Sa Raul Jimenez ya shiga filin wasa a Estadio Azteca ranar Lahadi a kan England, ɗan wasan da ke da shekaru 35 zai ɗauki ɗaya daga cikin bayanan mutum-mutumi mafi burgewa a wannan matakin knock-out na FIFA World Cup 2026: babu wani mai tsaron gida a tarihin Premier League da ya karɓi ƙwallaye fiye da wadanda wannan ɗan wasan ƙwararren ya zura wa Jordan Pickford.

Jimenez ya zura ƙwallaye 6 a kan Pickford a wasanni 12 — wasu tare da Wolverhampton Wanderers da Fulham a kan Everton — kuma babu wani mai tsaron gida a ɓangaren farko na Ingila da ya karɓi ƙwallaye 6 daga hannun ɗan wasan Mexico. Da wata dama ta shiga kusa da ƙarshen rubu'in gasar duniya ke kan teburin, wannan ƙididdiga ba za ta fita ba daga sansanin Thomas Tuchel ba tare da an lura da ita ba.

Mahallin da ke bayan adadin

Hoton cikakken labari ya fi rikitarwa fiye da adadin ɗaya da ya bayyana. Biyar daga cikin ƙwallaye 6 da Jimenez ya zura a kan Pickford an yi su yayin da yake sanya rigar Wolverhampton Wanderers — ɗaya a kowanne cikin farkon wasanni huɗu tsakanin Wolves da Everton da dukkansu suka fafata, sannan ɗaya ƙari a farkon taro bayan Jimenez ya dawo daga mummunar rauni a kai da ya samu a wasan Premier League a kan Arsenal a watan Nuwamba 2020.

Bayanan sa a kan Pickford a cikin rigar Fulham ya fi ƙanƙanta: ƙwallo ɗaya, da ya zura a lokacin da aka yi rashin nasara 3-1 a gida kusa da ƙarshen kakar 2024-25, tare da bayyanar biyar da bai ci ba a kewaye da ita. Jimenez da ya fi wahalar wa Pickford ya yi haka shekaru biyar ko fiye da haka da suka wuce.

Daga cikin ƙwallaye 6, uku an zura da kai kuma ɗaya daga bugun fenareti — bayani da ke ba England da Pickford hoton barazanar da za a shirya dominta. Babu wani asiri game da yadda Jimenez ke aiki.

Fiye da rikici da Pickford kaɗai

Bayan faɗan mutum-mutumi, Mexico sun zo sansaninsu da babban ƙarfin guiwa. Ƙungiyar Javier Aguirre ba ta sha kashi a filin da aka sake masa suna na ɗan lokaci Mexico City Stadium a dukan wannan gasar, bayan ta buga a can ta ci nasara sau uku. Tsayin ƙasa na mita 2,200 na Estadio Azteca yana ƙara wata wahala ga kowace ƙungiyar baƙo.

Mafi yawan mai zura ƙwallo a gasar na Mexico shi ne Julian Quinones da ƙwallaye 3, amma Jimenez — wanda ke dawo wa Wolverhampton Wanderers da daukakar samarwa bayan shekaru uku da Fulham bayan ƙungiyar ta sauka daga Premier League — ya kasance tsakiyar harin su game da kwarewa da kasancewa na jiki.

Yanzu a tsakiyar shekarunsa na talatin kuma watakila yana wasan Kofin Duniya na ƙarshe, Jimenez zai matsa, zai riƙe ƙwallon, kuma zai yi amfani da duk makaman ɗan wasan tsakiya mai kwarewa don yin barazana ga ragar England. Pickford da Tuchel za su san da kyau abin da ke tafe a gare su — tambayar da ta fi mahimmanci ita ce ko England za ta iya dakatar da shi.