Farkon wasanni na Xabi Alonso a matsayin manajan Chelsea ya kawo nasara ta 6-4 a kan Western Sydney Wanderers a Accor Stadium — amma babbar labarin ba ta kasance game da sakamakon ba. Ta kasance game da 'yan wasan kai hari hudu, kowanne ɗaya yana ɗauke da labari daban-daban.

Joao Pedro yana haskakawa Sydney

Babban tauraruwa na dare shine Joao Pedro, wanda ya bayyana kansa da ƙarfi ƙarƙashin jagorancin Alonso da hat-trick a cikin mintuna tara. Nasarar ƙarshen, ƙarfi, da sauri na ɗan Braziliya sun bayyana a wasa mai ban sha'awa wanda ya nuna banbancin da ke tsakanin ƙungiyoyin Premier League da A-League.

Alonso ya bayyana Joao Pedro a matsayin "mai yunwa sosai, sosai" da kuma "mai ƙudurin samun babban kakar wasa." Ƙudirin ɗan wasan watakila ya ƙara ƙarfafiwa ta hanyar an cire shi daga rukunin Brazil na Kofin Duniya.

Wanda ake gwadawa yana rubuta tarihi — kuma Delap yana gwagwarmaya sake

Burin farko na zamanin Alonso ya zo da ban mamaki a minti na 6, wanda Dastan Satpaev ɗan shekara 17 ya zura. Abin mamaki shi ne, Satpaev ya buga wasa a matsayin ɗan wasan gwaji — canja wurinsa na hukuma daga FC Kairat zuwa Stamford Bridge ba zai iya kammalawa ba har zuwa 12 Agusta. A Kazakhstan, ya zama babbar tauraro, kuma wasu magoya bayansa daga ƙasarsa sun tafi Sydney musamman don kallo.

Satpaev yana da sauri, yana da ƙwarin gwiwa a cikin akwati, kuma yana ƙanƙanta a jikin — kyaututtukan da suka sa aka kwatanta shi da tsohon ɗan wasan kai hari na Argentina da Manchester City, Sergio Aguero. Alonso, wanda ya fuskanci Satpaev lokacin da yake Real Madrid a kakar da ta gabata, ya yabe shi da murna: "Yana da barazana da ƙwallon, yana kai hari na cikin hanya sosai kuma yana da kyau a matsayin ɗan kai hari da ya fito daga waje. Yana da ƙarfi sosai, yana da sauri sosai kuma na yi mamakin ƙarfinsa."

Satpaev yana ƙoƙarin zama ɗan wasan Kazakh na farko da zai buga wasa a Premier League. Ko za ta faru da Chelsea a wannan kakar ko a aro wani wuri ba a yanke shawarar ba tukuna, inda Alonso ya ce: "Har yanzu muna buƙatar yanke shawara."

A ɓangaren kishiyar yanayi akwai Liam Delap, wanda ya sake gwagwarmaya — kamar yadda ya kasance a kusan kowace bayyanar da ya yi tare da Chelsea tun canja wurinsa na £30 miliyan daga Ipswich a bazara ta ƙarshe. Bayan rashin kwarin gwiwa da damar, Delap na iya siyarwa, tare da Chelsea yana ci gaba da tattaunawa don sanya hannu a kan Danny Welbeck na Brighton, mai shekara 35, a matsayin maye gurbi mai ƙwarewa. Welbeck ya amince da sharuɗɗan sirri, kodayake Brighton yana ƙin bayar da sharhi game da yarjejeniyar.

Henderson da ra'ayin Alonso ga rundunarsa

Chelsea kuma yana tattaunawa don sanya hannu a kan ɗan wasan tsakiya na Brentford Jordan Henderson, mai shekara 36, yayin da kulob ɗin ke neman ƙara ƙwarewa da jagoranci bayan kakar 2025-26 mai takaici. Sa'ad da aka tambaye shi game da bin sawun 'yan wasan tsofaffi guda biyu, Alonso ya kasance mai ma'ana: "Muna buƙatar daidaito, samun cikakken rundunar kuma yin kyakkyawar ƙungiya. Don haka, muna da ra'ayi da shiri."

Samari masu iya suna kama damarsu

Tare da wasu 'yan wasan da suka yi girma har yanzu suna hutun bayan Kofin Duniya — a cikinsu rikodin kulob ɗin Morgan Rogers na £117 miliyan — Alonso ya ba da damar ƙungiyar 'yan wasan kwalejin da, da ya amince da shi, sun burgeshi a horarwa.

Ɗan wasan tsakiya Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli da Reggie Watson, dukansu 'yan shekara 16, sun yi tsaron tsakiya na dogon lokaci, yayin da Reggie Walsh, ɗan shekara 17, ya yi fice a matsayin mai zurfin ci. Watson shi ne ɗan wasan guda ɗaya da ya kammala cikakkiyar wasanin. Ɗan wasan gefen hagu Landon Emenalo, ɗan shekara 18, kuma ya bayyana a fili, ba tare da wani ɗan wasan da ya kai girma da ke akwai a wannan matsayi ba.

Ɗan wasan reshen Jamie Gittens shi ne mafi mahimmanci daga cikin 'yan wasan manyan bayan Joao Pedro, yana yin burinsa na uku a cikin bayyanar uku kafin kakar bayan guda biyu a wasan abokantaka da aka rufe don jama'a a kan ƙungiyoyin EFL.

Gabaɗayan aikin Chelsea ya kasance mai rugujewa — gajiyar tafiya ta sama na iya zama dalili mai ma'ana — amma wannan ya kasance, kamar yadda Alonso ya sani, kallo na farko kawai. Muhimman tambayoyi game da tsarin wasa, zurfi, da manufa har yanzu suna jiran amsoshi. Alonso ya yi amfani da tsarin 4-2-3-1, tsarin iri ɗaya da Enzo Maresca ya yi amfani da shi lokacin da yake babban kocin Chelsea.