Rashin nasara da Chelsea ta samu a hannun zakaran Arsenal da 2-1 a ranar Lahadi ya bayyana matsala mai tsanani ta tsarin wasa: fitarwa biyu na asali a matsayin madafin dama, Reece James da Malo Gusto, suka kammala wasan tare a tsakiyar filin wasa — kuma haka ne bayan kulob din ya kashe £349m wajen sake tsara 'yan wasan a lokacin rani.

Shi ne James da ya kasa bi guduwar kyaftin din Arsenal Martin Odegaard a tafiyar zuwa burin yanke hukunci, wanda ya tabbatar da nasara da mataimakan Mikel Arteta, manajan Arsenal, suka taimaka wajen tsara a Emirates Stadium.

Matsalar Caicedo

Asalin dalilin rikicin Chelsea a tsakiyar filin shi ne rashin Moises Caicedo. Dan wasan kasa da kasa na Ecuador ya samu rauni bayan mintuna 11 kawai da shiga a matsayin mai maye gurbin wani dan wasa a wasan Brighton makon da ya gabata, kuma lokacinsa na dawo bai bayyana ba.

Manajan Chelsea Xabi Alonso ya amince cewa kulob din watakila ya yi gaggawa wajen dawo da Caicedo. «Watakila makon da ya gabata mun dawo da shi da wuri sosai kuma ban so in maimaita wannan kuskure ba,» Alonso ya ce.

Kafin wannan rauni, rikodin Caicedo a Chelsea ya kasance mai dogara sosai — a cikin watanni uku na baya, ya rasa wasanni biyu ne kawai sanadiyar rauni da rashin lafiya, ban da dakatar da shi. Rashinsa yanzu yana barin Alonso ba tare da isasshen tafarnuwa a tsakiyar filin ba.

Caicedo ba shi ne kadai ke rasa wasan ba. Jordan Henderson ma yana a gefena, yana farfado daga kararyawar hannunsa da ya samu lokacin da ya fadi kan wata almara ta talla yana zaune a matsayin dan wasan da ba a yi amfani da shi ba a Kofin Duniya.

Takaicin ranar rufewa ta kasuwar canja wuri

Kasa da Chelsea ta yi na sanya dan wasa na tsakiya a ranar karshe ta kasuwar canja wuri ya kara tsananta wahalar ta. Monaco ta janye a minti na karshe daga yarjejeniyar £47m don samun Lamine Camara, lamarin da ya bar jami'an Stamford Bridge cikin fushi.

Da farkon kasuwar, Bournemouth ta ki amincewa da tayin da ya kai £64m don Alex Scott, yayin da Gian Piero Gasperini, kocin Roma, ya dakatar da canja wuri na dan wasan kasa da kasa na Faransa Manu Kone. Chelsea ta ce tana gamsuwa da harkokin rani tata kuma tana da kwarin gwiwa a zaɓuɓɓukanta na yanzu — amma waɗannan iƙirarin na ganin wahalar gaskatawa da Caicedo yana kan teburin magani.

Lamarin ya kara rikitarwa sanadiyar shawarar Chelsea ta sayar da Enzo Fernandez zuwa Manchester City kan tsabar rikodin Burtaniya na £125m a ranar rufewa, ba tare da samun maye gurbi kai tsaye ba. Valentin Barco, dan wasan tsakiya na asali da ya shigo daga Strasbourg a wannan rani, an fifita Gusto a gab da shi a dukkan wasanni uku na Premier League da Chelsea ta yi har yanzu.

Gargadi daga masana

Tsohuwar dan wasan kasa da kasa na England Ashley Young ya kasance daga cikin waɗanda suka yi kararrawa bayan rashin nasara ta Lahadi. «Chelsea ba ta da wasan Turai a wannan kakar, don haka tana buga wasanni kaɗan kuma tana iya mai da hankali kan Premier League. Amma abin da ke damun ni shi ne kana kammala wasa da zakarun, kuma kana da madafin dama biyu a tsakiyar filin,» Young ya shaida wa BBC Sport.

Young ya kara da cewa abokan hamayyar za su lura da yawan son Chelsea na zauna a zurfin sarka da karɓar matsi, yana mai nuna cewa Arsenal ta nemi samuwar sarari a bayan tsarin tsaron Chelsea.

Lambobi sun tabbatar da wannan damuwa. Lokacin da Gusto ya fara a matsayin dan wasan tsakiya a nasarar 4-3 akan Brighton makon da ya gabata, Chelsea ta kula da kwallon ne kawai kashi 25.6 cikin dari — mafi ƙarancin alkalumi da aka taba yin rikodin tun 2003-04.

Dalilan zama mai kyakkyawan fata

Duk da waɗannan alamomin damuwa, Alonso ya nuna kyawawan abubuwa na gaskiya. Sabon shiga na rikodin kulob Morgan Rogers ya ci kwallo a minti na 2 akan Arsenal, ya zama dan wasan Chelsea na farko da ya ci ko taimaka a kowane daga wasanni uku na farko na kulob din na Premier League a cikin kakar tun Eden Hazard ya yi haka a 2018-19.

Alonso ya bayyana rani a matsayin «mataki na farko,» yana nuna cewa ana iya samun sauye-sauye a gaba. «Mun zo don nasara. Mun sani ba mu da tazara, amma ya je hannunsu. Yana cutar — mun yi takaici tabbas. Amma wannan shi ne rashin nasara na farko, tafiyar tana da tsawo kuma wannan ba ya shafar kwarin guiwarmu da tunaninmu sosai,» ya ce bayan saman karshe.

Chelsea ta kammala kakar da ta gabata a matsayin ta goma, tare da banbancin maki 33 a bayan Arsenal, kuma bambanci a zurfin tawagar tsakanin kulombin biyu ya bayyana a Lahadi. Idan rauni na Caicedo ya tabbata cewa ba shi da tsanani kuma sauran masu rasa wasan suka dawo, Chelsea na iya iya jimrewa a kakar Premier League kawai. Amma idan dan wasan kasa da kasa na Ecuador ya rasa wasanni da yawa, shawarar kulob din ta bari kanta ba ta da ƙarfi a tsakiyar filin na iya zama dalilin bakin ciki kafin a ma bude kasuwar Janairu.