Riga ta shirya. Yayin da Latvia ke karbar bakuncin "Three Lions" masu ban tsoro a gasar cin kofin duniya ta UEFA mai matukar tasiri, Daugava Stadium za ta koma ja da fari. Ga Ingila, wannan fiye da kawai tsayawa a hanya ne: shine dare da Ingila zata iya samun cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026 ta hanyar lissafi. Ga Latvia, wannan dama ce ta dawo da wasu mutuncin kasa a kan wanda ya zo na biyu a gasar cin kofin duniya kuma daya daga cikin manyan kungiyoyi a kwallon kafa ta duniya.

Ingila ta kasance babbar kungiya a karkashin Thomas Tuchel: ba tare da kayi waje daya ba, ba tare da rauni ba, kuma ba tare da rangwame ba, tare da nasara 5 daga wasanni 5, an ci kwallaye 13, kuma ba a ci kwallo ba. Nasu na 5-0 da Serbia da kuma nasu na 3-0 a wasan sada zumunci da Wales sun nuna kungiya mai inganci: mai inganci maimakon karkacewa da kuma iya kammalawa maimakon rude.

A halin yanzu, Latvia na tsaye a inda babu tabbas. Kamfen dinsu ya rasa daidaito, kurakurai na dabaru, da kuma imani. Duk da haka, a karkashin kocin Italiya Paolo Nicolato, 'yan wasan Baltic da ba a yi tsammani ba za su so su yi bayani kuma a daidai ranar, zasu iya girgiza manyan kungiyoyi. 

A karkashin Tuchel, kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Ingila ta girma ta zama kungiya mai daidaito da sarrafawa. Declan Rice ya zama mai sarrafa tsakiyar filin Ingila, yana sarrafa sauri da kuma canji. Bukayo Saka yana da ban mamaki kamar yadda yake a koyaushe wajen samar da faɗi da kirkira, yayin da Harry Kane, wanda shine mafi zura kwallaye a Ingila, yana iya kasancewa mafi kyawun misali na dan wasan gaba na zamani, kuma yana iya kammalawa da kirkira. Ko da ba tare da taurari kamar Phil Foden da Jude Bellingham ba saboda rauni, Ingila ta iya ci gaba ba tare da wata matsala ba, tare da sabbin hazaka kamar Morgan Rogers da Elliot Anderson suna samar da hazaka ta gaba wanda ke nuna kwarewar Tuchel wajen ci gaban zurfin da kuma iya canzawa a zabin 'yan wasa.

Sakamakon yana nan: kungiya ba kawai tana cin nasara ba, har ma tana sarrafa kowane bangare na wasan. Duk wucewar kwallo kamar an shirya ta, duk motsi kamar yana da manufa. Tsaron Ingila da kuma sashen da ba a ci kwallo a kai ba yana nuna hoton dabaru da Tuchel ke ginawa: tsaftataccen tsari, sarrafawa ta tsaye, da kuma matsin lamba mai tsanani.

Ga Latvia, wannan wasan ya fi game da mutunci fiye da maki na cancantar cancantar. Tare da nasara daya a wasanni 11, karamar nasara 1-0 a kan Andorra, burinsu na cancantar cancantar ya dade da wucewa. Amma kwallon kafa tana da ban mamaki wajen sanya mafi karancin lokaci a cikin tatsuniyoyi. A gida, a cikin iskar kaka mai sanyi na Riga, 'yan wasan Wolves 11 zasu yi fatan sa Ingila ta kasa motsawa kuma suyi wasan da ba zai yiwu ba. Kyaftin Vladislavs Gutkovskis da dan wasan tsakiya Aleksejs Saveljevs zasu bukaci wasannin rayuwarsu. Latvia za ta yiwuwa ta fito da tsarin 5-3-2 mai tsananin kulle-kulle, wanda ke nufin zasu tsare a baya kuma su yi gaggawar kai hari tare da saurin Dario Šits a lokacin da ake samun dama. 

Duk da haka, tsaunin da Latvia zata hau zai yi girma. Ingila bata ci kwallo ba a wasannin cancantar. Latvia bata ci kwallo ba a wasanni 3 daga cikin 4 na karshe na cancantar cancantar. Nisa yana da girma, amma kukan magoya baya 10,000 a Daugava na iya ba da damar gwagwarmaya da ba a yi tsammani ba.

Ingila ta Tuchel tana ci gaba cikin kulle. Tsarin 4-3-3 ya koma 3-2-5 cikin sauki a lokacin kai hari, tare da masu buga gefe suna hawa sama don mamaye gefen filin lokacin da ake da kwallo. Latvia, mai tsananin kulle-kulle da kuma mayar da martani, za ta yiwuwa ta tsare a baya kuma ta yi kokarin shawo kan matsin lamba. Zai yiwu tsarin tsaro mai tsananin kulle na Latvia ya cika hanyar tsakiya kuma ya tilasta wa Ingila samar da damar zura kwallo a gefen fili. A nan ne Saka da Marcus Rashford za su iya juyar da harin Ingila zuwa kwallaye, saboda zasu shimfida tsaron Latvian kuma su samar da sarari ga Harry Kane ya dagashi da sauri da dakika daya kuma ya kutsa cikin akwatin. Juriya zai zama mabuɗi ga Ingila, kuma ƙarfin hali zai zama mabuɗi ga Latvia. 

Shawara ta Kwararre: Ingila ta yi Nasara & Sama da Kwallaye 2.5—Hadakar dacewa da iya hasashen. 

