Manchester United ƙungiya ce da ke ƙalubalantar ma'anar kwallon ƙafa ta al'ada. A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Michael Carrick, suna tara matsakaicin kama 1.5 na maki a wasa idan suna riƙe da kashi 50 cikin dari ko fiye na kwallo — amma wannan adadi yana ƙaruwa zuwa 2.6 idan su ne ɓangaren da ke neman kwallo. Abin mamaki mafi girma shine cewa a dukkan wasannin goma da suka gabata inda mallakar kwallo ta sauko zuwa kashi 45 cikin dari ko ƙasa da haka, United sun ɗauki duk maki uku.

Saɓanin da yake cikin zuciyar United

Wannan tashin hankali a zuciyar wannan saɓanin ba sabon abu bane. Yana miƙewa zuwa baya a tarihin kulob ɗin da kuma tsammanin da ke da alaƙa da shi. Carrick da kansa ya yarda da hakan lokacin da ya bayyana falsafar wasan ƙafarsa: "Muna son nasara; muna son sha'awa — shi ya sa muke ƙaunar wannan kulob. Ina da cikakken sani cewa muna bukatar yin haka ta wata hanya."

Wannan tunani ya yi amsa ga kalmomi na Sir Alex Ferguson, wanda a shekara ta 2017 ya ce: "Kuna da wajibcin nishaɗantarwa. Dole mu tuna koyaushe cewa akwai jama'a da za a nishaɗantar da su." Nishaɗi yana da alama ba za a iya yasarda shi ba a Old Trafford — kuma Carrick ya jingina da ƙarfi zuwa ga wannan al'ada, yana dawo da ƙungiyar zuwa wasan kai tsaye da canjin wuri mai sauri bayan tsarin da ya fi shirye-shirye na Ruben Amorim.

An gina shi don sarari, ba don haƙuri ba

Bayanin ƙungiyar ya bayyana yawancin saɓanin. Ɗan wasa mai tsaron ƙofar Senne Lammens yana rarraba kwallo nesa da daidaito, yayin da Harry Maguire da Lisandro Martinez suke tura wasan gaba daga tsaron baya. A farmaki, Marcus Rashford yana ɓuya cikin hanyoyin tsakiya da gudu, kuma Bryan Mbeumo yana bayar da irin wannan barazana. Bruno Fernandes, ginshiƙin ƙungiyar, yana tsallake-tsallake da kyau a matakin canjin wuri — ya karya rikodin taimako na Premier League a kakar da ta gabata ta hanyar nemo mahalartan da ke gudu a gabansa a wasan buɗe.

Carrick ya ba waɗannan 'yan wasa 'yanci mai girma, musamman Fernandes. "Bai wa Bruno dandali don ya tafi ya yi aiki ya taimake shi," Carrick ya ce a watan Afrilu. "Ina son ganin Bruno a mukamai na farmaki da ɗan 'yanci." Sakamakon shine ƙungiya da ke cin wuta a sarari amma tana fama da karya tsaron da aka shirya da tsari.

Matsalar toshewar ƙasa

Lokacin da abokan hamayya suka zauna ƙasa kuma suka gayyaci United su zo wurinsu, ana buƙatar wata saitin ƙwarewar — musamman ikon ɗaukar kwallo daya-da-daya a gefen fili. Ƙungiyoyi irin su Manchester City, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, da Paris St-Germain suna dogara da Jeremy Doku, Bukayo Saka, Michael Olise, da Khvicha Kvaratskhelia bi da bi don buɗe waɗannan yanayi.

'Yan wasa na gefen United — Luke Shaw, Patrick Dorgu, Diogo Dalot, da Mbeumo — ba su kasance 'yan wasa masu rarrafe na wannan matakin ba ne da farko. Tare da wasan da ake sa baya cikin filin, Fernandes da Matheus Cunha suna aiki a matsayin nau'in biyu na farmaki masu motsi tare da izinin saukowa ƙasa ko shimfiɗawa. Dukkansu sun fi dacewa lokacin da suke fuskantar ƙofar abokin gaba fiye da lokacin da suke baya da ƙofar abokin gaba a wuraren ƙanƙanta, wanda ke nufin United sau da yawa suna samun kansu ba tare da jiki a cikin yankin hukunci lokacin da ƙwallayen da ake aike suka iso ba.

Bayan derby na Manchester — faduwa 1-0 wanda United suka gama da 'yan wasa goma — manajan Manchester City Enzo Maresca ya bayar da lura mai kaifi: "Suna son sauyin wuri da sarari a bayan tsaro, amma wasan ya zama mafi wahala. Mun sauka kawai, ba tare da samar da sarari a bayan ba kuma ba da canjin wuri ba, wanda shi ya sa wasan ya kuma zama mafi wahala a gare su." Wannan kimantawa ya wuce nesa fiye da wanan guda ɗaya wasan.

Taimakon kwallaye masu tsayuwa — da iyakokinsa

United sun sami hanyar fita daga wannan matsalar tsari a kakar da ta gabata ta hanyar tsaurin rashin ƙwararru na kwallaye masu tsayuwa. Tun lokacin da Carrick ya karɓi mukaminsa, kashi 56 cikin dari na burin farko na United sun fito ne daga kusoshi, bugun 'yanci, ko bugun fanariti, tare da kashi 28 cikin dari an jingina shi ga kafan Casemiro. Lokacin da United suka ci farko, abokan hamayya dole ne su buɗe — wanda a nasa bangaren yana ƙirƙira sararin da United yake buƙata don wasa da kyau.

A wannan kakar, duk da haka, wannan ƙwarewar kwallaye masu tsayuwa ta ragu. Rasa barazanar Casemiro daga yanayin da kwallo ta tsaya ya sa wahalar United a gaban tsaron da ke zaune ƙasa ya zama tambayar taktika mai gaggawa — wanda Carrick dole ne ya sami amsar da za a iya maimaita ta idan United suna son zama ƙungiya mai iya yin nasara ba tare da la'akari da yawan kwallön da suke riƙe da ita ba.