Nasarar England 4-2 a kan Croatia a wasansu na farko na Kofin Duniya ya kasance sanarwa ta gaggawa game da niyyarsu — kuma alama bayyananniya ta yadda Thomas Tuchel ya sake fasalin wannan tawagar tun ya karbi ragamar mulki daga Gareth Southgate.

Tsarin wasa na farko, manyan 'yan wasa na biye

Mafi bayyanannen canji karkashin Tuchel shi ne shirye-shiryen sa na barin manyan sunayen tsare a wajen tawagar gaba daya. A Euro 2024, Southgate ya dogara kan Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, da Trent Alexander-Arnold a matsayin manyan ginshiƙai. Tuchel ya bar su dukkansu uku a wajen jerin sunaye na Kofin Duniya.

Bayani yana cikin falsafansu mabambanta. Tuchel yana tsara tsarinsa na farko, sannan ya nemi 'yan wasan da suka dace da rawar da yake bukata — ba tare da la'akari da shahara ba. Southgate, sabanin haka, yana tattara mafi kyawun mutane masu samuwa sannan ya yi ƙoƙarin gina tsarin kewaye da su, wanda wani lokaci yana nufin saka 'yan wasa a rawar da ba ta dace da su gaba ɗaya ba.

Shi ya sa Morgan Rogers ya sami fifiko a kan Foden da Palmer — ya fi dacewa da abin da Tuchel ke bukata daga matsayin lamba 10. Ba tare da ɗan wasan ɗan bayan baya na Alexander-Arnold, barazanar nesa ta Foden, ko ƙirƙira ta Palmer ba, England na iya ɗauke da ƙarancin tasirin mutum ɗaya. Amma Tuchel yana caca cewa haɗin gwiwa na taron gaba daya zai rama sama da isa.

Hanzartar da wasan a sashin tsakiya

Mataimakin koci Anthony Barry ya bayyana wannan tunani na dabaru a farkon wannan shekarar, ya gaya wa The Guardian cewa tawagar na maida hankali kan hanzartar da wasan a cikin wadannan mita 24 masu muhimmanci a yankin tsakiya na filin wasa — yankin da, a ganinsa, ya zama mai cunkoso a wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa na zamani.

A kan Croatia, an ga wannan falsafar a sarari daga busar farko. Dan tsaro Jordan Pickford ya taɓa ƙwallon sau 72 yayin da England ke wasa baya da gangan don jawo Croatia zuwa gaba kafin a saki masu gudu bayan tsaro da sauri. Tawagogin Southgate, kwatankwacin haka, suna gina hare-hare a hankali — suna riƙe da ƙwallon kuma suna ƙoƙarin gaba tare kafin su yi ƙoƙarin fashe rukunin tsaro na ƙasa.

Tuchel kuma yana dasa takamaiman sigogin da za su karya matsin wasan abokan hamayya. A kan Croatia, Declan Rice ya gangaro zuwa gefen hagu, Harry Kane ya sauka zuwa sararin da Rice ya bari, kuma Jude Bellingham ya tura gaba zuwa layin ƙarshe. Waɗannan motsi sun karya matsin wasan Croatia kuma sun ƙirƙiri kusurwoyi don kai ƙwallo kai tsaye zuwa Bellingham, Anthony Gordon, da Noni Madueke.

Ƙarin sha'awa ga hadari

Babbar ƙarfin Southgate ita ce sarrafa bambancin — riƙe wasannin kusa da juna tare da amincewa da ingancin England don bayyana a yanayin da ake kulawa da shi. Farashin shi ne ra'ayin kare gaba a maimakon faɗaɗa ta, musamman a wasan karshe na Euro 2020.

Tuchel yana karɓar fallasa mafi yawa. Maye gurbin England a kan Croatia sun riƙe sigar harin guda ɗaya maimakon ƙara murfin tsaro, kuma tawagar ta yi kama da mafi rauni a baya fiye da tawagogin Southgate. Amma jayayya ta akasin haka tana da karfi: manufar Bellingham a kan Croatia ta samo asali ne daga hada kai na hare-haren da aka horar da shi — ba wani fitinar mutum ɗaya ba — wanda ke nuna cewa tsarin na iya samar da lokutan yanke shawara ba tare da dogaro kan wani fitaccen dan wasa guda don ƙirƙira mafita ba.

Tambaya ta tsakiya ta ci gaba da kasancewa: shin hanyar Tuchel mai ɗauke da haɗari mafi girma za ta kawo rai a duk tsawon yakin gasar Kofin Duniya?