Hull City sun tara maki bakwai daga wasannin farko uku na Premier League, inda suka kare kofa maras burin a kowane — tarihi wanda, bisa tarihin wasa, ya sanya su a matsayi mai ƙarfi na guje wa saukar zuwa ƙananan gasar.

Babban kocin Sergej Jakirovic yana da ɗan farin ciki lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da wannan fara wasa mai ban mamaki. Ya yi barkwanci a kan BBC Match of the Day cewa magoya bayan za su iya yin mafarki na neman wuri a Champions League, kafin ya yi sauri wajen rage tsammanin mutane. "A'a, tabbas yana da wuri," ya ƙara da haka.

Tigers suna da tazara maki biyu kawai daga kan gaba Manchester City, kuma mai tsaron baya John Egan ya shaida wa Sky Sports cewa karfin gwiwa daga nasarar ranar farko a kan Manchester United ya kasance maras wani kima. "Yana da matukar muhimmanci ga amincewarmu a Premier League," in ji Egan. "Farko yana da muhimmanci. Mun yi nasara ranar farko kuma ina tsammanin hakan ya ba kowa amincewa."

Tarihi yana gaya mana me

Ƙididdiga suna da ɗumbin farin ciki a MKM Stadium. Babu wani ƙungiya da aka ɗaga daga ƙananan gasar da aka saukar da ita bayan ta tara maki bakwai ko fiye daga wasannin farko uku na Premier League. Idan aka ɗauki ƙungiyoyi duka — ba kawai waɗanda aka ɗaga ba — uku kawai ne suka sauka duk da cimma wannan jimila: Wolverhampton Wanderers a 2011-12, West Brom a 2017-18, da Leeds United a 2022-23. Wannan ya wakilci kashi 4 cikin dari kawai na ƙungiyoyi 78 waɗanda suka kai wannan yawan maki.

Tarihin tsaro na Hull bai ƙasa ban sha'awa ba. Charlton a 1998-99 da Huddersfield Town a 2017-18 kawai ne suka kare kofa maras burin a kowane daga cikin wasannin farko uku bayan ɗagawa. Egan, wanda yake wasa a cikin tsaron maza uku tare da Semi Ajayi da Nobel Mendy, ya danganta wannan ƙarfi da rangaɗin play-offs. "Wataƙila ya fara ne a play-offs lokacin da muka canza wannan tsari," in ji shi.

Daga tsoro na League One zuwa kwanciyar Premier League

Hawan Hull bai ƙasa da al'ajabi ba. Watanni 16 da suka wuce kawai, sun tsira daga sauka zuwa League One ta bambancin ƙwallaye. Jakirovic ya zo kafin kakar da ta gabata a wani kulob da yake ƙarƙashin hani na kayan hannu kuma, yana iyakance ga canja wurin kyauta da aro, ya sa su zama masu fafatawa don ɗagawa.

Ya jagoranci Hull su wuce Millwall a play-offs — kulob ɗin da ya ƙare gasar a cikin manyan uku da maki 10 sama da su a Championship — kafin burin ƙarshe na Oli McBurnie a kan Middlesbrough ya tabbatar da dawowa ga babban gasar.

Kulob ɗin ya yi aiki tuƙuru a lokacin rani na kayan hannun da suka sami ɗaukaka ta musamman a Premier League tare da samuwar 'yan wasa 18 na kimanin £150 miliyan. Shida daga waɗannan sun zo ranar ƙarshe na canja wuri, ciki har da dan wasan tsakiya Tim Iroegbunam daga Everton da £22 miliyan.

Jakirovic, wanda ya sanya hannu kan tsawaita kwangilar shekaru biyu a ranar Juma'a, ya yarda da wahalar shigar da 'yan wasa da ba su sami horo na gabanin kakar wasa ba. "Ina sanin tsohuwar tawagata. Waɗannan su ne 'yan wasan Championship," in ji shi. "Mun kawo 'yan wasa don kawo inganci. Babban matsala a gare ni shi ne waɗanda ba su yi horon kafin kakar wasa ba. Amma za mu gwada."

Manufa: maki 38-40

Sakamako har zuwa yanzu sun kasance na ban mamaki — nasarori a kan Manchester United da ƙungiyar da aka ɗaga Coventry City, da kuma jinkirtaccen wasa 0-0 a kan zakaran Europa League Aston Villa a ranar Asabar.

Hull kuma sun yi fice a tsarin tsaro nasu ba tare da ball ba. Babu ƙungiya da ke da ƙarancin mallaka a kakar wasa ta yanzu fiye da Hull, waɗanda suka matsakaita kashi 29 cikin dari kawai a cikin wasannin farko uku. Tun daga 2003-04, West Ham kawai a 2023-24 — a kashi 27 cikin dari — sun nuna ƙarancin adadi a cikin wasanni uku na buɗe kakar wasa.

Duk da haka, Jakirovic bai yi gangami ba. Ya tsara manufa a fili don kakar wasa. "Manufarmu ita ce tattara maki. Ina tsammani kimanin 38-40, don haka mu samu su da wuri-wuri," in ji babban kocin bayan jinkirtaccen wasa da Aston Villa a ranar Asabar.

A halin yanzu, Hull City suna tabbatar da cewa hawan su da sauri daga kan iyakar sauka zuwa League One ba sa'a ce kawai ba.