Steve Fletcher, ɗaya daga cikin manyan mutane mafificin ƙauna a tarihin Bournemouth, ya bayyana abin da ke nufi gareshi ya ga kulob ɗin yana shiga gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Turai a karo na farko — kuma bai ɓoye cewa wannan na iya kawo shi hawaye ba.
The Cherries za su tafi San Sebastián don fuskantar Real Sociedad a UEFA Europa League ranar Alhamis, wanda ke nuna wani muhimmin lokaci a tarihin kulob ɗin da tafiyarsa daga matakan ƙasa na ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila zuwa mataki na nahiyar ta kasance mai ban mamaki.
Kakar wasa da ta kusan rasa hanyarta
Ƙoƙarin Bournemouth na samun matsayi ta Turai ya bayyana yana raguwa a farkon sabuwar shekara. Ƙungiyar manaja Andoni Iraola ta yi wasanni 11 a jere a gasar ba tare da cin nasara ba, jerin da ya koma watan Oktoba.
Juyin ya zo ta hanyar ban mamaki. Antoine Semenyo ya zura kwallo a minti na 95 don tabbatar da nasara 3-2 akan Tottenham — kwallo da ta fi ƙima saboda ta zo kwana biyu kacal kafin ya kammala canjinsa zuwa Manchester City. Daga wannan daren, Bournemouth ya zama ba za a iya ci ba, yana ci gaba ba tare da an ci shi ba har ƙarshen kakar don ɗaukar matsayi na shida da tikiti na Europa League.
Fletcher ya yi bitar ƙarshenta da ba za a manta ba
Fletcher, wanda ke da alaƙa da Bournemouth kusan ba tare da yanke ba tun 1992, ya gaya wa FourFourTwo cewa kwallon Semenyo ita ce ƙara da ƙungiyar take bukata.
"Ya kasance dare mai ban mamaki. Ba za ka iya rubuta hakan ba, don shi ne ya zura wannan kwallo. Ya kasance sauƙi sosai don cin nasara, saboda ba mu ci nasara ba tsawon lokaci. Amma ko da kafin haka, duk da rashin cin nasara, aikinmu yana inganta."
Fletcher kuma ya yabi ruhun ƙungiyar bayan tafiyar Semenyo, yana cewa: "Yaran sun kasance masu ban mamaki lokacin da Antoine ya tafi. Mun yi farin ciki sosai saboda ya cancanci babban canjinsa — 'yan wasan sun fahimci cewa suna bukatar ɗaga matayinsu kuma za ka iya ganin hakan yana faruwa a aikin."
Natsuwa da mayar da hankali a cikin sansanin sun kasance muhimman abubuwa a gare shi. "Mun shiga kowace wasa muna tunanin za mu iya samun maki uku saboda ƙungiyar tana cike da kwarin gwiwa. Mun yi kyau wajen kiyaye hayaniya daga sansanin kuma mu mai da hankali kan aikinmu. A cikin wasanni uku na ƙarshe, mun san abin da ake bukata. A zahiri mun yi aiki mafi kyau a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba."
Motsin zuciya na farkon wasan Turai
Ya ɗauki ɗan lokaci kafin Fletcher ya gane girman nasarar. "Ban tsammanin ya zauna a zuciyata sosai sai kwana kaɗan bayan haka lokacin da na fara fita a titunan, shagunan da gidajen abinci, kuma mutane suka zo don magana da ni game da shi. Girman abin da wannan kulob ɗin da wannan ƙungiyar suka cimma zai rayu har abada."
Game da babban daren Turai akan Real Sociedad? "Za a sami motsin zuciya da yawa lokacin da muka buga wannan wasan na farko a Turai. Ni da kaina, mai yiwuwa zan zubar da hawaye kuma zan yi ƙoƙarin kama wannan lokacin gwargwadon iya."
