Nasarar Everton kan Newcastle a zagaye na huɗu na EFL Cup a Hill Dickinson Stadium ta kusan rufe ta da rikicin Jack Grealish, wanda aka cire daga cikin ƙungiyar bayan tabbatar da rashin sa ga horon ba tare da izini ba. A maimakon haka, 'yan ƙasa na Everton sun kama damar kuma sun nuna wasa wanda ya tayar da fata na cin kofin farko cikin shekara 31.

Babbar dare ta Hackney

Hayden Hackney, ɗan shekara 24 wanda aka sayo daga Middlesbrough da fam miliyan 16.5 a lokacin rani, shi ne maɓuɓɓugar nasara. Ya taimaka wa James Garner ya zura burin farko sannan ya ƙara na biyu da volley kusa da ƙwallon — karo na biyu ne kawai a aikinsa da ya yi wannan a wasa ɗaya.

Hackney bai yi fiye da ɗan gajeren lokaci a gasar firimiya ba kafin Alhamis ɗin nan, tare da shekarar farko ɗaya da ya fara wasan farko na kakar wasan da ya kasance a nasara ta 2-0 kan Crystal Palace. Amma kwarin guiwarsa na ɗaukar ƙwallon da ikon haɗa wasannin — halaye da suka ba shi kyautar ɗan wasan shekara na Championship kakar wasan da ta gabata — sun bayyana a fili a kan babbar ƙungiyar Newcastle.

Manajan David Moyes ya yabe shi da taka tsantsan ta yau da kullun. "Na yi tunanin akwai sassa na wasan sa da suka yi kyau sosai," in ji Moyes. "Samun ƙwal ya yi kyau. Akwai wasu sassa inda ban yi tunanin yana a inda yake ba. Ya kama shi a kan ƙwallon sau biyu. Amma na ji daɗin sassa sosai — shiga cikin akwatin, kuma a bayyane zura kwallo ya yi kyau sosai. Taimako mai kyau sosai daga Thierno Barry kuma, a gaskiya."

Barry yana bunƙasa a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba

Barry, ɗan wasan ƙarƙashin shekara 21 na Faransa wanda aka sayo daga Villarreal a watan Yuli 2025, an jefa shi kai tsaye a matsayin cikakken ɗan wasan gaba ɗaya na Everton. Ya fara kowace wasa a wannan kakar, yana taruwa da minti 918, kuma burinsa bakwai ya riga ya sanya shi a ƙololuwa ta ɗaya daga jimlarsa ta kakar da ta gabata — a wasanni 30 ƙasa.

Everton sun ƙirƙiri manyan damar 24 a wannan kakar, kuma Barry yana da hannu kai tsaye a cikin 15 daga cikinsu — ƙarfin shiga mai ban mamaki na kashi 62.5 cikin ɗari. Tallafin sa a ƙwal na farko kan Newcastle ya nuna mahimmancinsa mai ƙaruwa ga ƙungiyar.

Canjin tsara a Goodison

Ayyukan Hackney da Barry suna nuna yanayin faɗaɗawa ƙarƙashin Moyes. Bakwai daga cikin 'yan wasan 10 da aka yi yarjejeniya ta dindindin tun dawowar manajan a watan Janairu 2025 suna da shekaru 24 ko ƙasa da haka. Matsakaicin shekarun farawa XI na Everton a Premier League ya faɗi da kusan watanni 18 a wannan kakar zuwa shekaru 26 da kwanaki 216.

'Yan wasan da suka kai shekaru 21 ko ƙasa da haka sun riga sun yi minti 1,206 a gasar a wannan kakar, suna wuce jimlarsu ta 1,088 a duk kakar 2025-26. Harrison Armstrong, ɗan shekara 19, ya fara kowane wasa na Premier League. Tyrique George, ɗan shekara 20, ya shiga a dindindin daga Chelsea kuma ya zura burin farko sa na Everton — a daidaiton 2-2 da Manchester United a watan Satumba. Tyler Dibling, ɗan shekara 20, ya zo daga Southampton da fam miliyan 35 kuma yana girma a cikin rawarsa. Merlin Rohl, ɗan shekara 24, an aminta masa don cike matsayin mai matsala na baya dama, ya fi ɗan wasan da ya fi ƙwarewa Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

Moyes ya ƙi tabbatar da ko Grealish zai dawo don wasan Premier League na Litinin kan Newcastle a St James' Park. Ƙwarewa — wanda James Tarkowski, ɗan shekara 33, Jordan Pickford, ɗan shekara 32, da Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, ɗan shekara 28 suke wakilta — har yanzu tana da daraja ga manajan ɗan shekara 63. Amma sa'ad da matasa na Everton suke wasa a wannan matakin, yana zama da wahala ƙara yi musu watsi.