Mai sharhi na Sky Sports Paul Merson ya kwatanta wasan zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026 tsakanin England da Mexico — wadanda ke shirya tare — a matsayin gasar gaskiya ta 50-50 — gasar da ya gaskata tsayin kasa kadai na iya yanke shawara.

Ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel ta sami wurin su a zagaye na 16 bayan sun juya sakamakon kuma suka doke DR Congo 2-1 a Atlanta a ranar Laraba. Ladan su shine tafiya mai wahala zuwa filin wasa na Azteca a Mexico City, filin wasa da ke ɗaukar masu kallo 87,523 kuma yake a tsayin ƙafa 7,200 sama da matakin teku.

Matsalar tsayin kasa

Merson ya kasance a bayyane sosai game da ƙalubalen da ke jiran England a babban birnin Mexico. Tare da ƙungiyar Tuchel da za ta isa kwana biyu kawai kafin wasan Litinin, tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal yana jaddada cewa ba za a sami isasshen lokaci na daidaitawa da iska mai laushi ba.