Da Chelsea za sauka Malaysia don karshen matakin rangadin su na kafin kakar wasa, manajan Xabi Alonso zai sake ganawa da tsohon aboki — Luis Garcia, babban darakta na Johor Darul Ta'zim.

JDT za karbi bakuncin Chelsea a Sultan Ibrahim Stadium ranar Lahadi, a wasan da Garcia ya bayyana shi a matsayin mafi babban gwaji da kulob dinsa zai fuskanta duk kakar. Ana tsammanin filin wasa mai dauke da mutum 40,000 zai cika sosai.

Abota da ta taso a Anfield

Mutanen Spain biyu sun fara ganawa yadda ya kamata a rana daya a shekarar 2004, lokacin da duka biyun suka sanya hannu a Liverpool ta Rafael Benitez. Ko da yake sun taɓa hadu a cikin tsarin kwallon kafa na Spain, ranar sanya hannu tare a Anfield ce ta haɗa su da gaske.

Garcia ya tuna da lokaci mai daɗi a wajen taron manema labarai na gabatarwarsu. "Ya gaya mini cewa bai yi magana da Turanci sosai ba kafin taron manema labaranmu," Garcia ya shaida wa BBC Sport. "Na amsa tambayar farko da harshen Sipaniyanci, domin mun sami mai fassara, shi kuma ya amsa da kyakkyawan Turanci, na ce a raina: 'Kai mai wayo!'"

Duka biyun sun buga a nasarar wasan karshe mai ban mamaki na Liverpool kan AC Milan a UEFA Champions League a kakar wasa ta wannan, sannan suka taka leda tare a ƙarƙashin tutar Spain a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa. Garcia ya ce har yanzu suna zaman "abokai da kyau sosai" har zuwa yau.

Sai dai ƙauna tana da iyakanta. "Ina masa murna duka a Chelsea, amma ko da yake ina ƙaunarsa, na fata zai kare na biyu bayan Liverpool kakar wasa mai zuwa," in ji Garcia da dariya.

Jarabawar halaye ga JDT

Rangadon kafin kakar wasa na Chelsea ya riga ya haɗa da wasan da Tottenham Hotspur, Juventus, da AC Milan a Ostiraliya da sauran sassan Asiya. Wasan Johor zai rufe wannan jadawalin mai wahala.

"Chelsea shine mafi babban gwaji da za mu fuskanta kakar wasa," Garcia ya yarda. "Ba mu jira don gwada kanmu da kulob na sama, 'yan wasan da suka cancanta — kuma yana da kyau a fuskanci Alonso. Ina tabbatar muku cewa ranar Lahadi za mu yi gogayya."

JDT na zuwa da koshin lafiya. Ba su sha kashi a wasan gida tun 2021 kuma a halin yanzu suna kan nasara 108 a jere a gasar gida, daidai da tarihin duniya. Da komawa gasar Malaysia a watan Agusta, Garcia na fatan ƙungiyarsa za ta ƙara wannan jerin kuma ta shiga tarihi a matsayinta ta musamman.

Manyan buri ga kwallon kafa ta Malaysia

Karkashin inuwar Yariman Gadon Sarautar, Martaba Ismail Tunku, JDT ya saka jari mai yawa a kayan aikin da suka cika ka'ida. Cibiyar horarwa tana ɗaukar wahayi kai tsaye daga cibiyar horarwa ta Real Madrid, kuma an sanya kociyoyin Spain a duk fadin ma'aikatan baya da kwalejin.

"Muna so mu ɗaga matakin kwallon kafa ta Malaysia kuma mu sami kwalejin da ta cika ka'ida. Mun kawo kociyoyin Spain domin mu kusanci mafi kyawun salon aiki na kwararru," in ji Garcia.

A kakar wasa ta jiya JDT sun kai kusa-kusa huɗu na AFC Champions League — nasara da Garcia yake ganin kawai farko ce. Yin gogayya da kulob masu kasafin kuɗi fiye da $150 miliyan (£111.2m) da kasafin $15 miliyan kawai babbar ƙalubale ce, amma Garcia na ganin hakan a matsayin ƙarfafawa ba saman rufin ba.

"Ba mu da iyaka, kuma wannan taken — 'sama ba iyaka' — abu ne da muke maimaita shi sau da yawa a cikin dakin suya," in ji shi. "Muna so mu taimaka wajen bunƙasa kwallon kafa ta Malaysia don ta isa Kofin Duniya wata rana."

Garcia, wanda ya sami lasisi na Uefa Pro da lasisi na daraktan wasanni bayan yin ritaya, yana rarraba lokacinsa tsakanin Spain da Malaysia. Nauyin kociyanci yana hannun ɗan uwansa na ƙasar Spain Xisco Munoz, yayin da Garcia ke mai da hankali kan bunƙasa kasuwanci da tsare-tsare.