Thomas Tuchel ya yi alƙawarin cewa England za ɗaga matakinta yayin da gasar ta ƙara zafi, yana mai cewa "mafi girman wasan, mafi girman mu za mu kasance," bayan ƙungiyarsa ta ƙwace nasara da kyar 2-0 kan Panama don ta lashe Rukuni L a FIFA World Cup 2026.

Nasara a MetLife Stadium ranar Asabar ta yi nisa da sauƙi. England ta yi sanyi a rabin farko kafin ta farfaɗo bayan hutu, ko da yake Tuchel ya ƙi yarda da damuwar da aka nuna game da ingancin wasan, yana mai cewa shine farkon sabuwar mataki ta knockout.

"Wasan ya yi wuya. Yin kwallon ya yi wuya. Mu kaɗai ne ƙungiya ɗaya da ta zura kwallon sau biyu a gabansu," in ji Tuchel ga 'yan jarida. "Mun kasance masu ƙarfi kuma masu hankali game da farmaki na baya — mun cancanci nasara amma aikin ya yi ƙwarai da gaske. Gasar ta fara sake yanzu a matakin knockout. Muna tattara ƙarfinmu da makamarmu. Muna gina haɗin kai da imani na ƙungiya. Za mu tashi sama."

England ta riga ta tabbatar da matsayinta a zagayen 32 kafin wannan wasan, ta hanyar sakamakon Juma'a. Cin gajeren rukuni ya buɗe hanya zuwa wasan na ƙarshe na 32 da ƙungiyar ta uku a ranar Laraba, inda ake sa ran Senegal ko Democratic Republic of Congo za su zama abokan hamayya a Atlanta.

Neville da Keane sun busa ƙaho

Ba kowa ya raba kwarin gwiwar Tuchel ba. Gary Neville, yana mai magana da ITV, ya yarda da kalaman manajan amma ya jaddada cewa ingantawa wajibi ne. "Tuchel ya ce, 'za mu tashi, mafi girman wasanni'. Dole ne su yi hakan," in ji Neville. "Ba zai bar fagen wasan yana tsammanin komai ya yi kyau a yanzu ba. Dole ne su hadu cikin kwanaki huɗu masu zuwa, su dawo da Declan Rice cikin ƙungiya, su ƙarfafa layin tsaro na baya."

Roy Keane ya fi tsayi a kimantawarsa. "Har yanzu ban yi imani da cewa Tuchel ya san mafi kyawun goma sha ɗayan nasa ba," in ji shi. "Ya yi sauye-sauye da yawa. Wannan bai da kyau. Bai yi kyau ba, da nisa daga hakan. Manyan 'yan wasan England a ƙarshe sun bayyana a rabin na biyu tare da Bellingham da Kane. Su 'yan wasa ne masu girma a gare su, wannan shine abinda kake buƙata a irin waɗannan wasannin masu ƙunci."

Rauni na tsaro ya bayyana

Tuchel ya yi canje-canje guda biyar don wasan Panama, yana ba Marcus Rashford da Bukayo Saka farkon farawa na farko a gasar, tare da Nico O'Reilly, Morgan Rogers, da Jarell Quansah.

Panama ta harba harbe guda 13 zuwa ƙofar England kuma ta samu kwallon cikin ragar ta ta hanyar José Fajardo a karshen wasan, amma VAR ya soke shi saboda offside. Micah Richards, yana mai magana da BBC, ya nuna rauni na tsaro a matsayin babbar damuwa kafin zagayen knockout.

"Panama ta samu dama kuma wani abu ne da ya kamata a kula da shi," in ji Richards. "Sun ci gaba da karɓar kwallon da Croatia, Ghana ma tana da damammaki. Kafin ka sani abokin adawa yana da sarari, kuma da ƙungiyoyi mafiya kyau za a hukunta ka. Idan wannan Mbappe ne, Lamine Yamal ko Vinicius, wannan na iya shiga."

England yanzu tana mai da hankali kan wasan na ƙarshe na 32 a ranar Laraba, tare da damar komawa MetLife Stadium don ƙarshen wasa a ranar 19 ga Yuli wanda ke taɓarɓare a sararin sama a gaba.