Numfashi yana zama wuyar gaske, ƙafafu suna jin nauyi, kuma har wa daɗai ƙwararrun 'yan wasa suna ganin kansu suna neman iska — wannan shi ne gaskiyar fafatawa a tsayi, kuma wannan daidai ne abin da England zai fuskanta sa'ad da suka buga wasa da Mexico a Estadio Azteca, wanda yake mita 2,240 sama da matakin teku.

Masana BBC Sport, Rachel Corsie da Lucas Leiva, dukansu biyu sun sami ƙwarewa ta kwallon ƙafa a tsayi kai tsaye, kuma labaransu suna zana hoton bayyananne na wahalar jiki da yake addabar 'yan wasa. "Ba za ka iya numfashi ba" — haka ne aka kwatanta ji, gargaɗi bayyane ga kowace ƙungiya da ba ta shirya ga waɗannan yanayi ba.

Estadio Azteca, daya daga cikin filayen wasa mafi shahara a kwallon ƙafa, yana kawo ƙalubale na musamman fiye da tarihinta na ɗaukaka da yanayin tashin hankali. Sama da mita 2,000 a tsayi, iska mai laushi tana rage adadin oxygen da ke samuwa ga 'yan wasa sosai, tana tilasta jiki ya yi ƙoƙari fiye da kowace gudu, tsayawa, da harba kwallon zuwa gaba.

Corsie da Leiva sun bayyana cewa daidaitawa da yanayi na da muhimmanci — isa da wuri da yin horon cikin ƴan kwanakin kafin wasan na iya kawo bambanci na gaskiya, ko da yake jikin ɗan adam ba ya daidaita gaba ɗaya a cikin gajeren lokaci. Lokacin murmurewa yana ɗaukar tsawo, cizon hanjin ƙafa yana zama ruwan dare, har ma da hawa matakala a filin wasa na iya barin 'yan wasa ba su da iska kafin wasannin ya fara.

Ga England, gasar da Mexico a cikin FIFA World Cup 2026 tana wakiltar ɗaya daga cikin mafi wahalar gwajin jiki na gasar. Mexico, waɗanda suka saba buga wasa a tsayi saboda yanayin kwallon ƙafa na ƙasar su, za su sami fa'ida ta halitta — abu da malamai na England suka san shi sosai yayin tsara shirye-shiryensu.

Sinadarin tsayi ya daɗe yana tsara tarihin kwallon ƙafa a Estadio Azteca, kuma a cikin FIFA World Cup 2026, yana alƙawarin taka rawa mai mahimmanci kuma.