Kaɗan daga cikin kulob din Premier League suka haifar da wannan gushewar sha'awa a wannan lokacin kamar yadda Brighton & Hove Albion suka yi. Manajan Fabian Hurzeler ya canza Seagulls zuwa ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi jan hankali a gasar — masu zura kwallaye da yawa, tsananin matsi, kuma sun kuduri su kifar da tsarin da aka gina.
Lambobin makon farko na gasar sun kasance na ban mamaki. A cikin wasanni bakwai na farko na gasar, Barcelona da Bayern Munich kaɗai suka fi zura kwallaye fiye da su a cikin manyan gasar Turai guda biyar. Ga kulob ɗin da ya fara buga wasan Turai karon farko a shekarar 2023, girman wannan ci gaba abu ne mai ban sha'awa sosai.
Tattaunawar gaskiya game da Champions League
Maganar cin gasar cin kofin duniya ta ƙasar Ingila na iya zama ta mutuwa, amma samun cancantar UEFA Champions League ba ta wuce iyakar da za a iya tunaninta ba. Manchester United da Tottenham Hotspur sun yi gwagwarmaya a makon farko, Liverpool da Chelsea suna ƙoƙarin daidaitawa ƙarƙashin sabon manaja, kuma Manchester City sun kasance cikin inuwar hukunci da yiwuwar faruwarsa. Idan ya taɓa akwai lokaci da wata ƙungiya mai tayar da hankali zai iya tsallake zuwa cikin manyan huɗu, wannan lokaci ne — kuma Brighton suna cikin jerin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyin da ake tsammani za su yi haka.
Farkon kakar ya kawo damuwa ta gaske ga magoya bayan kulob ɗin. Rasa Jan Paul van Hecke, Carlos Baleba, da Danny Welbeck a cikin taga guda ɗaya ya kasance babbar rauni, wanda Joao Pedro ya ƙara ta da barin ƙungiyar kafin wannan lokaci. Damuwar cewa Brighton na iya shan wahala wajen zura kwallaye ba tare da ɗan wasan gaba mai ƙwarewa ba ta bayyana a matsayin abin da ya cancanta. Ta tabbatar da kasancewarta kuskure gabaɗaya.
Dawakai masu ɓoye suna haskakawa mafi kyau
Injin ɗaukar ƙwararru na Brighton ya gano manyan ƙwararrun 'yan wasa biyu. Charalampos Kostoulas, ɗan wasan gaba saurayi dan Girka, ya kasance maɓalli na tsananin matsi na Hurzeler kuma yana kama kamar ɗaya daga cikin mafi hazikan 'yan wasan matasa a gasar. Luka Vuskovic, shi ma dan shekara 19 kawai, ya maye gurbin Van Hecke tare da kwanciyar hankali wanda ya ba da mamaki har ga wadanda suke da farin ciki. Dukkaninsu suna bunƙasa kusa da manyan ƙwararru kamar kyaftin Lewis Dunk da Pascal Gross, waɗanda ke ba da daidaito mai muhimmanci.
Gross da kansa ya kasance ɗan wasan da ya fi fice a wannan kakar. Mutumin shekara 35 ya dawo kulob ɗin a watan Janairu a wata matakin da yanzu ya zama alama ta hikima, bayan kakar da rabi a Borussia Dortmund. Kuzarinsa, ƙirƙirarsa, da gudummawarsa ta kwallaye da taimakawa ta ba shi matsayin jarumi na gaske a Amex Stadium, kuma yana bayyana yana jin daɗin ƙwallon ƙafa fiye da kowane lokaci.
Lokuttan da ba za a manta da su ba
Kakar ta riga ta haifar da abubuwan tarihi na ɗorewa. Nasara ta dawowar Old Trafford kan Manchester United, nasara ta 3-0 a gida kan Arsenal, da buge abokan hamayyarsu Crystal Palace da 5-0 — wanda ya haɗa da harbin ban mamaki na Diego Gomez daga layin tsakiya — sun nuna nisan da Brighton ya zo. Kwallo ta Gomez tana tsaye a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan lokuttan Premier League na wannan kakar, alama ta ƙungiya cike da kwarin gwiwa.
Lambar yabo ta gaske a wannan kakar na iya zama UEFA Conference League, inda Brighton suke cikin jerin mafi kyawun ƙungiyoyin da ake tsammani za su lashe — wata gasar da zai iya ba kulob ɗin babban kofin farko a tarihinsa. Ga magoya bayan da suka shaida bunƙasar kulob ɗin da ban mamaki, wannan kakar tana jin daban gaske. Mafarkin Champions League yana cin wuta mafi ƙarfi fiye da kowane lokaci, kuma damar ɗaga farkon yabo na iya zama da yawa don ɓata.
