Ingila ta doke Mexico, ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen mai masaukin baki, da 3-2 a filin wasa na Azteca Stadium na tarihi ranar Lahadi, tana tabbatar da wurinta a cikin kusa da na karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 duk da cewa ta gama wasan da 'yan wasa goma. Nasarar ta tarihi ce — babu ƙungiya da ta taɓa yin nasara kan Mexico a Azteca a wasan Kofin Duniya, kuma ƙungiyoyi biyu ne kawai suka sami nasarar gasa a can cikin gwaje-gwaje 89.

Ƙungiyar Thomas Tuchel za ta fuskanci Erling Haaland da Norway a Miami Gardens, Florida, ranar Asabar don matsayin na rabi na karshe, suna neman taken duniya na farko tun 1966.

Kwallo biyu na Bellingham sun kafa yanayin

Jude Bellingham ya kunna wasan ta hanyar zura kwallaye biyu cikin dakika 98, ya kwantar da taron masu sha'awa fiye da 80,000. Duk da haka, Mexico ta ƙi mika wuya, kuma Julián Quiñones ya rage gibin kafin karshen rabi na farko, ya sake tayar da yanayin Azteca mai zafi.

An kuma katse wasan da jinkirin awa ɗaya saboda halin yanayi, amma wasan bai ƙare ba bayan an ci gaba.

Jajayen kati da hauka na bugun fanareti

An nuna wa dan wasan gefe na dama na Ingila Jarell Quansah jajayen kati kai tsaye a minti na 54 bayan duba bidiyo saboda babban kalubale a kan Jesús Gallardo, wanda ya ba Mexico sabuwar fata. Sai dai cikin 'yan mintoci, Harry Kane ya tsaya ya ci bugun fanareti bayan mai tsaron gida Raúl Rangel ya fada kan Anthony Gordon, yana tsawaita fa'idar Ingila zuwa 3-1.

Wannan kwallo ta shida ce ta Kane a wannan gasar kuma ta 14 a duk tarihin ayyukansa na Kofin Duniya, yana daidaita da Gerd Müller na West Germany a matsayi na biyar a cikin jerin masu ci kwallo da yawa a tarihi.

Sai wasan ya ɗauki wani juyi na ban mamaki lokacin da Kane ya zama ɗan wasa na farko tun aƙalla 1966 da ya ci kuma ya haifar da bugun fanareti a wasan Kofin Duniya ɗaya. Duba bidiyo ya yanke hukunci cewa ya fada kan Brian Gutiérrez, kuma Raúl Jiménez ya canza bugun zuwa kwallo don sanya 3-2, yana mai da 'yan mintocin karshe zuwa wasan hauka.

La'anar Mexico a Kofin Duniya ta ci gaba

Duk da babbar turjiya, Mexico ba ta sami damar daidaitawa ba a kan Ingila mai 'yan wasa goma, kuma mafarkinsu na kusa da na karshe na farko tun lokacin da suka masauki gasar a 1986 ya ƙare da busar ƙarshe. Wannan shi ne karo na takwas da Mexico ke fita a matakin kusa da na karshe a cikin wannan lokaci. Kawai wani lokaci da suka wuce fiye da na karshe 16 shine lokacin da suka masauki gasar a 1970.

A wani bangaren, an fitar da Canada ta hannun Morocco ranar Asabar, yana barin United States a matsayin ƙasar mai masaukin baki ta ƙarshe da ke tsaye a gasar. An shirya U.S. ta fuskanci Belgium a kusa da na karshe ranar Litinin.