Shekaru goma da suka wuce, Chelsea ta ƙare kakar wasa a matsayi na 10 a Premier League — sannan, ƙarƙashin sabon manaja, ta zama zakaran Ingila a kakar da ta biyo baya. Yanzu, bayan kammala kakar da ta gabata a wannan matsayi na 10 ɗaya tare da zuwan Xabi Alonso a matsayin babban koci, tambayar da ke rataye sama da Stamford Bridge ita ce ko tarihi zai sake faruwa.
Farawa da ta saba
Lambobi sun yi kama sosai. Kakar 2024-25 ta Chelsea a Premier League ta ƙare da ƙididdiga kusan ɗaya da kakar 2015-16 a ƙarƙashin manajan rikon kwarya Guus Hiddink — manufar kwallaye ɗaya tare da ƙarin poin biyu kawai. A wannan shekarar, sun kasance bayan zakaran kakar Leicester da poin 31 kuma sun ƙare bayan kulake kamar Southampton, West Ham, da Stoke.
Abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin manyan juyawar yanayi a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. Antonio Conte ya zo, ya canza Chelsea daga tsaron huɗu zuwa uku bayan faɗuwar 3-0 a hannun Arsenal a wasan na shida, kuma ƙungiyar ta lashe wasanni 13 a jere. A ƙarshe, sun lashe kambun gasa da poin 93 — 43 fiye da kakar da ta gabata, mafi girman ƙaruwar poin da kowace ƙungiya ta samu don lashe kambun a tarihin Premier League.
Alonso na iya bi hanyar dabaru irin wannan. Ƙungiyarsa ta Bayer Leverkusen ta lashe Bundesliga ba tare da sha kashi ba a 2023-24 tana wasa da masu tsaro uku a baya, kuma canza tsarin wasan Chelsea a wannan kakar ba abu ne da ba zai yiwu ba.
Ƙofar nasara ta yi ƙasa da ta kasance
Ƙarin poin 43 kuma zai zama ƙalubale mai tsanani — amma Chelsea ta yi iya yiyuwa ba ta buƙaci haka. Jimlar poin da Arsenal ta lashe da kambun kakar da ta gabata ita ce ta biyu mafi ƙasƙanci don lashe Premier League tun Leicester ta yi hakan shekaru goma da suka wuce. Zamanin zakaran da suke zarce poin 90, wanda ya nuna shekarun Guardiola da Klopp — inda ma poin 97 bai isa ba a 2018-19 — ya bayyana ya wuce. Haɓaka mai tawali'u na iya isa.
Sun fi yadda matsayinsu ya nuna
Matsayi na 10 na Chelsea a kakar da ta gabata ya ɓoye hoto mai ƙarfafawa a ƙarƙashin waɗannan lambobi. Bisa ƙididdigar kwallaye da ake tsammani, sun kasance ƙungiya ta huɗu mafi iko a Premier League — suna sauka zuwa ta biyar kawai idan an cire bugun fensir. Matsalar ta gaskiya ita ce ƙare dama: Chelsea ta ci kwallaye 58 kawai alhali xG ta kasance 66.3, giɓi na sama da kwallaye 8, tare da Crystal Palace da Wolverhampton Wanderers kawai suna da mafi munin aikin gaban gida.
Yawancin wannan aikin da ya ƙasa an tattara shi a wani lokaci mai wahala na wasanni biyar a Maris da Afrilu a ƙarƙashin Liam Rosenior, inda Chelsea ta harba jimilar harbe 73 masu xG na 5.5 ba tare da ci kwallo guda ɗaya a gasar ba — abu da bai faru ba cikin shekaru 114. An kori Rosenior jim kaɗan bayan haka. Sake wannan faɗuwar ta ban mamaki ya zama kamar an yi nisa da ita.
Amfanin rashin wasan Turai
Chelsea ba za ta buga wani gasar Turai a wannan kakar ba, wanda ke da fa'idodinsa. Daga cikin abin da ake kira Big Six — Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, da Tottenham Hotspur — ƙungiyoyi tara tun 2010-11 sun shiga kakar wasa ba tare da ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai ba. Duk sai ɗaya sun ƙare sama a gasar, suna haɓaka mataki biyar da samun ƙarin poin 16 a matsakaici.
Mafi ban sha'awa misali ya kasance Chelsea a ƙarƙashin Conte, wadda ta lashe kambun gasa. Amma Liverpool ma ta kusan lashe kambunta na farko na Premier League a 2013-14 bayan ta ƙare matsayi na bakwai a kakar da ta gabata, ta samu ƙarin poin 23 ba tare da gasar Turai ba. A kakar da ta gabata, Manchester United — ko da yake daga tushe mafi ƙasƙanci na poin 42 — ta ƙara poin 29 don ƙarewa ta uku.
Alonso ya riga ya yi haka
Watakila mafi ƙarfi dalilin fata yana cikin tarihin Alonso da kansa. Ya karɓi ragamar Bayer Leverkusen a watan Oktoba 2022 alhali kulob ɗin yana yankin ficewa zuwa ƙasa da ya jagorance su zuwa matsayi na shida da poin 50 a wannan kakar — jimilar da Chelsea ta samu a 2015-16 da kakar da ta gabata. A farkon cikakken kararsa, Leverkusen ta ƙara poin 40 don lashe kambin Bundesliga na farko a tarihinsu ba tare da asarar wasa ɗaya ba.
Ƙungiyoyi biyu kawai a tarihin Premier League sun ƙare wajen manyan uku a kakar ɗaya sannan suka lashe kambun a kakar da ta biyo baya: Leicester a 2015-16 da Chelsea shekara ɗaya bayan haka. Chelsea ta sake shiga wannan ƙungiya ta musamman a karo na biyu zai kasance wani abu mai ban mamaki. Amma da ƙungiya da ta nuna mafi kyawun aiki fiye da matsayinta da ya ba da shawara, jadawalin wasa ba tare da nauyin Turai ba, da manaja wanda ya riga ya tsara ɗaya daga cikin manyan wuraren farfadowa a ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai, ba abu ne mai nisa da yiwuwa ba.
