Wasan farko na England a FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 a kan Croatia an shirya shi ne ranar Laraba, 17 ga Yuni, da fara wasa da karfe 9 na dare BST — kuma ITV za ta watsa wannan wasan na Rukuni L tun daga farkon lokacin.

Watsa labarai za farko da karfe 8 na dare, yana ba wa magoya baya cikakken awa ɗaya na sharhi kafin ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel ta shiga filin wasa don fuskantar Croatia, wadda ta fitar da England daga Kofin Duniya a shekarar 2018.

A cikin studio

Mark Pougatch ne zai gabatar da watsa labarai na ITV a wannan dare. Zai kasance tare da tsofaffin jaruman England guda biyu a studio: Ian Wright da Gary Neville.

Neville ya samu kambun England sau 85 kuma ya wakilci kasarsa a manyan gasar guda biyar — Gasar Turai sau uku da Kofin Duniya sau biyu. Wright kuwa ya samu kambun ƙasa da ƙasa 33 kuma ya zura kwallaye tara, amma rauni ya hana shi shiga babbar gasa.

Roy Keane ya kammala tawagar studio. Salon sa na kai tsaye da rashin faɗar abin da ba a so zai kawo daidaito ga farin cikin Turancin Wright da Neville. Dukkansu uku sun saba da juna sosai, da suka yi aiki tare a Sky Sports da kuma a shahararren shirinsu na ƙwallon ƙafa, The Overlap.

A sharhi

Sam Matterface ne zai jagoranci sharhin ITV. Muryarsa ta saba a wasannin England, kuma Matterface yana aiki ma TNT Sports da talkSPORT, ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin babban mai sharhi na ITV don wasannin ƙasa da ƙasa.

Tsohon baya na England da Arsenal, Lee Dixon, wanda ya samu kambun Three Lions sau 22, zai tare shi a cikin ɗakin sharhi. Dixon ya halarta Euro 1992 ba tare da buga wasa ba, sannan ya rasa matsayinsa a England — galibi saboda Gary Neville — yana rasa manyan gasar guda huɗu a jere.

Haɗin gwiwar Matterface–Dixon ya tabbata a wasannin ƙasa da ƙasa na England, kuma magoya bayan da za su kallo a ranar 17 ga Yuni za su same su a matsayin wani abin sani da kwanciyar hankali.