FIFA World Cup 2026 tana farawa a ranar Alhamis — mafi girman gasar tarihi da tawagar 48 — inda Mexico ke karɓar Afirka ta Kudu a Mexico City a wasan bude gasar. England za su fara gasar a ranar 17 ga Yuni da Croatia, kuma jerin Thomas Tuchel na 'yan wasa 26 yana ɗauke da ɓangare na tarihi: 'yan wasa biyu waɗanda suka ɗaga FIFA U20 World Cup shekaru takwas da suka wuce.

Jerin U20 na England na 2017 — wane ya tsira?

England sun lashe FIFA U20 World Cup 2017 bayan sun doke Venezuela 1-0 a wasan karshe. Daga wannan ƙungiyar da ta yi nasara, 'yan wasa biyu kawai suka sami gurbi a jerin babban tawagar Tuchel na 2026.

Na farko shi ne bek ɗin tsakiya Ezri Konsa, wanda gudummawarsa a 2017 ta kai minti ɗaya kawai na wasan gasar — amma yanzu yana tafiya Arewacin Amurka a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu kare England.

Na biyu shi ne mai tsaron gida Dean Henderson, wanda ya fara wasan matakin rukuni — zanen 1-1 da Guinea — a wannan gasar. Henderson ya sami gurbi a cikin jerin 26 duk da cewa ya yi yawancin kakar wasa a matsayin mai tsaron gida na uku na Liverpool, inda ya sami damammaki kaɗan bayan rahunomin Giorgi Mamardashvili da Alisson Becker.

Manyan taurari da suka rasa gurbi

Dominic Solanke shi ne muhimmin ɗan wasa a yaƙin U20 na England na 2017, inda ya lashe Golden Ball a matsayin Mafi Kyawun Dan Wasa na Gasar — jerin da ya haɗa da Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, da Sergio Aguero a cikin tsoffin masu karɓarsa. Yanzu yana da shekaru 28, Solanke bai sami damar tabbatar da matsayinsa a tsare-tsaren Tuchel ba bayan kakar wasa mai wahala a Tottenham Hotspur da ke fuskantar faduwa, bayan ya wakilci Liverpool da Bournemouth a baya.

Wanda ya lashe Golden Glove daga wannan gasar shi ne Freddie Woodman, wanda a lokacin yana Newcastle United, wanda ba ya cikin jerin yanzu. Henderson, mai tsaron gida na uku na Liverpool, shi ya sami gurbin babbar tawagar a madadin sa.

Wanda ya lashe Kofin Duniya na U17 shi ma yana nan

Zaɓin Tuchel ya haɗa da wani wanda ya lashe gasar matasa: bek ɗin tsakiya Marc Guehi, wanda ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar England da ta lashe FIFA U17 World Cup. Guehi yana haɗin gwiwa da Konsa a tsakiyar tsaron England na 2026.

Phil Foden, wanda ya ɗaga wannan kofin U17 tare da Guehi, yana daga cikin manyan waɗanda suka rasa gurbi daga jerin Tuchel — rashin da ya jawo babbar hankali. Morgan Gibbs-White, wani ɗan wasa na ƙungiyar da ta lashe U17 ta, shi ma yana wajen kallon abubuwa daga waje.

England za su fara yaƙin FIFA World Cup 2026 da Croatia a ranar 17 ga Yuni.