Manchester City suna cikin ɗaya daga cikin mafi rikitarwa na lokacin rani a tarihinsu na kwanan nan. Sabon koci, ƙungiya da ke raguwa, kuma yanzu rauni yana barazana ga ɗan wasan tsakiya mafi muhimmanci — Rodri — sun bar kulob din a wata wuri mai wahala.

Yanayin Rodri

Bayan jagorantar Spain zuwa nasara a Kofin Duniya da karɓar kyautar Golden Ball a matsayin mafi kyawun ɗan wasa a gasar, Rodri zai yi tiyata a bayansa a wannan Litinin. Ɗan wasan mai shekaru 30 yana da shekara ɗaya kawai da ta rage a kwantiraginsa, yayin da rahotanni ke nuna cewa Real Madrid yana aiki da asasin cewa zai shiga garsu.

Sabon koci Enzo Maresca bai guji tambayar ba lokacin da aka jefa masa ta a taron jarida na farko. "Ina tsammanin duk wani koci yana son samun Rodri saboda ɗan wasa ne na mafi girma," in ji Maresca. "Amma yanzu, tiyata Litinin… yana buƙatar hutawa… yana buƙatar zama da warkarwa sannan zai dawo tare da mu."

Wannan matsayi yana bayyana ƙudurin kulob ɗin: Maresca yana son riƙe shi. Amma tsare-tsare na madadin ana shirya su ne tuni.

Ƙungiya a cikin sauyin yanayi

Masu buga wasa huɗu na farko daga kakar 2022-23 ta Treble — Manuel Akanji, Nathan Ake, Bernardo Silva, da John Stones — sun tafi wannan lokacin rani. A madadin su, kulob ɗin ya sanya hannu kan Elliot Anderson da fam miliyan 116 da kuma ɗan wasa mai shekaru 17 Jeremy Monga.

City kuma suna kallo kan ɗan wasan tsakiyar Lille Ayyoub Bouaddi, mai shekaru 18, wanda ya ɗaurari a wajen Kofin Duniya tare da Morocco. Bouaddi ya taka rawa a tsakiyar tsaro, bayar da daman, da kuma cibiyar tsaro — ikon buga matsayi daban-daban da ke cika daidai abin da Maresca ke buƙata.

Yadda tsarin Maresca ke aiki

Maresca mabiyi ne na wasan matsayi, kuma yana ɗaukar kamanceceniya mai ban mamaki tsakanin falsafar ƙwallon ƙafarsa da wasan shatranje. "Mafi muhimmanci shine wasan matsayi da dabara," in ji shi. "Ga koci, yana da muhimmanci a sami tunanin ɗan wasan shatranje: shirya shiri, nazari kan matakan adawa, zaɓar tsarin gutsuroran."

Ƙungiyoyinsa yawanci suna tsarewa cikin tsarin 4-4-2 kafin canzawa zuwa 3-2-2-3 mai sauƙin motsi yayin riƙe ƙwallon. A lokacin kakar Treble ta City — Maresca yake taimaka wa Pep Guardiola — shi ne Stones ya fita daga tsaro ya kafa ɓangare biyu da Rodri. A Chelsea, Maresca ya taka Moises Caicedo a matsayin ɗan wasan baya na dama, wanda zai tashi zuwa matsayin tsakiyar tsaro da zarar sun sami ƙwallon.

Darajar Rodri a wannan tsarin yana cikin ikon sa na tafiya tsakanin matsayi da aka riga aka ƙididdige — sauka zuwa tsaron idan ya cancanta, zama a tsakiya, ko tura gaba lokacin da sarari ya buɗe. A duk lokacin Kofin Duniya, ya nuna wannan sauƙin daidaitawa tare da tsohon aboki ɗan wasan City, Aymeric Laporte.

Inda Anderson da Bouaddi suke shiga

Anderson, mai shekaru 23, ya buga duk matsayin tsakiya da kuma harin a cikin aikinsa kuma ya sauka cikin tsaro na biyar tare da England. Tare da Rodri, zai iya zama ƙasa da zai ba Baƙon Spain farin cikin hari — kuma matsayin za su iya musanyawa. City suna fatan wannan alaƙar za ta yi kama da ta Rodri da Bernardo Silva.

Bouaddi yana ba da wayo iri ɗaya na matsayi. Kwanciyarsa kan ƙwallon da ƙarfin tsaronsa suna nuna abin da Stones ya yi wa City — abin koyi da kulob ɗin ke bayyana yana nema da matasa masu iya buga matsayi da yawa.

Idan Rodri ya tafi

City ba shakka zai kasance mafi rauni ba tare da Rodri ba. Fahimtarsa ta matsayi, nutsuwarsa a ƙarƙashin matsi, da hangen nesa na haɗari sune halaye da suke ɗaukar shekaru don gina — Rodri da kansa ya buƙaci yawancin lokaci don daidaitawa a ƙarƙashin kulawar Fernandinho.

Amma Maresca yana da tarihin bude hanyar 'yan wasa zuwa matsayi masu ban mamaki: Stones zuwa tsakiyar tsaro, Caicedo zuwa bayar, Marc Cucurella zuwa tsakiyar harin. Idan Rodri ya tafi, wannan hazaka za a gwada a mafi girman matakin.

Maresca kuma yana nufin yin aiki da ƙungiya mafi faɗi fiye da wadda Guardiola ya gwammace — ƙarin gutsurora a kan allon. Ko Rodri ya zauna ko tafi, wannan falsafar na iya kawo bambanci ga City a kakar mai zuwa.