Labarai da yawa sun mayar da hankali kan iska mai ƙaranci ta Mexico City kafin wasan karshe na 16 na FIFA World Cup da za a buga Lahadi — amma tsayin wuri ɗaya ne kawai daga cikin jarrabawar da ke jiran Thomas Tuchel da ƙungiyarsa a Azteca Stadium.

Mai gudu mai zafi wanda zai iya fallasa raunin England

Julian Quinones ya kasance ƙwararren ɗan wasan Mexico mafi kyau a duk tsawon gasar, kuma ya shigo wannan wasan a matsayin maƙallan ƙungiyarsa da kwallayen 3. Ɗan wasan gefen Al Qadsiah mai shekara 29 — a ƙarƙashin horon Brendan Rodgers a Saudi Pro League — ya kuma ba da taimako a nasarar da suka samu akan Ecuador a zagaye na 32.

Quinones yawanci yana aiki a gefen hagu da gudu mai ban mamaki, ko yana da ƙwallon ko a'a, kuma Mexico tana kaiwa mafi yawan hare-harensa ta hannunsa. Ganin ƙalubale da aka sani na England a matsayin baya na dama, barazanarsa tana buƙatar kulawa ta musamman.

Matashi mai fasaha da mai kirkira wanda yake karya kididdigar

Gilberto Mora, ɗan shekara 17, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙananan ƴan wasa a tarihin wasannin kawar da juna na FIFA World Cup sa'ad da ya fara wasan da Ecuador — yana da kwanaki 20 kawai fiye da Pelé a 1958 sa'ad da aka kafa rikodin. Mora ya harba sau 3 ya kuma samar da dama 2, yana nuna cewa baya tsoratar da babban mataki.

Injin kirkirar, duk da haka, shi ne Roberto Alvarado. Taimakonsa na 3 shi ne mafi yawan taimakon da ɗan wasan Mexico ya taɓa ba da a cikin gasar FIFA World Cup guda ɗaya tun an fara ajiyar kididdigar a 1966. Shi ne ke jagorantar Mexico a daman da aka samar da kuma a cikin fadakarwar layukan tsaro, yana yi aiki a matsayin masanin kusan duk abin da Mexico ke samarwa a gaba.

Jimenez — tsohon ɗan wasa mai wani abu da yake son tabbatarwa

Raul Jimenez yana jiran cin moriyar hidimomin Alvarado. Ɗan shekara 35 ya yi tarihi akan South Africa, yana zama tsofon ɗan wasa mafi girma da ya taɓa zura ƙwallon a zagayen farkonsa na FIFA World Cup, kuma kasancewarsa a sama ya kasance barazana ta dindindin — ya harba kwallayen kai 5 zuwa ga maƙar a cikin gasar, wanda Kai Havertz na Germany ne kawai ya fi shi. Komawa Wolverhampton Wanderers daga Fulham yana jiranshi bayan gasa, amma Jimenez yana mai da hankali cikakke kan FIFA World Cup ta gida wadda ya daɗe yana jira.

Tsaro wanda ba ya ba wa kowa kusan komai

Mexico ta karɓi harbe-harbe 6 kawai da suka dace da maƙar a cikin wasanni 4, kuma suna shiga wasan Lahadi suna bin tarihin da: Italy kawai, a 1990, ta kiyaye maƙarsu tsarkake a kowanne daga cikin wasanninsu na farko 5 na FIFA World Cup. Spain kawai zai iya yin daidai da Mexico a lamarin wasanni ba tare da ci ba a wannan bugu na gasar.

Tsohon mai tsaron ƙwallo Guillermo Ochoa ya ba Raul Rangel tsakanin tslazuzzukan, ko da yake almara ɗin shekara 40 ya yi ɗan takaitaccen bayyana a wasan ƙarshe na rukunin don alama ta shida ta FIFA World Cup nasa. Kyaftin Edson Alvarez na West Ham ya yi girma, yana kare tsaro daga tsakiyar filin wasa kuma yana cike gurbi a tsakiyar tsaro bayan Cesar Montes ya sami jan kati a buɗe wasan akan South Africa. Tsarin ƙungiyar bai girgiza ba.

Gudu, ɗimbin kwarin gwiwa, da sansanin Azteca

Nasarar Mexico akan Ecuador ita ce nasararsu ta farko a zagaye na kawar da juna na FIFA World Cup tun 1986 — kuma hakan ya kunna imani tsakanin ƴan wasa da masu goyon baya cewa wannan ƙungiya za ta iya tafiya nisa a gasar a gida. Ba su da damuwa game da raunuka kuma suna shiga tare da jerin wasanni 12 ba tare da hasara ba.

Sai kuma Azteca kanta. Mexico ta yi hasara sau 2 kawai daga cikin wasanni 89 na gasar a wannan filin wasa mai suna, kuma tsayin mita 2,240 yana ƙara ƙalubale ga kowanne ƙungiya baƙo. Ingila zai buƙaci shawo kan duk waɗannan matsalolin — ba tsayin wuri kaɗai ba — idan za ta ci gaba da rayar da mafarkin FIFA World Cup nata.