Kyaftin na England Harry Kane ya yarda cewa ƙungiyarsa har yanzu tana neman dabara don lashe gasar babba, yana kwatanta ƙungiyar da cewa tana "rasa wannan ƙarshiyar yanki na jigsaw" bayan faduwa da Argentina da ci 2-1 a semi-final na Gasar Duniya ta 2026.

Anthony Gordon ya ba England fifiɗo a Atlanta a minti na 55, amma ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel ta ja da baya kuma ta bar Argentina ta mallaki ƙwallon a matakai na ƙarshe. Enzo Fernandez da Lautaro Martinez sun zura ƙwallaye a ƙarshe don juya yanayin wasa kuma sun tura Argentina zuwa ga ƙarshe.

«Babu kalmomi masu isa yanzu don shawo kan wannan yanayin rashin nutsuwa a cikin ciki,» in ji Kane a kafofin sada zumunta. «Mun yi kusa, kusa sosai da wata ƙarshe amma bai isa ba. Mun ba da duk abin da muke da shi cikin kwanakin bakwai da suka gabata kuma faɗuwa ta irin wannan hanya abu ne mai wuyan karba.»

Dan wasa na Bayern Munich, wanda ya ƙare gasar da ƙwallaye shida, ya roƙi England da ta yi tunani da ingantawa. «Wannan shine inda muke buƙatar tafiya, aiwatar da shi kuma mu sami hanyar ingantawa,» in ji shi.

Tuchel yana fuskantar zargi kan tsarin tsaro

Hanyar faɗuwar ta janyo zargi nan da nan. England ta mallaki kashi 12 cikin ɗari kawai na ƙwallon daga lokacin da ta samu fifiɗo har zuwa lokacin da ta karɓi ƙwallon da ta yanke hukunci a minti na 92. Tsohon kyaftin na England Wayne Rooney ya ce ƙungiyar ta «rushewa» kuma ta zama «rashin aiki sosai.»

Tuchel ya musanta zargin, yana jaddada cewa jan da baya ta bangaren tsaro bai taɓa zama wani ɓangare na tsarin ba, kuma sarrafa ƙwallon «wataƙila ba cikin DNA ɗinmu ba ne.» Duk da haka, hanyoyi da yawa sun gaya wa BBC Sport cewa 'yan wasan mahimman ƴan wasa sun yi fushi da yadda aka sarrafa matakan ƙarshe na wasan.

Wannan tsari ne da masu goyon bayan England suka taɓa gani a baya. A ƙarƙashin Gareth Southgate, England ta yi fifiɗo kan Italy da 1-0 a ƙarshen Euro 2021 kafin ta ba ƙwallon da ta sha kashi a bugun fanariti. Sun kuma faɗi ga Croatia a semi-final na Gasar Duniya ta 2018 da Spain a ƙarshen Euro 2024. Bayanan Opta sun nuna cewa tun daga 1998, an fitar da England kowace lokacin da suka fuskanci ƙungiya mai matsayi cikin ƙungiyoyi goma mafi ƙarfi a duniya a matakan knockout na Gasar Duniya.

Bellingham yana kira ga haɗin kai

Jude Bellingham, wanda kuma ya zura ƙwallaye shida yayin gasar, ya ce yana «shan wahala wajen nemo kalmomin da suka dace» bayan faɗuwar. Dan wasan tsakiya na Real Madrid ya raba waka mai shafuka huɗu mai taken 'The Lions Way', da direban ƙungiyar Michael Chandler ya rubuta, yana mai cewa tana «daidai tana ta'ayar gaskiya.»

Bellingham ya yi amfani da dandalinsa don kira ga masu goyon baya da su kasance a haɗe. «Kada ku bar haɗin kai da ƙaunar da muka gani a ƙasarmu su ƙare tare da wannan yaƙin. Da yake muna tare za mu iya cim ma manyan abubuwa,» in ji dan wasan Real Madrid.

Dan wasan tsakiya na Aston Villa Morgan Rogers, wanda ya taimaki Gordon a burin farko, ya ce ya «zama mai baƙin ciki» sakamakon. Anthony Gordon, wanda ya ƙaura daga Newcastle United zuwa Barcelona, ya ƙara da cewa: «Na gaskiya na yi tsammani wannan shine lokacinmu na lashe bayan jiran tsawon shekaru da yawa amma bai kasance haka ba kuma zai yi ciwo na ɗan lokaci.»

FA na tallafawa Tuchel kan Euro 2028

Duk da takaicin, babban jami'in Football Association Mark Bullingham ya nuna amincewa da ikon Tuchel na ci gaba da jagorantar England. England za ta raba masaukin Euro 2028 tare da Wales, Scotland, da Jamhuriyar Ireland, kuma Bullingham ya ce yana tsammanin manajan «ya ɗaga kowa» kafin wannan gasar.

«Wata hanya mai ban sha'awa ga ƙungiyar maza ɗinmu don yin takara don kofunan, tare da darussa daga wannan gasar da ƙarin tallafi daga manyan magoya bayenmu masu ban sha'awa. Gaba,» in ji Bullingham.

England yanzu suna shirya yakar wasan tsaffin matsayi na uku da France — wadanda Spain ta doke a wani semi-final — a ranar Asabar da karfe 22:00 BST.