Dean Holden, mataimakin babban koci na Hull City, ya bayyana cewa manajan Sergej Jakirovic a asirce ya tsara shirin dabarun da zai yi amfani da shi wajen doke Manchester United makonni da dama kafin farkon kakar Premier League — kuma ya boye shi har ma da 'yan wasan nasa a lokacin atisayen kafin kakar.

Tigers sun samar da daya daga cikin mafi daukar hankali cikin sabon mako na farko, inda suka doke Manchester United da 2-0 a filin wasa na MKM Stadium ranar Asabar. Kwallaye daga masu tsaron baya Semi Ajayi da Nobel Mendy a rabi na farko sun kammala sakamako na tarihi — nasarar farko da Hull suka samu akan United a babbar gasar tun 1974.

Layin baya na biyar da aka boye a asirce

Jakirovic, wanda ya duba wasannin atisayen Manchester United, ya gano raunin da ke cikin tsarin tsaronsu lokacin da abokan hamayya suka juya wasa cikin sauri zuwa wing-backs. Ya ba da kulawa ta musamman ga shan kashi ta 4-2 da United suka sha a hannun AC Milan, da tsohon kocin Ruben Amorim ya shirya, wanda ya ci gaba da amfani da wannan raunin.

Holden ya bayyana tunani na Match of the Day: "Serg yana da wannan a zuciyarsa tsawon makonni uku ko hudu cewa yana tunanin buga da layin baya na biyar. Bai so ya bayyana komai a lokacin atisayen, don haka mun buga da layin baya na hudu."

Maimakon canza tsarinsu a bainar jama'a, Jakirovic ya jira. Holden ya kara da cewa dakunan hoton daga wasan AC Milan — tare da amfanin Leeds United da layin baya na uku mako kafin haka — sun taimaka wa ma'aikatan horaswa wajen shirya 'yan wasa ga tsarin ba tare da tayar da zargi ba.

Mun ji dadi ba tare da ƙwallon ba

Hull sun samu kashi 28 cikin ɗari na mallakan ƙwallo a duk minti 90, amma Holden ya jaddada cewa wannan ba dalili ne na damun ba. "Muna jin dadi ba tare da ƙwallon ba," ya ce. "Muna jin dadi a cikin tsakiyar katangar — wannan ɗaya ne daga cikin manyan ƙarfinmu. Harin ta baya kuma."

Ya ambaci Sunderland a matsayin abin koyi na ƙungiyoyin da suka hau da za su iya fafatawa ba tare da mamaye ƙwallon ba, kuma ya jaddada cewa ƙungiyar Hull an gina ta akan aikin gama-gari maimakon ƙwarewar mutum ɗaya. "Babu manyan taurari na gaske a can ciki," Holden ya ce. "Manajan shi kaɗai, mai tawali'u sosai. Ƙafafu za su kasance a ƙasa lafiya."

Tafiya mai ban mamaki zuwa babbar gasar

Dawowar Hull zuwa Premier League bayan shekaru tara na rashi ya kai ga kambin juyin da ya dame zukatan mutane. Watanni 15 da suka wuce, Tigers sun kusa sauka zuwa League One, suna tsira ta bambancin ƙwallayen kawai a kakar 2024-25. Sannan suka zama ƙungiyar farko da ta zo matsayi na shida ta lashe play-offs na Championship a cikin shekaru 16, ta doke Middlesbrough a wasan karshe.

'Yan wasa uku da suka fara a wasan damuwa na 1-1 da Portsmouth a ranar karshe na kakar da ta gabata — wasan da ya tabbatar da matsayinsu na Championship — suma suna cikin tawagar da ta doke Manchester United.

Ko da yake an yi hasashen da yawa suna abokan fafatawar sauka, Holden yana rike da tsammanin da ya dace. "Muna niyya zama a gasar," ya ce. "Wannan shi ne mafi wahalar abu da za a yi sannan kana gina a kanta. Amma lashe a gida a wasan farko ya wuce mafarkin kowa da gaske."