Ayyoub Bouaddi ya sanar da kansa a mafi girman mataki na kulob da wasa mai cikakken hankali da jan hankali yayin da Manchester City ta doke Porto 2-0 a UEFA Champions League, inda ya sami yabon abokin wasansa Erling Haaland da ƙauna.

Ɗan wasa ɗan shekaru 18, wanda aka saya daga Lille da fam miliyan 86 — wanda ya sa shi ya zama mafi tsada matashi a tarihin Premier League — an ba shi dama ta farko ta fara wasa a filin City, ya kuma rama amincewar da aka yi da yin wasa da ya wuce shekarunsa.

Yayin da Haaland ya kwace taken jaridu da yin ƙwallaye biyu, Bouaddi ne ya ja hankalin kowa a tsakiyar filin, yana ba masoyansa na City farkon tabbaci bayan tafiyar Rodri.

Kididdiga da ke ba da labari

Bouaddi ya kammala kewaye 54 daga cikin 55, ya kuma jagoranci 'yan wasa na ƙungiyoyi biyu a manyan abubuwa uku: mafi yawan dribble (4), mafi yawan sau da aka dawo da ƙwallo (7), da kuma mafi yawan fafatawa kai da kai (13). Yana da shekaru 18 da kwanaki 341, ya zama na hudu mafi ƙarancin shekaru da ya fara wasan UEFA Champions League don City.

Tsohon ɗan wasan gefen Chelsea, Pat Nevin, ya yi yabo sosai a lokacin farfadowar BBC Radio 5 Live. Nevin ya ce: "Shekarunsa, wasansa — yana kama ya haife don yin haka. Ba zan iya ɗagewa idona daga Bouaddi ba, yana kama mai darajar musamman. Masoya City suna tsoron rasa Rodri — na kalli Bouaddi yana wasa da Scotland a Gasar Duniya, ya kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai har yanzu. Bouaddi zabi babu shakka. Yana da hankali. Ka samu shi a wannan shekaru kuma ba za ka yi shakka ko zai yi aiki ba, yana da nau'in wasa na babba."

Hukuncin Maresca

Manajan Enzo Maresca ma ya ji daɗi, yana nuni ga natsuwar ɗan ƙasar Morocco a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba a matsayin babban ƙima. Maresca ya ce: "Yana da kyau sosai. A wasan da Coventry, ya rasa ƙwallaye biyu, sannan ya kasance a cikin filinmu yana da nutsuwa. Wasu 'yan wasa da za su iya firgita, amma yana ɗan shekaru 18, yana wasan ƙasa na musamman. Da daddare, yana da kyau sosai. Yana magana da Faransanci, Ingilishi, Sifaniyanci da cikakken fasaha. Balagar da ya nuna ta bambanta shi. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa kulob ya yi ƙoƙari ya sa shi tare da mu."

Manyan jami'ai a City sun yi imani cewa Bouaddi yana da duk ƙwarewa don zama haziki na duniya — ra'ayin da ƙwarewarsa a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa ke ƙarfafawa. Shekaru biyu da suka wuce, ya sami tafi na tsayuwa daga masoya Lille bayan ya taimaka wa ƙungiyarsa ta doke mai rike da kofin Real Madrid a matakin ƙungiya na UEFA Champions League. A ranar Talata a Portugal, masoyansa na City da suka yi tafiya sun yi haka ma.

Yabon Haaland mai wasan barkwanci

Haaland ya cika da yabo ga ɗan wasan matashi, ko da yake bai iya hana gargaɗin barkwanci ba. Ɗan wasan Norway ya ce: "Ya yi wasa mai kyau sosai. Makonni biyu da suka wuce a horarwa, ya kasance mai ban sha'awa. Ina tsammanin mun sami marar kima a can, da gaskiya." Ya ƙara da dariya: "Ina tsammanin ya kamata ya yi min wucewa a rabi na biyu don haka na yi fushi kaɗan. Amma ya yi wasa mai kyau… sai dai wannan isar."

Bouaddi ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasa na Morocco a Gasar Duniya a wannan lokacin rani, kuma City ta yi sauri don tabbatar da shi kafin sabon kakar wasa ta fara. Wannan ita ce halartarsa ta 10 kawai a UEFA Champions League, amma bai nuna wani alamar firgita da yin bikin ba.