Fabian Hurzeler ya zo Brighton da manufa bayyananne: ƙalubalantar manyan ƙungiyoyi da suka kafa mulki a Premier League. Bayan shekaru biyu da matsayi na takwas a jere, Hurzeler mai shekara 33 yana ganin ƙungiyarsa tana tsakiyar tafiya mai girma fiye da haka — tafiyar da yanzu ta haɗa da ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai a karo na biyu kawai a tarihin kulob din.

"A kakar da ta gabata mun yi hakan, wataƙila ba a cikin dukan kakar ba, amma tabbas mun sami nasarori da yawa," Hurzeler ya shaida wa Sky Sports. Nasarorin sun haɗa da nasarori akan Manchester City, Chelsea, da Liverpool, tare da lokuta masu jan hankali — sukar fili game da salon Arsenal da Mikel Arteta, rikici da Pep Guardiola, da jerin hukuncin fitarwa daga layi waɗanda suka nuna kaifin sa a gefensa.

Juya ci gaba zuwa gasar kofuna

Brighton za su shiga Conference League watan mai zuwa, suna ba Hurzeler mafi kyawun dama sa'ad da ya kai yanzu na cin kofuna. Yanayin yana da ma'ana: abokin hamayya Crystal Palace sun ɗaga wannan kofunan a watan Mayu. Amma shugaban Brighton ya bayyana kalubalen ta fuskar ci gaba ba ta fuskar hamayya ba.

"Muna da manyan tsammanin kanmu. Muna son yin kakar wasa da magoya baya za su tuna da ita koyaushe," ya ce. "Dole ne mu nuna yanzu cewa muna iya cin nasara da cimma manufofi ba tare da rasa salon mu da kuzarinmu ba."

Tawaga mai sabuntawa da ƙaramin shekaru

Yan wasan 11 sun haɗu da kulob din a lokacin bazara, suna mai da Brighton ta zama ta huɗu mafi ƙarancin shekaru a Premier League. Fitattun sunaye — Carlos Baleba, Jan Paul van Hecke, Danny Welbeck, da James Milner — sun tafi, yayin da bek na ciki Luka Vuskovic ya isa daga Tottenham da £50 miliyan, yana samun kyakkyawan yabo tun farko.

Hurzeler, kansa mai shekara 33, yana ganin shekarunsa suna taimakonsa wajen hulɗa da ɗakin tauyewa na matasa. "Ina magana da harshunsu kuma ina fahimtar tunaninsu, saboda ba da daɗewa ba tun bayan da na bari wasa," ya ce. "Na fahimci ji nsu, shakkunsu, tsoronsu — abin da kowane ɗan wasa yake da shi."

Ɗaukar alhakin kuma daidaito

Brighton sun ci ɗaya, sun yi tashinmatayi ɗaya, kuma sun sha kashi ɗaya a cikin wasanninsu uku na farko na Premier League a wannan kakar. Lambobin ƙasa suna ƙarfafawa — sun ƙirƙira manyan damar cin ƙwallo fiye da kowa (15) kuma sun samu xG mafi girma (7.4) fiye da kowace ƙungiya, yayin da Arsenal (24) da Manchester City (26) kawai suka fuskanci harbe-harbe kaɗan (33).

Wannan mai da hankali kan tsarin yana nuna yadda Hurzeler ya shawo kan jerin matsalolin da suka faru a tsakiyar kakar da ta gabata, sa'ad da Brighton suka ci ɗaya kawai daga cikin wasanni 13 na gasar. Ya ki tura laifi ga wasu. "Idan mun sha kashi, alhakina ne," ya ce. "Ina nazarin shawarana, ina nazarin mako na horo, don haka ina ƙoƙarin inganta bayan kowane wasa."

Brighton a ƙarshe sun dawo kan hanya ta hanyar mai da hankali kan abin da zasu iya sarrafa shi maimakon bin sakamakon — darasi da Hurzeler ya bayyana a matsayin mahimmanci ga kowace kulob da ke niyya ta hau kololuwar ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila. "A Premier League kuna buƙatar ainihin daidaito," ya ce. "Kuna buƙatar kasancewa da gaske a cikin ƙananan wasannin."

Mai sadaukarwa ga ci gaba da tafiya

Hurzeler ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwangilar shekaru uku a watan Mayu, yanke shawara da aminci ya motsa shi kamar yadda mahimmanci ya motsa shi. "Da na fara nan, na ji kamar an haɗa ni cikin iyali," ya bayyana. "Ba ka bar iyalinka ba — kana so ka cimma wani abu tare da su, kana so ka ɗauki matakin gaba."

Ya tabbatar cewa Brighton har yanzu bai kai kololuwarsa ba. "Har yanzu ina ji tafiyar ba ta ƙare ba, har yanzu ina ji muna tsakiyar tafiya kuma zamu iya cimma manyan abubuwa," ya ce. "Ina wannan imani kuma yanzu dole mu nuna shi."