Declan Rice ya bayyana cewa ƙungiyar England ta yanzu ita ce mafi kyau da ya taɓa kasancewa cikinta a kwanan nan, yana magana bayan ƙungiyar ta lashe matsayi na uku a FIFA World Cup 2026.

Rice ya jagoranci England zuwa nasara mai ban mamaki ta 6-4 a kan France a wasan lambar yabo ta tagulla, wani sakamako da ya kawo ta'aziyya bayan rashin da ya yi ciwo a zagaye na ƙarshen daf da wasan karshe a kan Argentina. Duk da alfaharin da ya ji, Rice ya kasance a fili game da rauni na fita a mataki na ƙarshe kafin wasan ƙarshe.

Tunanin gaskiya na Rice

"Wannan ita ce mafi kyawun ƙungiyar England tun lokaci mai tsawo. Wannan gaskiya ce. Babu wanda zai iya ɗauke mana wannan," Rice ya faɗi bayan wasan.

"Ina tsammanin za mu iya zama masu alfahari a matsayinmu na ƙungiya — muna damuwa kawai saboda mun yi rashin wasan nufi. Mun gaji da cewa muna alfahari da isa zuwa wasannin nufi da kwata — a ƙarshe muna son cin nasara tare da England. Amma zuwa matsayi na uku a wannan gasar nasara ce ta gaske."

Dan wasan tsakiya na Arsenal ya yarda cewa England ta kasance kusa da kololuwar ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya a wasanni da yawa, yana nuna tsarin ficewa a wasannin nufi, kwata, da ma isa zuwa wasan ƙarshe a shekarun baya.

"Muna kusa sosai, da gaskiya. An sami maganganu da yawa game da wannan ƙungiya a cikin 'yan shekarun nan game da fita daga gasar. An sami ficewa a wasannin nufi, kwata, da kuma wasannin ƙarshe. Ina tsammanin muna buƙatar ci gaba. Da gaske ina ganin muna kusa. Wasan daidaituwa ne na ƙananan bambance-bambance. Ƙwallon ƙafa ne kuma a kan Argentina mun yi rashin a ƙananan bambance-bambance da kuma cikin akwatunan."

Abin da ke jiran England

England za ta koma filin wasa a watan Satumba a cikin UEFA Nations League, inda za ta fuskanci sabon zakaran duniya Spain da kuma Czechia a wasannin da ke zuwa.

Da Rice yana jagorantar ƙungiyar da kuma ƙarfin gwiwa yana ƙaruwa a sansanin, za a sanya matsin lamba a kan England don canza damarmakinsu da suka ɓace zuwa lambar yabo babba — kuma Rice yana da alama yana da ƙuduri don tabbatar da cewa wannan ƙarni ba zai bar wasanni ba hannaye wofi.