Yayin da FIFA Kofin Duniya ke fara a cikin zafi mai tsanani, horo da masu nazari na kokarin amsa tambaya ta tsohon da yanzu ta zama mai gaggawa: yaya yanayi ke tsara yadda ƙwallon ƙafa ake bugawa — ba kawai ranar wasa ba, har ma a tsawon tsararraki na 'yan wasa?

Kimiyya a bayan zafi da aiki

Wani bincike na 2024 akan UEFA Champions League, wanda ya dogara da bayanan kakar wasa biyar, ya gano cewa ƙaruwar zafi yana rage adadin dribbles da aka kammala da kuma hare-haren mayar da martani waɗanda suka kai harbi, tare da tura 'yan wasa zuwa harbin daga nesa. Ƙara damshi ya ƙara ɓarna matsalar dribbling.

Waɗannan bincike suna da sakamako kai tsaye ga FIFA Kofin Duniya. Ingila, a ƙarƙashin kocin Thomas Tuchel, ta zo gasar da tawagar da aka gina kewaye da fikafikai masu ƙarfi a fara-da-fara — Marcus Rashford, Anthony Gordon, Noni Madueke, da Bukayo Saka — waɗanda kuma ake sa ran su danna aƙalla daga gaba. A yanayin sanyin Ingila, wannan tsarin yana da tasiri sosai. A cikin zafi, aiwatar da shi na mintoci 90 babban ƙalubale ne.

Wannan damuwa ita ma ta shafi salon zamani na cikiyan bayani waɗanda ke rushawa zuwa gaba zuwa wurare masu haɗari na kai hari — yanayi da Nico O'Reilly na Manchester City da Nuno Mendes da Achraf Hakimi na Paris Saint-Germain suka nuna wannan kakar. Kimiyya ta nuna cewa waɗannan gudu masu ƙarfi zuwa gaba na zama mafi wahalar ci gaba da su yayin da zafi ke ƙaruwa.

Tsarin Chelsea a Kofin Duniya na Kulob

Mafita da ƙungiyoyi da yawa za su juya zuwa gare ta ita ce tsarin matakai: sarrafa mallakar ƙwallon don adana ƙarfi, sannan danna a cikin fasalolin da aka mai da hankali ba da kiyaye layin danna mai tsayi a duk wasan ba. Chelsea ta nuna wannan tsarin daidai a FIFA Club World Cup na bazara mai zuwa, wanda aka gudanar a cikin zafi da damshi na Amurka.

Kocin na lokacin Enzo Maresca ya jagoranci Chelsea zuwa nasara akan Paris Saint-Germain a ƙarshen wasa, yana amfani da dannawa mutum-da-mutum mai tsanani tun farkon busa sarewa. Chelsea ta yi gudu zuwa fifiko na 3-0 kafin ƙarfin ya ragu ba makawa — amma a lokacin, wasan ya riga ya warware.