Thomas Tuchel ya yi murna kan cancantar England zuwa kusa da kusa ta hudu na FIFA World Cup 2026, amma bai yi jinkiri wajen sukar matakin alkalan wasannin ba bayan da tawagar sa ta ci Mexico da 3-2 a wasannin zagaye na 16 mai cike da wasa da gudu a filin wasa na Azteca.
England ta shawo kan jinkirin sa'a guda da aka yi saboda guguwa, taron masu goyon bayan ƙasa da ke da sha'awa, da kuma jan kati ga Jarell Quansah — da aka nuna jajayen kati kai tsaye a minti na 54 bayan binciken VAR — don tabbatar da ɗaya daga cikin nasarorin da suka fi ban sha'awa a tarihin wasannin da aka yi kwanan nan.
Daren rikici a Azteca
Wasan ya koma ne saboda jerin yanke-shawara masu rikitarwa. Alkalin wasan Alireza Faghani ya ba England a bugun daga kai tsaye, sai aka tura shi zuwa allon bincike ta VAR ya kuma yanke shawara a bugun daga kai tsaye a kan England — yana hukunta Harry Kane saboda karo a kan Brian Gutierrez, mintoci kaɗan kawai bayan Kane ya canja bugun daga kai tsaye don mayar da raunin manufa biyu. Raul Jimenez ya canza bugun daga kai tsaye kuma ya samar da karshen wasa mai daɗi a cikin mintoci 20 na ƙarshe.
Tuchel ya yi tsaurin magana wajen sukar matakin alkalan wasan.
"Ba ya isa. Alkalai ba su isa ba. Shin wannan kuskure ne a bayyane don bugun daga kai tsaye? Tabbas a'a, amma VAR ta shiga. Ba ya isa."
Duk da sukarsa, Tuchel bai hana yabo ga ƙarfin zuciyar 'yan wasansa ba, yana kiran wasan su da "jarumai."
"Waɗannan su ne lokutan a cikin gasar da kuke nemo hanyar lashe. Wannan ba ya kama da wasan zagaye na 16 — yana kama da wasan ƙarshe! Wannan lokaci ne na murna da wasan jarumawa."
Bellingham da manufofin mahimmanci
Jude Bellingham ya buɗe zango a minti na 36 da kan sa bayan wutsiyar Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice ya kaddamar da harbi da gudu da sauri. Bayan dakika 98 kawai, Bellingham ya ƙara burin na biyu ya kai 2-0. Mexico ta rama kafin hutun rabin wasan ta Quinones, kafin Harry Kane ya canza bugun daga kai tsaye a minti na 60 don mayar da raunin manufa biyu.
England ta ci gaba a tsawon mintoci 11 na ƙarin lokaci, tana dogara da tsaron da ya yi ƙarfi. Jordan Pickford ya kasance mai mahimmanci a lokuta da yawa, musamman tare da ceton ban mamaki akan kan Jimenez a minti na 45+3'.
Henderson ya ji rauni, wasan kusa da kusa ta hudu da Norway
Dare ya duhu saboda rauni Jordan Henderson, wanda ya faɗi a kan allunan tallace-tallace a lokacin bukukuwan kuma aka kai shi fili yana buƙatar iskar oxygen. FA ta tabbatar cewa Henderson ba zai koma tare da ƙungiyar zuwa Kansas City ba amma zai kasance a Mexico City tare da ɗan ma'aikatan likita.
"Ba da kyau. Jordan ya faɗi kuma ya ji rauni a wuyan hannu sa. Yana kama da muni sosai," Tuchel ya faɗa.
Wannan nasara tana ba England wasan kusa da kusa ta hudu a kan Norway Asabar, bayan da Erling Haaland ya zura ƙwallaye biyu don fitar da Brazil daga gasar.
