Dan Neil ya ba da daya daga cikin mafi kyawun fitattun kwazo na wasa a gwanintar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Scotland kwanan nan, yayin da Rangers ta ci Celtic 3-0 ta shiga semi-final na Premier Sports Cup a ranar Lahadi.

Peter Lovenkrands, ɗan wasan gaba na tsohon Rangers da Celtic, yana magana a BBC Radio Scotland, ya jawo kwatanci mai ƙarfi tsakanin aikin Neil da ikon almajiri Barry Ferguson a tsakiyar filin Ibrox.

"Dan Neil ya jagoranci wasanni tun farkon. A kan ƙwal bai rasa wata tura ba, abubuwa masu sauƙi, yana yin duk abin daidai. Ban ga wasan irin haka tun Barry Ferguson ba wajen yadda ya sarrafa tsakiyar filin."

Neil, mai shekara 24, ya bude ƙofar a minti na 23 da bugawa ƙasa mai ƙarfi daga gefen akwatin, kafin ya rufe nasara da bugawa mai ƙarfi a ƙarshen wasan. Lovenkrands ya kasance a fili: "Ya bayyana da kwalaye, ba kwalaye na yau da kullun ba, ƙarshe na inganci na koli. Wasan ya kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai."

Aikin kyaftin a Old Firm na farko

Neil ya shiga Rangers da kwangilar shekara uku a watan Yuli kuma nan take aka sanya shi cikin ƙungiyar jagoranci ta manaja Derek McInnes. Da rashin Lawrence Shankland, Neil ya ɗauki hannun kyaftin kuma ya ɗaukaka a wasan Old Firm derby na farko, yana fice tare da Nicolas Raskin da James Penrice — wanda ya juya daga bayar hagu — a cikin ɓangare na tsakiya mai ƙarfi.

McInnes ya yabi gudummawar Neil yayin da ya yaba kokarin ƙungiya baki ɗaya. "Za a fito da Dan saboda kwalayensa — nau'ukan ƙarshe biyu daban-daban — amma mun san za mu iya mamaye wannan sararin gefen akwatin idan muka kai hari yadda ya kamata," in ji manaja. "Uku duka sun yi ban mamaki kuma hakan ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samun iko a wasan."

Wani lokaci ya nuna ikon Neil a fili: ya juya Callum McGregor, kyaftin Celtic, ya bar shi a bayansa — hoto ƙarami na ƙarfin Rangers a duk mintoci 90. Neil ya kuma fi Benjamin Nygren ƙarfi a cikin mafi yawan wasan.

Neil da McInnes suna kallo gaba

Neil ya kasance mai hankali a cikin nasara, yana yabon ɗumamar ƙungiya da ingancin shirye-shiryen. "Dukkanmu mun gaskata tsarin," in ji shi. "Gaffer yana da kyau kafin wasanni kuma ya tabbatar mun shirya don bi ta bango. Wannan haɗin kai da jituwa sun inganta sosai kwanan nan."

McInnes ya amince da wannan ra'ayi ya kuma ƙarfafa ƙungiyarsa ta ɗauki wannan gudu zuwa gaba. Celtic za ta karɓi Ferencvaros a UEFA Europa League ranar Alhamis kafin ɓangarorin biyu su sake haɗuwa a Celtic Park a Scottish Premiership Lahadi mai zuwa.

"Ya koma mana ci gaba da ƙarfafa saƙon cewa idan ka buga a Rangers akwai wani babban wasa a gaba," in ji McInnes. "Ina son wannan haɗin kai — ina buƙatar ƙungiyar da ke kula da juna. Hakan yana ba da ƙarfin gwiwa sosai ga kulob, magoya baya, da hukuma game da abin da za mu iya cimmawa."