Roberto De Zerbi ya zo Tottenham Hotspur a watan Maris da fifiko ɗaya kai tsaye: a kiyaye kulob din a Premier League. Bayan kammala wannan manufa, ya yi amfani da lokacin bazara wajen sake tsara ƙungiyar bisa ra'ayinsa — da kuɗi da lokaci isasshe don yin hakan yadda ya kamata.

Asalin dabaru na De Zerbi

Sa'ad da De Zerbi ya karɓi ragamar Brighton a watan Satumba 2022, hanyoyinsa sun jawo hankalin ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi. Pep Guardiola ya kira shi «daya daga cikin manajan da suka fi tasiri a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata,» kuma sauran masu horarwa sun fara aro ra'ayoyinsa ba da jimawa ba.

Ginshiƙin falsafar sa ita ce yadda ƙungiyar ke gina hare-hare daga baya. Masu tsaron tsakiya suna tsayawa lafiya da ƙwal, suna ɗaukar matsin lamba na abokan adawar da gangan kafin su haɗa kai da masu tsaron tsakiya ta hanyar musayar taɓawa ɗaya cikin sauri. Daga waɗannan lokutan mallakin ƙwal cikin ɗan ƙasa da haƙuri, ƙungiyoyinsa na iya canzawa da sauri zuwa yanayin mutum ɗaya da mutum ɗaya a cikin kwata na karshe — alamar da ta ci gaba da zama a zuciyar tsarinsa.

Daidaitawa da abokan hamayyar da suka shirya

Tunda an nazarci ra'ayoyin De Zerbi sosai, abokan hamayyar yanzu suna iso da shirye-shiryen takamaiman don rufe hanyoyin zartar ƙwal na tsakiya waɗanda ƙungiyoyinsa suke dogara da su. A lokacin kafin kakar wasa, Spurs sun fuskanci wannan akai-akai: katangar tsaro masu ɗunkule suna toshe tsakiyar filin kuma suna tilasta ƙwal ya tafi gefen filin.

A kan Hoffenheim a nasara ta 3-0 kafin kakar wasa, Jamusawa sun yi tsaro da tsarin 4-4-2 mai ɗunkule a tsakiyar filin, tare da masu tsaron gefen da suka sassaure zuwa ciki sosai har suka zama kamar ƙarin masu tsaron tsakiya. Spurs sun taka a tsarin 4-2-4 yayin da suna da ƙwal, suna wutsawa a tsakanin masu tsaron tsakiya don kawar da Hoffenheim daga hagu zuwa dama.

Maimakon zartar ƙwal mafi sauƙi zuwa ga masu tsaron gefuna — waɗanda suke a gefen kuma ba su da mafiya ya lura da su — De Zerbi ya yi amfani da su a matsayin cuta. Motsinsu ya jawo masu tsaron gefen na abokan hamayyar su tashi daga matsayinsu na tsakiya, yana buɗe hanyoyin zartar ƙwal ga masu tsaron tsakiya zuwa masu kai hari da ke saukowa cikin zurfin filin. Waɗannan masu kai hari sai sun zartar ƙwal cikin sauri zuwa ga 'yan wasa na gefen, waɗanda suka shiga yaƙin mutum ɗaya da mutum ɗaya kafin su yanke ƙwal zuwa baya don masu kai hari na tsakiya su kammala.

Magance katangar tsaro masu zurfi

Getafe sun kawo ƙalubale daban-daban tare da tsarin 5-4-1. Amsar Spurs ita ce ta saukar da ɗaya daga cikin masu tsaron tsakiya — Lucas Bergvall a lokuta da yawa — zuwa zurfin filin, don samar da layi na uku tare da masu tsaron tsakiya. Wannan ya haifar da matsala ga mafi kusancin mai tsaron tsakiya na abokan hamayyar: ya bi Bergvall ya bar sarari a tsakiya, ko ya riƙe matsayinsa ya ba shi lokaci akan ƙwal.

Spurs sun hukunta zaɓuɓɓuka biyu kafin kakar wasa. A kan Hoffenheim, Sandro Tonali ya gangara cikin ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan matsayin na gefen mai zurfi, ya yi amfani da ƙarfinsa don wuce abokin hamayyarsa akan tazara mai nisa, sannan ya taimaka wajen ƙirƙirar burin farko a kan tsaro da ya rikice.

Canja wurin da ya dace da dabaru

Samun 'yan wasa a lokacin bazara yana ƙarfafa wannan shiri da daidaito. Masu tsaron tsakiya da aka kawo sun ƙware wajen fasaha kuma suna iya zartar ƙwal na ci gaba ta cikin tsakiyar filin da ta cika. Masu tsaron tsakiya kamar Mateus Fernandes da Bergvall na iya karɓa da kuma mayar da ƙwal ƙarƙashin matsin lamba a ƙananan sarari.

Tonali, Conor Gallagher, da Destiny Udogie suna ƙara ikon ɗaukar ƙwal da ketarewa daga yankunan gefen yayin da hanyoyin tsakiya an toshe su. Dangantaka da Cody Gakpo da isowa Savinho suna ba Spurs damar saurin dribbling da ake buƙata don barazanar masu tsaro a yaƙin mutum ɗaya da mutum ɗaya. A gaba, Richarlison da Omar Marmoush suna kawo kasancewar jiki da ingancin kammala don juya abubuwan da waɗannan hare-hare suka haifar da su zuwa kwallaye.

Har yanzu ba a san ko abokan hamayyar za su sami amsa ta dindindin ga waɗannan tsare-tsare yayin da kakar wasa ke ci gaba ba. Amma abin da ya riga ya bayyana shi ne cewa wataƙila a karo na farko cikin shekaru da yawa, akwai haɗin kai na gaske tsakanin kocin Tottenham Hotspur, dabaru nasa, da 'yan wasa da aka ɗauka don aiwatar da su.