Thomas Tuchel ya kare matakin da ya dauka wajen musayar 'yan wasa a lokacin da England ta sha kashi a hannun Argentina a wasan kusa da karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 — yanke shawara da har yanzu suke zama batun tattaunawa mafi zafi a duk tafiyar da England ta yi a gasar.
England tana ci da 1-0 ta hanyar golin Anthony Gordon, kuma tana cikin mintuna biyar na ƙarin lokaci kawai daga kaiwa zuwa wasan karshe na farko tun 1966. Amma golin Enzo Fernandez da Lautaro Martinez a mintuna na ƙarshe sun kashe wannan buri, bayan Tuchel ya canza tsarin wasa zuwa masu tsaron gida biyar a tsakiyar rabin wasa na biyu.
Yana magana a cikin fim din labari da aka yi don Ingila wanda ya sake duba dukkan gasar, Tuchel bai nuna nadama ba wajen ɗaukar alhakin waɗannan yanke shawara.
«Kuna iya ƙoƙarin kashe ni a nan. Amma wannan raunina ne, ba naka ba ne. Ni ne dole in rayu da wannan, ba ku ba. Ni ne ke da alhakin wannan kuma ni ne ke yanke waɗannan shawarwari. Babu wanda ya ji zafi fiyena, babu wanda ya so shi fiyena.»
Toshewar Spence a matsayin juyi na wasan
Tuchel ya gano lokaci guda a matsayin abin da ya canza tunaninsa: toshewar karshe da Djed Spence ya yi wanda ya kiyaye maki a 1-0. Gordon ne ya zira kwallo, kuma Declan Rice da Harry Kane sun rasa dama na ƙara goli.
«A rabin farko mun yi kyau, wasan ya kasance daidai-daidai. Tun farkon rabin na biyu, na ji mun koma baya. Argentina ta kasance 'yantacciya, tana samun mafita mafi kyau. Sai muka ci kwallo, muka sami damar sake, sai toshan Spence — sun ƙusa zira kwallo ta hanyar farmaki.»
Tuchel ya amsa cewa wannan lamarin ya canza yanayin tunani, yana ƙara cewa ƙungiyarsa ta fara wasa kamar dai mintuna huɗu ne kawai suka rage, ba talatin ba.
«Na yi tunanin ba za mu tsira ba»
Jordan Pickford ya yi tsugunawa mai muhimmanci don ƙin ƙwallon Nicolas Gonzalez kafin hutu na ruwa na karshe, wanda ya sa Tuchel ya yanke shawara: ya cire mai ci da goli Gordon ya kuma kawo mai tsaron gida Ezri Konsa, England ta shiga cikin tsarin masu tsaro biyar.
Tuchel ya bayyana ma'anar wannan yanke shawara: «Argentina ta buga tare da 'yan farmaki huɗu, mazan jiya biyu, 'yan farmaki biyu da Lionel Messi. A wasu lokuta sun buga 3-1-6. Muna fama. Na yi tunanin ba za mu tsira ba. Ba mu da ƙwallon, ba mu tsaro sosai a cikin 4-4-2 ɗinmu. Muna buƙatar taimako.»
Tuchel ya tuna cewa ya riga ya gama wasanni tare da tsarin masu tsaro biyar a kan Norway da Mexico cikin nasara. Ya yi imani cewa Argentina ta dogara sosai kan giciye, kuma tsarin biyar zai rufe faɗin filin sosai. «Amma da wuri ne. Da wuri sosai don wannan tunani.»
Gajiya da ta tara a matsayin abin da ya taka rawa
Tuchel ya kuma faɗi nauyin jiki da na tunani da ya tara a duk gasar — mintuna 70 na kasancewa baya da goli ɗaya a kan Jamhuriyar Dimokraɗiyyar Congo, yanayin tsawo a filin Azteca a kan Mexico, da kuma ƙarin lokacin da ya gajiyarwa a kan Norway cikin zafin Miami.
Da aka tambaye shi game da yiwuwar yin musayar 'yan wasa masu farmaki a maimakon haka, Tuchel ya yarda cewa ba wanda ya sani abin da da zai faru. «Argentina ta yi musaya bayan musaya, duka na farmaki. Wannan shi ne amsar da na ba wa matsalar. Da mun kasance mafi tsayayye a kan kwallo, da ban canza tsarin ba. Amma hanya ce mai wahala sosai da za a bi. Tana iya azabtar da kai.»
