Mexico ta ba da wasa na mulki a Estadio Azteca don doke Ecuador ta kuma ci gaba zuwa zagaye na 16 na Kofin Duniya — kuma masu goyon bayanta sun riga suna kallon wata yuwuwar karo da Ingila.

Wasanni hudu, nasarori hudu, kwallaye takwas da aka ci ba tare da kwallo daya da aka ci ba: irin wannan tarihi, tare da dabarun tsaro na gida mai ƙarfi, ya sa masu goyon baya suna mafarkin zarce zagaye na kusa da karshe — mataki mafi nisa da ƙungiyar ta taɓa kai a tarihin Kofin Duniya.

Masu goyon baya suna mafarkin abin da ba zai yiwu ba

Ingila za su fuskanci DR Congo a zagaye na 32 a wannan Laraban da yamma, kuma idan sun tsallake wannan shinge, tafiya zuwa Mexico City na iya jiran su. Ga masu yawa daga cikin masu goyon bayan Ingila, wannan yanayin yana da tsoro.

"Ingila tana da Harry Kane, wanda ake zargin zai lashe kyautar Ballon d'Or, yana jagorantar wannan ƙungiya," in ji wani mai goyon bayan Mexico. "Kuna da 'yan wasa kamar Jude Bellingham, kuma yana da ban tsoro, amma tare da ƙarfin da muke da shi, akwai damar yin abin da ba zai yiwu ba."

Tarihin fagen gasa na Mexico a Azteca yana gargadin duk wani mai hamayya: nasarori 69 daga wasanni 88, tare da daidaita 17 da kaye guda biyu kawai. Bugu da ƙari, ba a doke su ba a wasanni 10 na Kofin Duniya a wannan filin wasa.

Tsohon koci na Australia da Tottenham, Ange Postecoglou, yayin da yake magana a ITV, ya bayyana girman kalubalen da ke jiran wanda zai fuskanci Mexico. "Idan Ingila za su sauka zuwa Mexico, zai zama kamar shiga wani Kofin Duniya daban gare su," in ji shi.

Dare mai walƙiya a Mexico City

Har ma yanayi ya yi kamar yana gina darajar wasanni, yayin da walƙiya ta haskaka sararin sama mai ruwa tare da jinkirta fara wasan da awa daya. Da zarar wasan ya fara a ƙarshe, Mexico ba ta ɓata lokaci.

Julian Quinones ya buɗe zura kwallo da buga mai ƙarfi kafin Raul Jimenez ya ninka suka, kuma ana iya cewa an yanke shawara kafin lokacin hutun rabin lokaci.

Karar busa lokacin ƙarshe ta kunna bukukuwa a duk faɗin ƙasar da waje. A Los Angeles — gida ga ƙaramar Mexiko mai yawa — wuta ta haskaka sama yayin da dubban mutane suka taru a bikin kallon wasa a tsakiyar gari.

"Wannan shine mafi kyawun wasan da muka gani daga ƙungiyar Mexiko tun da daɗewa. Shekara mai kyau ce don zama dan Mexiko da kuma shekara mai kyau don ganin Kofin Duniya," wani mai goyon baya ya gaya wa BBC World Service.

'Yan wasa da za a kalla

Jimenez, dan wasan gaba na Wolves, ana sanin sa sosai daga mafi yawan masoya ƙwallon ƙafa, amma Quinones ya sanar da kansa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan fitattun 'yan wasa na wannan gasar. Dan wasan mai shekaru 29, wanda ke buga wa Al-Qadsiah a Saudi Arabia, ya zura kwallaye uku a wasanni hudu har yanzu.

Mexico kuma tana da ɗaya daga cikin matasan da ke da ban sha'awa a wannan Kofin Duniya a cikin Gilberto Mora. Da shekaru 17 da kwanaki 259, ya zama ɗan wasa na biyu mafi ƙarancin shekaru da ya fara wasan knockout na Kofin Duniya — a bayan Pelé kawai, wanda yana da shekaru 17 da kwanaki 239 lokacin da ya yi hakan a shekarar 1958.

A bangaren tsaro, Mexico sun yi daidai gwargwado. Abokan hamayya sun samu buga ƙwallo bakwai kawai a kan raga a duk wasanni hudu.

"An tsara shi, ƙwazo, mai ƙaƙƙarfan hali — akwai abubuwa da yawa da za mu iya cewa game da Mexico," in ji tsohon dan wasan gaba na Nigeria, Efan Ekoku, a BBC Radio 5 Live. "Idan ƙungiyar gida tana buga haka, yana da wahala sosai a tsaya ta. Zai zama aiki mai wahala."

La'anar quinto partido

Duk da farin ciki, wata inuwa ɗaya ta kasance a kan yakin Mexico — quinto partido mashahurin, ko wasa na biyar. A kowane Kofin Duniya daga wanda Mexico ta masance a 1986 har zuwa 2018, an fitar da Mexico a matakin wasa na biyar ba tare da keɓancewar guda ɗaya ba.

Karɓar baƙi a 1970 da 1986 ya taimaka musu su kai zagaye na kusa da karshe a duka lokutan biyu, amma karya wannan la'anar wasa na biyar ta yi nisa daga gare su tun daga lokacin. Idan sun tsallake shinge na zagaye na 16, amincewar a wannan ƙungiyar Mexico — da kuma tsakanin miliyoyin masu goyon bayansu — za ta zama wata ƙarfi mai ban tsoro gaske.