Enzo Maresca ya dawo Manchester City a matsayin babban koci, yana da kwangilar shekaru uku, ana sa ran ya gaji Pep Guardiola — ɗaya daga cikin manyan kococi mafi nasara a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa. Ɗan Italiya mai shekara 46, ya taɓa zama mataimakin koci na Guardiola a lokacin kakar 2022-23 mai tarihi, wanda Manchester City ya lashe duk manyan kofuna uku, kafin ya ɗauki jagorancin Leicester City sannan Chelsea.

Maresca ya kira wannan nadin a matsayin "babban kalubale," amma ya bayyana cewa yana maraba da shi. "Wataƙila dalilin da yasa nake nan shi ne saboda ra'ayin kulob ɗin shine kiyaye salon wasan ƙafa iri ɗaya, ra'ayin iri ɗaya," ya ce. "Za mu yi ƙoƙari mu yi mafi muhimmin abu a ƙwallon ƙafa, wato ƙoƙarin nasara da cimma mahimman abubuwa."

Me ya sa kulob din ya zaɓi Maresca

Asalin horar da Maresca ya samo tasiri daga al'adu biyu. Zuriyarsa ta Sifen — alaƙarsa ta iyali, lokacinsa a Sevilla da Malaga a lokacin shekarun mulkin Barcelona, da rayuwarsa a gida inda Sifen shine harshen gida — sun fallasa shi da wuri ga falsafar wasan da ta dogara kan mallakar ball, wanda Guardiola daga baya zai kawo Manchester City.

Tsohon kocin Manchester City da West Ham, Manuel Pellegrini, shi ne na farko da ya gane ikonin Maresca na zama koci a lokacin aikinsa na wasa, yana ba shi gindin da zai ciyar da hawan sa da sauri. Tun daga lokacin, Guardiola ya bayyana Maresca a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin manyan kococi a duniya."

Shugaban kulob ɗin City Khaldoon Al Mubarak ya yi magana a sarari game da wannan naɗin, yana nuna cewa lokutan Maresca guda biyu da ya yi a kulob ɗin a baya — farko tare da makarantar ƙwallon ƙafa sannan a matsayin mataimakin Guardiola — sun sa shi zama zaɓin halitta. "Ya kuma haɓaka falsafarsa ta kansa," Khaldoon ya ce. "Ina tsammanin Enzo yana kawo abubuwa da yawa ga wannan kulob ɗin."

An fahimci cewa darektan wasanni mai fita Txiki Begiristain ya ba da shawarar Maresca a matsayin magajin Guardiola kafin ya mika alhakinsa ga Hugo Viana. An ce waɗannan biyu suna ci gaba da tuntuɓar juna akai-akai, kuma naɗin Maresca yana da goyon bayan Guardiola.

A lokacin kaka ɗaya da ya yi tare da Guardiola, Maresca ya ba da gudummawa ga sabbin dabaru da yawa — ciki har da sanya John Stones a sabon matsayi a matsayin ɗan wasan tsakiya, matakin da ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar wasan ƙarshe na UEFA Champions League akan Inter Milan.

Falsafarsa a fagen wasa

Maresca yakan shirya ƙungiyoyinsa a tsarin 4-2-3-1, yana mai da hankali kan mallaki, matsanancin matsi, da muyintattu na muhallin da aka tsara don hana hare-haren ƙwarin gwiwa. Wannan hanyar tana nuna kamanceceniya bayyananniya da hanyoyin Guardiola, tana buƙatar duk ɗan wasan ya kasance da ƙarfi da wayo.

Ya sha suka a Chelsea da Leicester City saboda lokutan gina harin da suka yi jinkiri, amma tsarinsa mai labulewa na muyintattu ya kuma samar da lokutan gaske na hazakar dabaru. A wasan ƙarshe na Club World Cup, amfani da Malo Gusto ta hanyar asymmetric a dama ya tsare Nuno Mendes ɗan wasan Paris Saint-Germain na hagu kuma ya buɗe sarari ga Cole Palmer a nasara ta 3-0 mai matuƙar daɗi.

Hanyar tunani ta Maresca game da wasa an rubuta ta sosai. Ya rubuta takarda ta kalmomin 7,000 a cibiyar Coverciano ta Italiya, yana kwatanta dabaru na ƙwallon ƙafa da dabarun chess, yana ambaton wani shahararren wasan gasar cin kofin duniya na 1991 tsakanin Anatoly Karpov da Viktor Korchnoi. Kamar Guardiola, yana neman wahayi daga wajen ƙwallon ƙafa — ciki har da tattaunawa da kocin ƙwallon raga dan Argentinar-Italiya Julio Velasco da kocin ƙwallon kwando Ettore Messina.

Abin da ke tafe ga City

An tsara 'yan wasa su yi rajistar farkon kakar ranar 20 ga Yuli, tare da waɗanda suka halarci gasar cin kofin duniya ana ba su lokaci ƙarin na hutawa. Sayan rikodin kulob ɗin Elliot Anderson, ɗan wasan tsakiya na Ingila, na £116 miliyan ana tsammanin za a tabbatar da shi nan ba da daɗewa ba, kuma City tana kuma neman ɗan baya na dama — Malo Gusto na Chelsea yana cikin sunayen da aka ambata.

An kuma haɗa sunan City da motsi neman Ayyoub Bouaddi, ɗan baiwa na Morocco mai shekara 18 daga Lille. Hakazalika, Rodri — ɗaya daga cikin mahimman 'yan wasa a cikin tawagar — yana shiga watanni 12 na ƙarshe na kwangilarsa, wanda haka ke sa sabontawa ta zama ɗaya daga cikin fifikon gaggawa na Maresca. Sabon koci kuma yana da yanke shawara ta yi a matsayin mai tsaron gida: shin Gianluigi Donnarumma zai riƙe rigumar, ko kuma James Trafford za a ba shi damar kafa kansa a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko?

Guardiola ya lashe kofuna 20 a lokacin shekarunsa goma a Etihad Stadium. Aikin ci gaba da wannan al'adar nasara ya faɗa wa Maresca — kuma, a cewar dukkan alamomin, yana shirye.