Nasarar 5-1 da ta yi wa Bournemouth Asabar da ta gabata ta ba wa manajan Chelsea, Xabi Alonso, abin da yake nema tun lokacin da ya hau kujerar — haɗin gwiwa a tsakiyar filin da ke aiki. Ƙungiyar Jordan Henderson da Moises Caicedo ta bayar da wannan daidai, tare da kawo iko da ƙarfi ga tawagar da ta kasance tana fama da daidaitawa a wasanninta na farko na Premier League.

"Suna ba da kasancewar," in ji Alonso a taron manema labarai, yana dukan kirjinsa don jaddadawa. "Suna ba da daidaito." Ga wani manaja da ya gwada salo da yawa a wasanni shida na farko na gasar, waɗannan su ne daidai irin halaye da yake bincika.

Dawowar Caicedo na canza Chelsea

An dade ana jiran gudummawar Caicedo, amma rauni ya jinkirta ta. Ɗan wasan Ecuador ya yi sak mintuna 14 kawai a wannan kakar kafin ya buga mintuna 72 a kan Bournemouth. Tasirirsa ya kasance na gaggawa kuma mai bayyanawa — ya jagoranci duk 'yan wasan Chelsea da suka fara wasa a lambobin cin nasarar tackles da yanke kwallo, kuma daidaitonsa na wucewa ya kai kashi 96.4 cikin dari, mafi girma a cikin duk wani ɗan wasa daga kowane bangare.

"Da shi, muna da yankin tsakiya mafi kyau," in ji Alonso kai tsaye. "Idan kana da ƙarfi a tsakiya, kana da ƙungiya cikakkiya, kuma ina ganin wannan wani abu ne za a gina a kansa. Zai zama ɗan wasa mai mahimmanci mana."

Henderson ya ba kowa mamaki da ƙwallaye biyu daga nesa

Idan Caicedo ya cika tsammanin, Henderson ya wuce su. Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 36 ya gudu da ƙarfi ba tare da gajiya ba, ya rufe kilomita 11.9 — fiye da duk wani ɗan wasa a filin — kuma ya harbi raga biyu masu ban sha'awa daga nesa don lashe kyautar ɗan wasan mafi kyau. Ta yin haka, ya zama tsohon ɗan wasan Chelsea mafi tsufa da ya shiga kai tsaye a ƙwallaye uku a wasan Premier League guda ɗaya.

Aikin tsohon kyaftin ɗin Liverpool ya bayyana yana zuwa ƙarshensa bayan canja wurin da ya haifar da cece-kuce zuwa Al Ettifaq a 2023 da matsalolin da suka biyo baya a Ajax. Dawowarsa Ingila ta hanyar Brentford ta farkasar da shi, ta kuma shawo kan manajan England, Thomas Tuchel, ya kai shi Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Yanzu Alonso yana ba shi babbar matakin da ya fi na baya.

"Mun sa hannu da shi don duk komai — idan yana iya ci ƙwallaye biyu masu kyau, kamar yau, muna farin ciki fiye da abinda ake tsammani," in ji Alonso da murmushi. "Ban da ƙwallaye, ya yi abubuwa masu kyau da yawa, da yawa. Wasa na gaskiya na 'ɗan tsakiya', koyaushe yana cikin aiki, koyaushe yana ba wa abokan wasansa mafita."

Rauni na James ya tilasta Alonso ya yanke shawara

Lokacin wannan bayyanar a tsakiyar filin yana ɗauke da ƙarin muhimmanci. Kyaftin ɗin Chelsea, Reece James, zai rasa watanni da yawa bayan tiyata a gwiwa, wanda ya cire zaɓin da aka saba zaɓa daga shirye-shiryen Alonso. Ƙungiyar Henderson–Caicedo a yanzu ta zama mafi dacewa mafita a dogon lokaci.

Alonso kuma ya ambaci Romeo Lavia da Valentin Barco a matsayin 'yan wasa da suka taka rawa a tsakiyar filin a wannan kakar, yana nuna zurfinsa na tawaga. Amma tafiya zuwa Everton a Asabar ita ce jarrabawa ta gaba, kuma ƙungiyar Caicedo–Henderson ta bayyana za ta zama zaɓi na farko yayin da Chelsea ke neman ci gaba da nunin su mafi cikakke na wannan kakar.

"Dukkansu biyu, a batun halaye, sun sha bamban, a batun matsayin da suke ɗauka ma," in ji Alonso. "Suna taimakon juna da kyau. Suna ba da kasancewa, suna ba da daidaito — suna fahimtar wasa, suna iya buga a ƙananan sarari, kuma a bangaren tsaron, suna ba da daidaito mai kyau."