England suna mintuna huɗu kacal daga ɗaya daga cikin fitarwar kunya mafi yawa a tarihinsu na Kofin Duniya kafin Harry Kane ya cece su da kwallo na ƙarshe a kan DR Congo, inda ya tabbatar da wasa na zagaye na 16 da haɗin gwiwa na ƙasashen masaukin Mexico a Azteca Stadium mai tarihi a Mexico City.
Kane ya zura ƙwalaye biyu don ja da England — da babban kocin Thomas Tuchel — daga kan iyakar lalacewa. Da sakamakon ya je wancan hannun, da an ambace shi a lokaci guda da kashi na zagaye na 16 a hannun Iceland a Euro 2016 da kuma asarar mamaki a hannun United States a Kofin Duniya na 1950.
Shin Tuchel zai iya koyaushe dogara ga Kane da Bellingham?
Kane da Jude Bellingham sun kasance manyan 'yan wasa biyu mafi fice na England a duk wannan gasar, suna ba da gudummawar ƙwalaye da lokutan yanke hukunci a duk nasarorin Ƙungiya L a kan Croatia da Panama da kuma nasara mai ɗaci a kan DR Congo.
Matsalar ita ce ba wanda ya ke tashi tsaye akai-akai. Anthony Gordon ya yi tasiri mai ƙarfi daga benci, yana taka rawa a ƙwalaye biyu a kan DR Congo, amma Marcus Rashford da Noni Madueke ba su yi amfani ba, kuma Tuchel yana ci gaba da sarrafa Bukayo Saka da hankali saboda matsalar Achilles.
Kane da Bellingham sun ɗauki nauyin England da son rai, amma abokan wasansu dole ne su fara raba shi — musamman da Mexico ke kan gaba.
Shin Tuchel ya san tawagar sa ta farko goma sha ɗaya?
Canjin da ake yi akai-akai a tsaron gida da a bakunan fage yana nuna ƙarara cewa Tuchel bai yanke hukunci kan tawagar farko ba tukuna. Matsayin baya na dama ya zama ciwon kai mai gudana, wanda ya ƙara muni saboda yanke shawara na Tuchel na saka 'yan wasa masu saurin ji rauni Tino Livramento da Reece James a cikin tawagar sa. Livramento bai kai gasar kwata-kwata ba, yayin da James ya ke har yanzu a gefe saboda wani raunin hamstring.
Jarell Quansah, wanda a asali shi ne mai tsaron tsakiya a Liverpool sannan Bayer Leverkusen, ya cike matsayin baya na dama a kan Panama kafin ya sami rauni, tare da Djed Spence ya fara a can na mintuna 70 na farko a kan DR Congo. Sa'an nan Declan Rice ya kammala wasan a matsayin baya na dama — wata mataki da ya nuna ƙarara cewa akwai rikicin zaɓe.
Tsohon kyaftin din England Alan Shearer ya gaya wa BBC Sport:
