Andoni Iraola ya zo Liverpool yana tsabar hanyar wasa: danna mai ƙarfi, gudu da ƙoƙari, da kuma iko ta hanyar tsananin wasa. Bayan wasanni huɗu a Premier League, sakamako ya yi kyau sosai — jerin wasanni ba tare da an kayar da su ba — amma rashin nasara mai takaici 0-0 a gida da Fulham makon da ya wuce ya nuna giɓi da ke tare da gudanar da ɗaya daga cikin jadawalin wasannin mafi yawan aiki a Turai.

Gajiya da danna da ke karewa

Liverpool sun kashe Atletico Madrid a tsakiyar mako, a wasan Champions League mai gajiyarwa a Anfield inda suka tilasta dawo da nasara. Kwanaki uku bayan haka, sun kasa kawo irin wannan makamashi da Fulham wanda ya rasa wasanninsa uku na farko.

Iraola ya kasance a fili a bitar sa bayan wasa. «Rashin ƙarfin jiki, tabbas. Ba za mu iya ɓoyewa ba,» ya ce, yana yarda cewa lokacin da ke tsakanin wasannin biyu ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙarancin da aka yarda da shi ƙarƙashin ƙa'idodin Premier League.

Ya yarda cewa matsalar ce ta tsari, ba ta lokaci ɗaya ba. «Wannan zai faru sau da yawa, wataƙila da ƙarin yini, wataƙila. Amma wani lokaci zai faru haka a lokacin kakar wasa.»

Jadawali mai wahala a gaba

Jadawalin da ke tafe ya ba kalmomin nan nauyi na gaske. Bayan hutu na ƙungiyoyin ƙasa, Liverpool za su karɓi Manchester City kafin tafiya Ostiriya don fafatar LASK Linz a Champions League — sannan, cikin awanni 72, za su buga wasa a waje da Brentford. Wata ɗaya bayan haka, babban wasa a gida da Arsenal zai biyo baya da tafiya a tsakiyar mako zuwa Fenerbahce sannan a Premier League da Crystal Palace a waje. A watan Nuwamba, ziyara zuwa Club Brugge za ta kasance a tsakanin wasanni da Manchester United da Everton.

Iraola ya yi magana a fili game da tsarin koyo da ke gudana. «Dole ne in koyi wanda ya shirya buga wasa kowace kwana biyu ko uku da wanda ke buƙatar hutu don matakansa kada ya sauka,» ya ce. «Ga wasu, sabon abu ne domin ba su buga wasanni da yawa ba kuma muna koyo.»

Lambobin danna sun ba da labari mai ruɗi

Lambar tura da aka yarda da ita a kowane aikin tsaro — ma'auni da ake amfani da shi sosai don auna tsananin danna — a halin yanzu tana 8.6, ƙasa da kowane lokaci cikakke da aka rubuta ƙarƙashin Jurgen Klopp. Ƙungiyar kuma ta yi mafi yawan gudu a Premier League a wannan kakar kuma ta haura wurare 12 a jimlar nisan da aka rufe.

Duk da haka, a kan Fulham, danna ya ƙarye sau da sau a rabin farko. Iraola ya gano matsalar a fili. «Musamman a rabin farko, muna isowa a makara a danna.» Sakamakon haka ya kasance ƙungiya da aka raba — masu tsaro na janye yayin da masu kai hari ke danna — wanda ya bar giɓi don Fulham su yi amfani da su. Gatekeeper Bernd Leno ya sami turawa masu sauƙi waɗanda suka kawar da masu kai hari da yawa na Liverpool daga wasan.

Juya da murmurewa

Iraola ya fara juyawa Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, da ƙananan 'yan wasa don sarrafa nauyin. Amma an nemi Dominik Szoboszlai da Florian Wirtz su buga wasa kuma da Fulham, ba ɗaya daga cikinsu ya sake matakansa na Champions League ba. Wirtz, wanda ya kasance na biyu a ƙungiyar a nisan da aka rufe da sauri mai ƙarfi, ya kasance mai ruɗi musamman wajen kula da ƙwallon — ɗan wasa wanda ƙoƙarinsa bai zama shakku ba, amma iyawarsa na riƙe shi a cikin makonni masu cunkoson wasanni har yanzu ana gwada shi.

«Kuna iya sanya irin ɗan wasan a kowane wasa,» Iraola ya yarda a ranar Litinin. «Matsalar ita ce akwai lokacin da suke gajiya ƙwarai kuma akwai haɗarin rauni mafi girma.»

Da ɗan wasan Hugo Ekitike ba ya nan, iyakar kuskure ta yi ƙanƙanta. Aikin Iraola yanzu ba kawai aiwatar da tsarin danna ba ne — yana yin sa mai ɗorewa a duk lokacin kakar wasa mai tsauri.