuchel — alwatika masu juyawa na mai kare, mai tsakiya, da mara-gaba — na iya cire DR Congo daga matsayinsu a gefuna akai-akai.

Rashin faɗin tsakiyar filin wasan DR Congo kuma yana sa su zama masu rauni ga matakin tura na kwance. Cika ɗaya daga cikin gefen da wasan gajere don jawo danna, sannan a canza ƙwallon zuwa ɗayan gefen na iya barin mara-gaba na Ingila a sararin buɗe ido don gudu zuwa wing-beki shi kaɗai. Spain ta yi amfani da wannan hanya sosai don lalata Saudi Arabia a matakin rukuni.

Jifar layi a rabin filin wasan abokan hamayya suna wakiltar wata dama ta ƙarancin haɗari. DR Congo sun aika da yawa daga cikin ƴan wasansu don kewaye wuraren jifa a tsawon wannan gasar. Wata sauri ta dawo ga mai jifar, sannan dogon canjin wasa, na iya sanya Ingila akai-akai a matsayi mai kyau na kai hari.

A cikin toshewar tsaronsu, maharan biyu na DR Congo suna matsa masu kare na tsakiya yayin da suke rufe tafarkin turawa zuwa mai kare na tsakiya. Idan Ingila ta gina da ɗan wasan uku a layin farko — kamar yadda Jarell Quansah ya yi a wasan da ya gabata — mai tsakiya na gefe na DR Congo an tilasta shi ya danna, kuma Ingila na iya amfani da sararin da ya zama komai. Jude Bellingham, Declan Rice, ko Nico O'Reilly na iya danne mai tsakiya na cibiya daga ciki, yana buɗe turawa marar tsaro zuwa gefe.

Barazanar DR Congo

Ingila ba za ta iya yarda da rashin kulawa ba. Tsarin gina hari na DR Congo daga bugun ƙafa na mafarka ba na al'ada bane — masu kare uku suna bazu don samar da layin kare huɗu tare da mai tsaron kofar, wing-beki suna hawa sama, kuma masu tsakiya da maharan da suka rage suna cika wuraren da dogayen turawa ke nufi maimakon riƙe matsayi na dindindin. Babban nisa tsakanin ƴan wasan yana sa ya yi wahala a danna DR Congo gaba ɗaya.

Kuma mafi haɗarin ɗan wasansu, Yoanne Wissa, yana kawo kaifi na hankali da sauri a cikin yankin hukunci — barazana mai iya hukunta duk wani sakaci a kowane matakin ƙwallon duniya.

Tare da Bellingham, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Gordon, da Noni Madueke duk suna da ikon amfani da sarari a bayan tsaron, Tuchel zai yi fata DR Congo ta bi tsarinta na danna mai ƙarfi — kuma cewa Ingila tana da ingancin fasaha don cikakken amfanin da wannan yanayi.