A bayan kowace shawarar da ake jaddada a Premier League akwai alkalin wasa wanda ya yi horo fiye da yadda mafi yawan magoya baya ke tsammani. Manyan alkaluma na Ingila sun taru a Loughborough a wannan mako a matsayin wani ɓangare na jadawalinsu na yau da kullum — suna taruwa kowane 'yan makonni don yin horo da aiki tare, tun da suke warwatse a ko'ina cikin ƙasar mafi yawan lokaci.

Yanayin yana magana da kansa. Zaɓuɓɓukan abincin rana sun haɗa da kaji, naman sa na teriyaki, ko tofu da kayan lambu, tare da sanduna na sunadaran, burodi na shinkafa, 'ya'yan itace, granola, da yogurt na Girkanci. Wannan ba sha'awa ba ce — sana'a ce da ke buƙatar himma ta wasanni cikakkiya tun da waɗannan alkaluma suka zama masu sana'a a shekarar 2001.

Himma ta cikakke

Sam Allison, wanda ya taka leda wa Swindon, Chippenham Town, da Frome Town kafin ya shiga alkalanci — kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kashe gobara a lokacin aikinsa — ya yarda cewa ya yi ƙarancin kimanta abin da aikin ke buƙata. Ya ce: "Ban taɓa tunanin cewa alkaluma suna yin abubuwa da yawa kamar yadda muke yi yanzu ba." Ya ƙara da: "Muna horarwa cikakke, wani lokaci sau biyu, uku a rana, don tabbatar da cewa muna shirye ranar Asabar da rana."

Allison shine alkalin wasa na huɗu a wasan Manchester City da Crystal Palace a ranar Juma'a. Abokinsa Sam Barrott, wanda ya jagoranci nasarar Arsenal a Community Shield akan Manchester City a farkon wannan wata kuma ya yi alkalan wasan 0-0 tsakanin Ki Klaksvik da Riga a Europa Conference League a ranar 20 ga Agusta, an ba shi wasan Asabar na farkon dare tsakanin Liverpool da Nottingham Forest.

Barrott ya yi bayani kan ƙalubalen jiki da ƙa'idar ƙwararrun 'yan wasa biyar ke haifarwa. Ya ce: "Idan 'yan wasa masu sauri uku suka shigo bayan minti 70, ka san za su canza yadda suke wasa. Yawanci wannan na nufin ƙaruwa a ƙoƙarinmu — kuma lokacin da hakan ya faru, ba lokacin da muke cewa 'ba mu iya magance wannan ba'."

Su 'yan wasa ne

Francis Bunce, manajan aikin jiki a Pro Ref — wanda aka sake masa suna kwanan nan bayan da aka san shi da Professional Game Match Officials Limited — yana tare da ƙungiyar tsawon shekaru 10. Ya tafi da ƙungiyar zuwa Spain a watan da ya gabata don sansanin horarwa kafin kakar wasanni, inda suka fuskanci gwajin Kuzarin Gudun Iska: gudu cikin ƙarfi cikakke tsawon mintoci shida.

Bunce ya gaya wa BBC Sport: "Suna kama da 'yan wasa a filin wasa — su 'yan wasa ne. Sun fi 'yan wasa shekaru a ƙarƙashin yanayi kuma ba za ka iya gukawar hakan ba, amma lalle ya kamata a ɗauke su a matsayin 'yan wasa."

Alkaluma da za su halarci Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya — Michael Oliver da Anthony Taylor, tare da mataimaka Gary Beswick, Adam Nunn, Stuart Burt, da James Mainwaring — sun yi horarwa ta musamman ta zafi a wannan lokacin rani, suna horarwa a ɗakuna masu zafi kusan digiri 40.

Lambobin sun tabbatar da hujja. A kakar da ta gabata, alkaluma sun gudu jimlar mita miliyan 3.6, tare da jimlar nisan gudun sauri na mita 12,136. A wasan da Newcastle United ya daidaita da Liverpool 2-2, Stuart Attwell ya yi rikodin na huɗu mafi tsayin nisa da kowa ya yi a filin wasa, ya kuma kasance na biyar a gudun sauri — ya wuce dukkan 'yan wasa sai huɗu daga cikinsu.

Amincewa a lokacin yanke hukunci

Shirye-shiryen jiki yana tasiri kai tsaye ga ɗaukar shawara. Barrott ya tuna da wasan tsakanin Brighton & Hove Albion da Fulham a watan Maris na 2025, lokacin da ya yanke hukuncin fanariti a ƙarshen wasan bayan Harrison Reed ya karo Joao Pedro. Pedro ya jefa fanariti a cikin ƙarin lokaci don ba Brighton & Hove Albion nasara 2-1.

Barrott ya ce: "Ina tsaye a gefen akwatin, kowa ya juya kai kuma ka nuna yatsanka zuwa wurin fanariti. Ba komai a cikin ni wanda ya yi tunanin 'ka yi kuskure'. Sinadari ne kawai — gajiyawa ba ta taɓa shiga zuciyara ba saboda muna inda ya kamata mu kasance."

Ana sa ido kan alkaluma daga nesa ta hanyar fasahar bugun zuciya da GPS, kuma kowanne yana bin shirin horarwa da aka tsara musamman gare shi. Hakanan suna taruwa cikin ƙungiyoyin mutum biyar kusan sau ɗaya ko biyu a mako a cibiyoyin gida don zaman ƙarfi da gyara jiki — tsarin da aka tsara don tabbatar da cewa lokacin da sanda ta yi sautin ƙararrawa, kowane alkalin wasa yana daidai inda wasan ke buƙata shi.