Benjamin Weber ya taimaki Chelsea na Thomas Tuchel lashe UEFA Champions League a shekarar 2021. Shi ne mai bincike a bayan fage, yana ba da gudummawar sirri a cikin ɗaya daga cikin manyan daren Turai. "Tabbas," ya yi dariya lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da rawarsa a waccan ƙarshe ta tarihi. "Na gaya wa Mason ya juya ya bugi wucewar" — yana nufin wucewar da Mason Mount ya yi wanda ta ba Kai Havertz damar zura kwallo ta ƙarshe akan Manchester City.

Bayan shekaru biyar, Weber ba ya ɓoyewa a cikin inuwa. Mutumin da yanzu yana da shekaru 43 shine daraktan wasanni na FC Augsburg, yana gina suna da nasa hannunsa.

Mataki na gangan zuwa ga abin da ba a sani ba

Weber ya shafe sana a matsayin mai bincike tare da Tuchel a Mainz, Borussia Dortmund, da Chelsea. Ya kwatanta lokacin da yake Stamford Bridge a matsayin mafi kyau na rayuwarsa — amma nasarar gasar da ta fi muhimmanci a ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙungiyoyin Turai ya sa shi nema sabon ƙalubale.

"Lokacin da kake fafatawa don Champions League kuma ka ci nasara a ƙarshe, me ya rage? Kana buƙatar manufa kullum," in ji shi.

Maimakon ya bi Tuchel zuwa Bayern Munich, Weber ya shiga gudanarwa a Paderborn a matsayin babban darakta. "Na gaya wa Thomas. Ya kasance wuya." A shekarar 2025, ya shiga Augsburg a matsayin daraktan wasanni. "Ba na aiki kawai don aiki. Na yi kishi sosai don in yi wani abu daban."

Tashin Augsburg a hankali

Augsburg ba ƙungiya mai ban sha'awa ba ce sosai, amma daidaitonsu ya yi ban mamaki. Sun kasance a cikin Bundesliga na kakar wasa 16 a jere — nasara da ƙungiyoyi biyar kacal sauran za su iya iƙirari. Duk da haka, kakar wasa da ta gabata, ta farko ta Weber wajen ɗaukar 'yan wasa, ita ce mafi kyau a cikin shekaru goma: matsayi na tara da kuma karon farko da suka ƙare a rabin sama na jadawalin a cikin shekaru goma.

Wannan sakamako ya dogara da wani yanke shawara mai cesashe a tsakiyar kakar wasa. Weber ya maye gurbin kocin Sandro Wagner da Manuel Baum, ɗan takara na ciki wanda yake aiki a matsayin daraktan bunƙasa. Hakan ya kasance yanke shawara mai tsananin motsin rai ga mutumin da ya shafe shekaru a bayan fage.

"Zai yi sauƙi in ɓoya amma ni yana nan don yanke shawara ko da lokacin da ya yi wuya," in ji Weber. "Muna buƙatar wani abu daban don mu koma turbar."

Baum, wanda aka naɗa shi a matsayin wucin gadi a farkon, ya zama kocin dindindin a ƙarshe. "Shirye-shirye na iya canzawa," Weber ya yi tunani. "Ɗan adam ne a canza ra'ayi."

Daga mutumin da yake ɓoyewa zuwa mutumin da yake gaba

Weber ya yi magana a bayyane game da bambancin wannan rawa idan aka kwatanta da shekarunsa tare da Tuchel. "A gefe ɗaya, akwai matsanancin matsin lamba a manyan kulubs. A daya bangaren kuma, a gare ni kai tsaye, Thomas ne koyaushe. Zan iya ɓoyewa," ya yarda.

Rayuwa a Augsburg tana ɗauke da nauyi daban. "Lokacin da ka sanya hannu tare da ɗan wasa kuma ka san cewa ƙungiyar za ta tsira kawai idan shi ne ɗan wasa da ya dace, hakan matsin lamba ne," in ji shi. "Yanzu ana mai da hankali a kaina kai tsaye fiye da kowane lokaci. Koyaushe ina ɗan ɓoye a cikin ƙwallon ƙafa. Yanzu na fito ɗan fiye zuwa haske."

Gina wani abu na dawwama

Weber ya yi imani cewa tarihinsa na bincike yana ba shi fa'ida a cikin ɗaukar 'yan wasa da kuma aiki tare da kococi. A wannan lokacin rani, Augsburg sun ƙoƙari ƙarfafa wannan asali: an mai da aro na Rodrigo Ribeiro daga Sporting zuwa canja wuri na dindindin, Hennes Behrens ya zo daga Hoffenheim, kuma Sima Suso ya shiga daga Fortuna Düsseldorf. Dukkansu suna da shekaru 21.

Hangen nesa shi ne zama wuri na jan hankalin bunƙasa hazaƙa — ƙungiya mai ɗorewa, mai alaƙa da makarantarta ta matasa, da asali bayyananne. Weber yana ɗaukar wahayi daga misalai a wajen Jamus lokacin da yake tunanin abin da Augsburg zai iya zama.

"A Ingila, kun san labarin Sunderland, labarin Brentford, labaru masu kyau da yawa," in ji shi. "Dole mu so mu farauta tare kuma mu zama maharba masu kyau. Sa'an nan watakila za mu iya tafiya mataki mataki."

Ga mutumin da ya shafe dogon lokaci yana aiki a bayan fage yayin da wasu suke ɗaukar hasken, Weber yana ganin ya sami daidai irin ƙalubalen da yake nema. "A ƙarshe, ina ji ta kasance yanke shawara mai kyau."