Hasashen: Latvia 0-3 Ingila

Kada ku yi tsammanin komai sai dai aikin kwararru daga 'Yan Wasan Kasa 3. Ingila zata sarrafa kwallon, ta gaji tsarin Latvia, kuma ta watsar da su. Ya fi yiwuwa a ga kwallon Kane, bugun Saka, da kuma tsare ragar Pickford.

Lilleküla Stadium a Tallinn zai yi maraba da fafutukar mutunci da juriya yayin da Estonia ke fafatawa da Moldova. Wannan ba zai iya zama wasan farko na masu cancantar ba, duk da haka idan kuna son mafi kyawun dalilin da yasa muke son wasanni, saboda juriya, rama, da kuma ikon gasa a mafi tsabarcinsa kuma wannan yana da dukkan su.  Kasar 2 ba ta samu cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026 ba; duk da haka, dukkaninsu na neman samun ci gaba mai mahimmanci. Ganawar da suka yi a Chisinau ta kare da ci 3-2 tare da Estonia da ta yi nasara a wasan da ya rage su a gefen sakamakon. Wannan wasan karshe yana baiwa Moldova labarin dawowa Tallinn da kuma hukunta 'yan Estonia, kuma Estonia tana da damar ba da kyautar magoya bayan gida masu aminci tare da nasara ta karshe a gida.

Kamfen na Estonia ya kasance mai wahala amma mai jajircewa. Kocin Jürgen Henn ya juyar da abin da ya kasance kungiya marar karfi zuwa kungiya da ba za ta yi kasa a gwiwa ba. Duk da kasancewa Italiya da Norway sun raina su, Blueshirts sun nuna wasu alamun tsari da juriya. Karl Hein, dan wasan da aka aro daga Arsenal, wani haske ne, yana yin adanawa na ban mamaki ko da kungiyar ta yi rashin nasara. A gaba, Rauno Sappinen shine babban tushen barazanar kai hari kuma yana da sauri, mai hankali kuma koyaushe yana samun kansa a wurin da ya dace. 

Ga Estonia, kwallon kafa ba wasa bane; yana da alamar kasa. Nasu na 3-2 a wasan da ya gabata zai kasance tushen girman kai na kasa koyaushe. Estonia zata yi fatan maimaita sakamakon da kuma hadin kai a filin wasa na gida sake. 

Tafiyar Moldova ta kasance mai matukar wahala. Rikodin da aka ci 11-1 a hannun Norway ya girgiza zukatan al'ummar kasar. Sabon kocin Lilian Popescu ya samar da kwanciyar hankali, daidaituwa, da kuma alhaki a wurin horo. Dabarunsa ba su da rikitarwa amma suna da tasiri, kuma yana karewa a matsayin kungiya, yana kai hari cikin sauri lokacin da ake da kwallo, kuma yana dawo da wasu mutunci. Ba tare da dan wasan da ya fi zura kwallaye ba, Ion Nicolaescu, harin Moldova na fatan samar da dama ta hanyar tsofaffin 'yan wasa Vitalie Damașcan da Alexandru Boiciuc. Sun ci kwallaye a wasanni 4 daga cikin 5 na karshe, wanda duk an yi su ne a wajen gida kuma alamace ta rayuwa a kamfen da ke da matukar muni. 

Popescu yana koyar da karin magana mai sauki: "Yi fafutuka don tambarin, yi fafutuka don mutane." Bari mu yi tsammanin cewa 'yan wasansa zasu maimaita wannan a Tallinn. 

Estonia ta zabi ta gina wasan sannu-sannu a tsarin 4-2-3-1, tana amfani da Käit da Sappinen don canji, yayin da Moldova, a daya bangaren, ke tsare a baya kuma tana mayar da martani da sauri. Fafutukar tsakiyar fili tsakanin Artur Rata da Mattias Käit na iya tantance saurin wasan, kuma duk wanda ya samu damar sarrafa wannan yankin zai sarrafa saurin wasan. Ganin raunin da dukkan tsaron ke da shi, ana sa ran wasan zai samu kwallaye da yawa. Zai yiwu a ga wasan bude-baki, rudani a wuraren tsayawa, da kuma ban sha'awa a rabin na biyu.

Daren a Tallinn zai kasance na kungiyar gida. Kwarin gwiwa, tsari, da kuma imani na Estonia zasu iya cin nasara a kan tsaron Moldova da aka raina. Akwai kwallaye, motsin rai, da kuma godiya ga magoya bayan gida ga 'yan Estonia. 

Kyawun kwallon kafa yana cikin bambancin sa, inda manyan kungiyoyi na duniya ke kokarin samun cikakkiyar nasara kuma karamar kungiya na neman gano asalinta. 

A Riga, injin sarrafawa mai inganci na Ingila na kara kusantar wata gasar cin kofin duniya, kuma a Tallinn, kasashe biyu masu karamar girma suna wasa don wani abu mai muhimmanci iri daya—mutunci, girmamawa, da rama. Ga masu yin fare, dukkanin su zasu samar da dama inda za'a iya hasashen daya, rashin iya hasashen dayan, a wani yanayi na motsin rai. Kuna iya fi son yin fare a kan cikakkiyar nasarar Ingila ko kuma rashin iya hasashen Estonia, amma dukkan su zasu zo ga wannan gaskiyar: sa'a tana tare da masu jajircewa.

Hasashen:

• Latvia 0 – 3 Ingila | Ingila ta yi nasara kuma sama da kwallaye 2.5

• Estonia 2-1 Moldova | Sama da kwallaye 2.5 | BTTS: Ee