Dare kaɗan a ƙwallon ƙafa suna ɗaukar nauyin wasan ƙarshe-ƙarshe na UEFA Champions League, kuma ga tsohuwar mai kare Tottenham Hotspur, Toby Alderweireld, wasan na biyu a kan Ajax a Amsterdam a watan Mayu 2019 ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban mamaki a rayuwarsa ta sana'a — saboda dalilai na ƙwararru da na sirri.

Dutse mai wahala hawa

Spurs sun riga sun sha kashi 1-0 a gida a wasan farko. Da lokacin hutun Amsterdam, abubuwa sun ƙara taɓarɓarewa. Ƙoƙarƙamai na Donny van de Beek da Matthijs de Ligt sun bar Tottenham a baya da 2-0 a wannan dare da kuma 3-0 gaba ɗaya, suna buƙatar ƙoƙarƙamai guda uku don ci gaba.

"Mun yi asara a wasan farko 1-0 a gida, sannan muna ƙasa da 2-0 a lokacin hutun Amsterdam," Alderweireld ya shaida wa FourFourTwo. "Muna buƙatar ci sau uku, kuma ba mu buga wasa da kyau ba — na yi tunani, 'Ina son komawa gida, wannan ba zai yiwu ba.'"

Canjin Pochettino a lokacin hutu

Kocin Mauricio Pochettino ya amsa a lokacin hutu ta hanyar shigar da ɗan wasan Fernando Llorente, yana canza salon Spurs daga wasan ƙwallon da suka saba da shi zuwa wani abu mafi kai tsaye da ƙarfin jiki. Canjin ya farkar da ƙungiyar.

"Fernando Llorente ya shiga mun buga wasan ƙarfi da dogayen ƙwallaye, domin mun kasance ƙungiya mai ƙarfin jiki," Alderweireld ya tuna. Canjin dabarar ya ba Spurs dama a wasan da suka ji kamar sun riga sun bar.

Mu'ujizar Lucas Moura

Lucas Moura ya ci ƙwallon ya ba Spurs bege, sannan ya ƙara na biyu don ƙirƙirar ƙarshen da aka cike da firgita. Da agogon ya kusa ƙarewa da fita daga gasar kusa, Moura ya cika hat-trick dinsa a cikin ƙarin lokaci don tura Tottenham zuwa farkon ƙarshen gasar UEFA Champions League ta hanyar ƙoƙarƙamai na waje — yana kammala ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman komawa a tarihin gasar.

"Da ya ci na uku a minti na ƙarshe, ba a iya yarda ba," Alderweireld ya ce.

Nasara mai cakuɗe da baƙin ciki

Amma wannan nasara tana da ɓangare mai rikitarwa ga Alderweireld. Ajax — ƙungiyar da ta sha wannan juyi mai muni — ita ce ƙungiyar da ta ƙawata shi a matsayin ɗan ƙwallon ƙafa. Farin cikin isa ga ƙarshen gasar Champions League yana da gaske, amma raɗaɗin kawar da tsohon kulob dinsa ma yana da gaske.

"Kashe mafarkin tsohon kulob na wata hanya ce mai ban mamaki," ya yarda. "Sun ba ni ilimi na kuma sun sanya ni ƙwararre, don haka zan kasance mai godiya gare su kullum. Amma ƙwallon ƙafa haka take, kuma na yi farin ciki — zan tafi ƙarshen gasar Champions League."