Marcelo Bielsa ya sani cewa Uruguay dole ta doke Jumlolin Turai Spain dare na Jumma'a don gujewa fita da wulaƙanci daga FIFA World Cup 2026 kafin lokaci. Jerin wasanni biyu na turu — da Saudi Arabia da Cape Verde — sun bar Kudancin Amurkawa a kan gab da fita, domin asarar wasa zai jefa su cikin tawagar ƙasashe 16 da za a kawar da su kafin matakin knockout a gasar da yanzu ta ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi 48.

Bielsa, bisa dabi'arsa, bai zargi wanda yake cikin ƙungiyarsa ba. "Ni ne ke da alhakin Uruguay samu maki biyu ne kawai daga cikin shida masu yiwuwa," in ji manajan da ya kai shekara 70. Ya bayyana wasan da Spain a matsayin "damar ƙungiyar ta inganta abin da take nuna wa wani babban abokin hamayyar" — kalaman mai ɗaukaka ga wata halin da ke da wahala.

Kamfen da ya fara da alƙawari

Alamu mara kyau ba su zo da sauri ba. Bayan Gasar Duniya a Qatar, Bielsa ya karɓi ƙungiyar da ta zama ta dace da salon sa mai ƙarfi da daidaitaccen matsin lamba. Uruguay ta yi nasara a waje a kan Argentina, ta doke Brazil, kuma — bayan zagaye shida na neman cancantar Kudancin Amurka — tana zura kwallaye kusan sau biyu fiye da kowane ƙungiya a yankin.

Copa America 2024 ta zama maɓallin canjin hali. Bayan farkon mai cike da ƙwallaye, darajar wasansa ta faɗi kwatsam kuma ƙungiyar ba ta murmure gaba ɗaya ba. An sha kashi 5-1 a hannun United States a watan Nuwamba, sannan draw da aka samu a kan England a Wembley a watan Maris ya zo ne tare da Uruguay da ta ɗan wuce layin tsakiya — abu da ba za a iya tunaninsa ba ga ƙungiyar Bielsa.

Yanayin 'yan wasa da tambayar iya annabci

Wani ɓangare na amsar yana cikin ɗan rashin gamsuwa a matakin kulob na 'yan wasa mahimmai. Federico Valverde, yanzu tauraro da aka kafa a Real Madrid, har yanzu bai samu mafi kyawun kansa a gasar ba. Rodrigo Bentancur, Manuel Ugarte, Facundo Pellistri, da Darwin Nunez suna cikin waɗanda suka gaza biyan tsammanin da ake da su.

Akwai kuma tambayoyi game da ko hanyoyin Bielsa har yanzu suna da ƙarfinsu. Tsarin danna mai saurin shaƙatarwa da ya sa ya zama mai juyin juya hali yanzu ya zama al'ada ne a ƙwallon ƙafa na zamani. Uruguay har ta zo gasar ba tare da wasannin shirye-shirye ba, ta dogara kan horo mai gurguje don gwada sabuwar tsari — Valverde a gefen dama tare da 'yan wasan gaba biyu — wanda aka yi watsi da shi a rabin farko na wasan farko da Saudi Arabia kafin komawa ga 4-3-3 ta yau da kullun.

ɗakin sutura da ya fashe

Duk da haka, dabara mai yiyuwa ba ita ce matsalar tsakiya ba. Alamu sun nuna cewa alaƙar da ke cikin ƙungiyar ta tabarbare. Luis Suarez, mafi yawan mai zura kwallaye a tarihin Uruguay, ya kasance a sarari lokacin da ya yi ritaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa na ƙasa da ƙasa, yana sukar abin da ya ga rashin zafi na ɗan adam daga Bielsa, yadda yake mu'amala da 'yan wasa, da yanayin tashin hankali a sansanin. Babu wani memba na ƙungiyar yanzu da ya saba masa.

ɗan wasan gefe Agustin Canobbio, wanda aka sake kiransa cikin ƙungiyar kwanan nan, ya bayyana cewa ya yi gardama mai tsanani da Bielsa — gardamar da ya ce ta fara ne lokacin da kocin ya soki yadda yake zaune. Bielsa kansa, bayan kashi da United States ta yi wa, ya bayyana kansa a fili a matsayin "mai son kamalar wanda ke da cutarwa."

Wannan yana nuna cewa haɗuwarsa ta saba ta ƙarfi da nisa na motsin rai yana aiki da ƙasa da haka tare da ƙarni na yanzu na 'yan wasa, waɗanda galibi suke neman alaƙar mutum ta kusa da kocin su. Bielsa kansa ya yarda cewa sha'awa — ba shirye-shirye ba — shine a ƙarshe abin da ke sa ƙungiya ta yi aiki a matsayin ɓangare ɗaya.

Babi na ƙarshe

Bielsa zai bar muƙaminsa a ƙarshen gasar ba tare da la'akari da sakamakon da Spain ba. Tambayar da ta rage ita ce ko tunanin ficensa zai kawo ƙungiyar jin 'yanci — da kuma sha'awar tura shi da ɗaukaka. Ƙungiyar Uruguay mai wani abu don tabbatarwa kuma ba ta da abin da za ta rasa na iya zama ƙarfi mai haɗari. Spain an yi mata gargaɗi.