Harbin ƙwallon kyauta mai ban mamaki na Anton Stach a ƙarshen wasan a City Ground ranar Asabar ya juya abin da ya zama digo guda zuwa maki uku cikakke don Leeds United, yana kunna bukukuwa a cikin masu goyon bayan da suka yi balaguro yayin da misilar Premier League ta fara.

Bambancin da ziyarar farko ta Leeds zuwa Nottingham bai iya zama bayyanannen fiye da haka ba. A watan Nuwamba 2025, Lukas Nmecha ya buge ƙwallo ya sanya baƙi gaba kafin manyan gida su rama da ƙwallaye uku — suna ba Sean Dyche nasarar farko a matsayinsa na koci na Nottingham Forest yayin da suke kara matsin lamba a kan Daniel Farke a lokacin da barazanar sauka ta kasance ta gaske.

Juyi mai ban mamaki

An yi niyya wannan maraice ta kunna farfadowar Nottingham Forest. Amma watanni tara bayan haka, Leeds ne suke ɗauke da duk wani yanayi. Ƙungiyar Farke ta ci nasara a biyar daga cikin wasannin liga takwas na ƙarshe, ta tara maki 17 — Arsenal kaɗai ne ya fi da maki 18 tun farkon watan Afrilu.

"Na yi tsammanin wasa mai wahala nesa da filin Forest," Farke ya shaida wa BBC Match of the Day. "Ina farin ciki sosai da komawa ba tare da an yi mini ƙwallo ba kuma tare da yabo ga 'yan wasa."

Leeds ta gama misilar da ta gabata a matsayi na 14 — maki takwas sama da yankin sauka — amma komawarta zuwa babban ƙungiyar bai kasance ba tare da matsaloli ba. Sun samu nasara uku kawai a cikin wasanni 13 na farko, suna kalawa takwas, kafin Farke ya canza tsarin daga 4-3-3 zuwa 3-5-2 bayan hasarar 3-2 da Manchester City a Etihad Stadium a ranar 29 Nuwamba. Wannan canzawa ta tabbatar da tasirinta: Leeds ta sha kaye sau biyar kawai sai dai a sauran kakar wasannin.

"Akwai lokutan a farkon rabin kakar ta bara da muka yarda da ƙungiyoyi su sarrafa mu kaɗan," kyaftin Ethan Ampadu ya shaida wa BBC Final Score. "Mun so mu zama mafi ƙarfi da kuma sanya alama a kan wasan. Muna son ƙwallon, muna son kai hari da kasance masu ƙirƙira."

Sabon da ya zo rani yana bayar da amsoshi nan take

Bayan ya jagoranci Leeds zuwa amintuwa, Farke ya gargadi a bainar jama'a cewa zai bar idan klabin ya kasa goyan bayan da burinsa a kasuwar ƙwallo. Jami'an klabin sun amsa ta hanyar zuba kusan fam miliyan 80 a cikin 'yan wasan sabon da suka zo rani.

Ukun daga cikinsu sun fara wasan na farko na kakar, kuma kowannensu ya nuna alamu masu ƙarfafawa. Gatakain ƙwallo James Trafford, wanda ya yi tsada fam miliyan 45 daga Manchester City — rikodin don gatakain ƙwallo Bafaranshe — ya yi tsayawa masu mahimmanci don kiyaye ƙofar takinsa a cikin gasar farko. Mai tsaro na Bosnia-Herzegovina Tarik Muharemovic ya kasance abin dogaro a baya kuma ya nuna barazanarsa ta sama ta hanyar gwada gatakain ƙwallo Nottingham Forest Matz Sels da kai-bakure mai ƙarfi.

Harry Wilson, wanda ya iso kyauta bayan ya zura ƙwallaye 10 da taimakon ƙwallo 7 ga Fulham a kakar da ta gabata, kusan ya sanya ƙwallon gasar farkonsa amma an hana shi ta hanyar tutar wuce gona da iri.

"Tun daga minti na farko da suka shiga ginin, sun nuna ƙwarewarsu," Ampadu ya ce. "Sun nuna dalilin da aka kawo su don taimaka mana mu kai matakin nan gaba."

Farke ya kasance mai himma daidai: "Trafford ɗan wasa ne mai kyau amma bai taka wasanni da yawa na Premier League ba, Tarik ma haka. Dukkan biyun sun haskaka kuma sun nuna dalilin da muka amince mu sa hannu a kansu — amma duk ƙungiyar ta kasance mai kyau a yau. Wilson ma yana da kyau. Yanayi da jin daɗi suna da kyau a can."

Nufin bunƙasa, ba kawai rayuwa ba

Farke, yanzu koci na uku mafi dadewa a Premier League bayan Mikel Arteta na Arsenal da Unai Emery na Aston Villa, ya gina ƙungiyar da ta yi imani da cewa za ta iya yin fiye da tsayawa kawai a babban ƙungiyar.

"Mun san mafarkinmu da manufofinmu," Ampadu ya ce. "Muna son zama klabin Premier League a kakar mai zuwa. Muna son cimma wannan manufar sannan mu tafi wuri mafi kyau. Da zarar an cimma wannan, mu yi tunani game da sauran komai."

Leeds ta samu nasara a waje ƙasa sau biyu a duk tsawon kakar 2025-26, wanda ya sa sakamakon Asabar a City Ground ya zama da muhimmanci sosai. Da Anton Stach ya ci gaba da isar da lokuta masu yanke hukunci da taguwar sabbin ɗan wasa masu yunwa da ke haɗuwa cikin sauri, Leeds na da kowane dalili na gaskata cewa wannan kakar na iya zama mafi kyau ƙarƙashin jagorancin Farke.