Matt Grimes ya yarda cewa yana jin kamar "dan kuturje kadan" lokacin da yake magana game da tafiyar ban mamaki ta Coventry City ta dawowa Premier League — tafiyar da ya shiga ne a tsakiyar ta kawai.

Kyaftin din Coventry City ya buga wasanni hudu ne kawai na Premier League a lokacin da yake ɗan ɗamararriyar Swansea City, bayan ya shigo daga Exeter City fiye da shekaru goma da suka wuce. Ya kwashe shekaru masu zuwa yana ƙoƙarin komawa ƙoƙon ƙwallo, amma yana jaddada cewa jira ta fi wahala ga magoya bayan kulob ɗin fiye da shi da kansa.

Kulob ɗin da ya sauka zuwa ƙasa

An sakar da Coventry daga Premier League a shekarar 2001, kuma abin da ya biyo baya ya kasance gwajin wahala da ya kai shekaru ashirin. Kulob ɗin ya kwashe mafi yawan shekaru 11 da suka biyo baya a ƙarshen tebur na Championship kafin ya sauka zuwa League Two a shekarar 2017.

A hanyar zuwa, magoya baya sun sha wahalar rabawa da wani filin wasa nesa da birninsu, rashin tabbas na mallakar kulob ɗin, da azabar asara a wasan karshe na play-off na Championship — tarbiyan wahala da ta gwada ma magoya bayan da suka fi aminci.

Grimes, wanda ya shiga Coventry a watan Janairun bara, ya shaida wa FourFourTwo: "Kulob ɗin ya sauka zuwa League Two, ya yi raba filin wasa, duk wannan. Saboda haka ina jin kamar dan kuturje kadan in yi magana game da shi, domin ban sha azaba irin ta magoya bayan ba."

Dare na Juma'a da ba za a manta da shi ba

An tabbatar da zuwa sama a watan Afrilu da zanen 1-1 a filin Blackburn Rovers, a gaban kimanin magoya baya 7,000 da suka yi tafiyar a dare na Juma'a.

"Bamu musu wannan dare da muka ɗaga kulob ɗin gaban magoya baya 7,000 na waje, waɗanda suka yi tafiya zuwa Blackburn a dare na Juma'a — ya yi daidai sosai, sosai," in ji Grimes.

Wannan lokaci ya kasance kammala shekaru da yawa na kusa da zuwa sama ba tare da nasara ba a ƙarƙashin manajojin Mark Robins da Frank Lampard, amma Grimes yana tsammanin yadda suka samu zuwa sama daga ƙarshe ya sa ya zama na musamman ƙwarai.

Girman kakar da ta lashe gasar

Coventry ba su samu zuwa sama kawai ba — sun lashe taken Championship da maki 11, babban tazara da Grimes ya ji ba a gane ta sosai tukuna.

"Lokacin da ƙungiyoyi suka sauka daga Premier League, al'ada ce cewa dukkan masu caca suna sanya su cikin manyan biyu ko manyan shida," in ji shi. "Don haka lashe gasar kamar yadda muka yi, maki 11 a gaban na biyu... Ba na tsammanin mutane za su gane girman ta har watakila bayan shekara biyu. Kakar ce da duk abin da muka taɓa ya zama zinariya."