Ingila tana bayan gari daya a kan DR Congo bayan mintuna bakwai kawai ranar Laraba, kuma tana ganin ta rasa hanyar wasa. Duk da haka, an samu nasara da 2-1 da matsayi a zagaye na 16 na Gasar Kofin Duniya — inda za su fuskanci mai masaukin baki Mexico. Tambayar da ake yi yanzu ita ce ko huɗin sha ruwa masu kawo cece-kuce a wannan gasar sun cancanci wani ɓangare na yabo.

Tuchel ya mai da huɗin sha ruwa makami na dabara

Thomas Tuchel ba mai son huɗin sha ruwa ba ne — ya bayyana hakan bayan wasan. Amma kuma bai yi hakuri ba saboda amfani da su don amfaninsa. "Ina amfani da su sosai," ya ce. "Suna nan, me yasa zan kasa ƙoƙari amfana da su?"

Ƙididdiga tana ba da labari mai ban sha'awa. Kafin huɗin sha ruwa na farko, Ingila ba ta sami wani harbi ko taɓawa a cikin kewayen tsinken DR Congo ba. Da zuwan rabin lokaci, waɗannan adadi sun hau zuwa harbi takwas da taɓawa 20 a cikin kewayen. Yanayi iri ɗaya ya tashi bayan huɗin sha ruwa na biyu: Ingila ta sami harbi biyu da taɓawa bakwai kafin shi, sannan ta samar da harbi shida da taɓawa 13 bayan shi — lokacin da Harry Kane ya ci sau biyu a cikin mintuna 15 na ƙarshe don tabbatar da nasara.

A lokacin huɗin sha ruwa biyu, Tuchel ya tattara ƴan wasa a kewayensa yana ba da umarnai da himma yayin da ƴan wasan suke sauraro da nutsuwa. "Na ji yau ya fi sauƙi yin magana da ƴan wasa — suna da kwanciyar hankali sosai, suna da sauraro sosai," ya ce. "Ina son ƙwallon ƙafa fiye da lokacin da ake wasa da gudu, amma huɗin sha ruwa suna nan kuma na ji ƴan wasan sun mai da hankali a lokutan da suka fi muhimmanci."

Bayan huɗin sha ruwa na biyu, Ingila ta tura ƴan wasa mafi yawa gaba, ta sami sarari a gefuna, kuma ta buga da gaggawa yayin da DR Congo tana gajiya a bayyane. Dan wasan gaba Eberechi Eze ya amince da sauyin: "Wasu lokuta yana iya canza yanayi kuma ya ba ka ɗan lokaci don numfashi. Tabbas, mun kasance a ɓangaren da ya fi amfani wannan karon."

Magoya baya sun raba kai kan huɗin sha ruwa

Tsohon dan wasan gaba na Ingila Alan Shearer yana kallo da hankali. Yana magana a kan Match of the Day bayan huɗin sha ruwa na farko, ya ce: "Ban yarda da su ba amma sun zo a lokacin da ya dace ga Ingila. Kuna iya ganin Thomas Tuchel yana zagayawa tare da dukan ƴan wasansa domin ba wanda daga cikinsu ya nuna wasa mai kyau har yanzu."

A tsakanin magoya baya da suka bar filin wasa a Atlanta, ra'ayoyi sun raba kai. Wani mai goyon bayan Ingila bai gamsu ba cewa huɗin sha ruwa shi ne ƙarfin yanke shawara. "Sun kawai gano mafita a cikin mintuna 20 na ƙarshe — cewa zai zama ƙarshe na shekaru huɗu masu zuwa," ya ce. "Ina tsammanin hakan ne ke cikin tunaninsu."

Wasu sun yarda cewa huɗin sha ruwa yana da mahimmancin dabara na ainihi. "Huɗin sha ruwa ya dogara ne da yadda ƙungiyarka take a wannan lokaci," wani magoya baya ya ce. "Tabbas abin da ke shafar wannan gasar ne kuma yana iya canza yanayi gaba da baya." Wani magoya bayan da ke goyon bayan ya ƙara cewa: "A dukan wasannin da muka kalla, huɗin sha ruwa ya canza wasan — yana ba wa masu horarwa damar canza wasan. Ina son su."

Babban tushen suka daga magoya baya har yanzu shi ne ji cewa tsayawar ta wannan tana hidima ga sha'awar kasuwanci, tare da masu watsa shirye-shirye suna cike lokaci da tallan kayayyaki. FIFA ta tabbatar cewa huɗin sha ruwa za su kasance a kowace wasa a wannan gasar ba tare da la'akari da zafin rana ba, tana ambato buƙatar jituwa — yanke shawara da ke ci gaba da ja hular suna daga mazauna kujera, koda yake ƙungiyar a filin wasa tana da dalili na godiya.