England za gāme da Mexico a zagayen 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026 a Litinin 6 Yuli, wasannin yana farawa da 01:00 BST. Ga duk abin da kake bukata sanin game da El Tri kafin wannan gasar.

Wane irin ƙungiya ce Mexico?

Mexico ƙungiya ce mai haɗin gwiwa a matsayin ƙasar mai masaukin gasar, tana amfani da fa'idar wasa a gida, goyon bayan masu kallo, da kuma fa'idar wasa a tsauni — yanayin da zai iya gajiyar da ƙungiyoyin bako a cikin minti 90. El Tri ta ci duk wasanninta huɗu ba tare da karɓar kuma gol ɗaya ba, kuma kocin Javier Aguirre ya yabi goyon bayan masu kallo mai zafi a matsayin babban ƙarfin da ke bayan wannan nasara.

Duk da haka, wannan ƙungiyar Mexico ba ta da ƙwarewa ta musamman. 'Yan wasa kaɗan ne kawai ke buga wa ƙungiyoyi a babban gasar Turai biyar, kuma suna ɗaya mai suna a cikin ƙungiyar, Raul Jimenez, yana da shekara 35. Kafin gasar, wani ɓangare na masu kallo sun yi masa barkwanci a lokacin rashin cin kwallaye da Uruguay da Portugal. Yanayin ya inganta tun daga lokacin, amma tambayoyi game da ƙarfinsu na kai hari suna nan.

Ƙarfi da raunin ƙungiyar

Tsarin kare baya shine mafi kyawun abin da Mexico ke dogara da shi. Masu kare tsakiya Johan Vasquez da Cesar Montes suna yin haɗin gwiwa mai tsari, kuma ƙungiyar tana matsa da niyya don dawo da kwallo da sauri. Rikodin su na rashin karɓar gol ɗaya a wasanni huɗu yana nuna wahalar karya tsaro nsu.

A cikin kai hari, duk da haka, Mexico ta kasance tana rashin sauƙin gudu ƙarƙashin Aguirre, duk da cin kwallaye takwas a kan abokan hamayya mara tsanani. Tsarinsa na zaɓi — ƙaramin uku na gaba mai kunkuntar tsari da ƙwallon ƙafa na gefen suna bayar da faɗi — na iya zama mai sauƙin hasashe. Idan England ta yi nasara wajen rufe hanyoyin wuce kwallo, El Tri na iya rashin ra'ayoyi.

'Yan wasa da ya kamata a kula da su

Gilberto Mora shine sunan da kowa ke faɗa. Wannan ɗan wasan tsakiya mai hazaka daga Tijuana yana da shekara 17 kawai — ɗan wasa mafi ƙarami a tarihin Mexico a World Cup, kuma mafi ƙarami daga kowace ƙasa da ya fara wasa na knock-out tun Pelé ya yi hakan wa Brazil a shekara ta 1958. Akwai manyan bege cewa zai iya zama jagoransu da El Tri ke nemawa tun daɗewa.

Raul Jimenez ya shiga World Cup uku a jere ba tare da zura kwallo ba, amma ya riga ya ci kwallaye biyu a wannan gasar. Wannan ɗan wasan gaba — wanda ya amince da komawa Wolves daga Fulham wannan lokacin rani — yana iya bayar da sakamako a lokutan da suka fi muhimmanci — kamar yadda ya tabbatar a wasan karshe na Gold Cup na bara akan United States, inda ya daidaita a nasarar 2-1.

Cesar Montes, mai shekara 29 da tsayin ƙafa 6 da inci 3, yana da tasiri mai ƙarfi a cikin akwatuna biyu. Ya ci kwallaye uku a Gold Cup ta bara kuma ya shiga Lokomotiv Moscow a shekara ta 2024 bayan wata 18 a ƙwallon ƙafa na Sipaniya wanda bai samar da sakamakon da ake tsammani ba.

Koci: Javier Aguirre

Aguirre, mai shekara 67, yana cikin aikinsa na uku a matsayin kocin Mexico kuma ya sake gina tsarin ƙungiyar da haɗin kan 'yan wasa tun dawowarsa a shekara ta 2024. Tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya wanda ya wakilci Mexico a World Cup ta 1986, ya taɓa jagorantar El Tri zuwa zagayen 16 a shekara ta 2002 da 2010.

Hanyarsa ta koyarwa ta kasance mai aiki da tsari — ba koyaushe take faranta wa masu kallo rai ba, amma tana da tasiri. Ya yi amfani da 'yan wasa 54 a wasanni 22 na shirye-shirye a cikin shekara kafin gasar, wanda ya ba shi damar gwaji da yawa. An gaya wa 'yan wasa da yawa masu asalin ƙasa da su zo horarwa a ranar 6 Mayu, wasu daga cikin ƙungiyar sun zauna a sansanin makonni biyar cikakku kafin fara gasar.

Mataimakin koci Rafa Marquez — ɗan wasa tilo da ya taɓa jagorantar ƙasarsa a World Cup guda biyar daban-daban — an sa ran zai karɓi jagorancin Mexico bayan wannan gasar ta ƙare.

Yadda Mexico suka kai zagayen 16

Mexico ta ci duk wasanninta uku na Rukuni A, tana kayar da South Africa, South Korea, da Czech Republic bi da bi. Sannan ta doke Ecuador 2-0 a zagayen 32, ta kawo ƙarshen jiran shekara 40 don nasara a matakin knock-out kuma ta ɗage, a ɗan lokaci aƙalla, la'anar quinto partido — wasan biyar mai cike da wahala wanda ya guje wa El Tri tsararraki.

Tsakanin 1994 zuwa 2018, Mexico ta fita daga World Cup a zagayen 16 a wasanni bakwai a jere. Yaƙin neman zaɓe a Qatar 2022 ya fi wahala — ba su ma zarce matakin rukuni ba. An ɗauki koci biyu a baya kuma an kore su kafin a sake kiran Aguirre. Masu masaukin haɗin gwiwa yanzu suna nisan nasara ɗaya daga maimaita mafi kyawun sakamakon su a matsayin ƙasar mai masaukin gasar: kusa da wasan karshe, wanda suka cimma a shekara ta 1970 da 1986.