Jose Mourinho ya sake da wata muhimmiyar takaddama a cikin kwallon kafar Ingila ta hanyar zabar Trent Alexander-Arnold a tsakiyar filin wasa a lokacin da Real Madrid ta 2-1 ta ci Inter Milan a UEFA Champions League ranar Talata — amma manajan Fotigal ya yi sauri ya ce ba za a canja masa matsayi na dindindin ba.

"Ya buga a tsakiya tare da England da Liverpool... amma ba dan tsakiya ba ne," in ji Mourinho bayan wasan. "Ya buga sosai. Ya fassara abin da ake bukata daga gare shi da kyau, a bangaren dabara. Dukkansu, shi da kuma Valverde, sun yi aiki sosai a wannan matakin."

Matsayi da halin da ake ciki ya tilasta

Kasancewa Alexander-Arnold a tsakiya ya kasance sakamakon yanayin da ake ciki. Hukuncin hana wasan da aka yanke wa Eduardo Camavinga, Arda Guler, da Bernardo Silva ya bar Mourinho ba shi da zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa, kuma ɗan wasa mai shekaru 27 ya tsaya kusa da Federico Valverde a wata dare da ba ta yi kyau ba.

Ya kirkiro dama biyu kuma ya yi ƙoƙarin ƙetare fiye da duk wani ɗan wasa na Real Madrid, amma bai ci nasara a wani duel ba kuma daidaitonsa na wucewar kwallo ya fadi zuwa kashi 83.3 cikin ɗari. An cire shi jim kaɗan bayan Inter ta rage gibi a minti 77, cikin iskar busa da ake yi a fagen wasa — ko da yake ba a san ko fusuwar ta nufi Alexander-Arnold kai tsaye ko kuma wasannin Real Madrid gaba ɗaya da bai cika ba.

Mourinho ya yaba da sauƙin daidaitawarsa

Duk da wasanin da bai cika kamala ba, BBC Sport ta fahimci cewa Mourinho ya yi farin ciki da halayyen Alexander-Arnold, ƙimominsa, da sassaucin da yake kawo wa ƙungiyar. Manajan yana ganinsa a matsayin daban da 'yan wasan bakin fage na gargajiya, musamman saboda iyawarsa ta shiga yankunan tsakiya da ba da gudummawar hare-hare daga matsayi mai zurfi.

"Ya rasa wasu kwallaye saboda ba ɗaya bane buga a wannan matsayi idan aka kwatanta da buga a bakin fage na dama," Mourinho ya yarda. "Ƙarfin aikin jiki yana da wahala sosai. Yana da wani injin daban. Ya ba da kashi 100. Ya bar filin wasa ba shi da kome ya ƙara bayarwa."

Alexander-Arnold kuma yana fama da gasa don matsayin bakin fage na dama kanta. Kamar yadda ya yi yaƙi da Dani Carvajal don wannan matsayi a kakar da ta gabata, yanzu yana yin haka da Denzel Dumfries, wanda ya fara wasan Talata kusa da shi — shi ne gasar farko ta hukuma da suka fara tare a matsayin ′yan wasan farko.

Tambaya ta tsoffa mai tarihi mai tsawo

Takaddamar game da inda Alexander-Arnold ya fi dacewa ba sabuwa ba ce. Ƙungiyar Jurgen Klopp a Liverpool an gina ta a ɓangare kan iyawarsa ta motsawa zuwa tsakiyar filin wasa daga bakin fage na dama, kuma Gareth Southgate ya ba shi rigar lamba 10 na England a wasan cancantar Malta a watan Yuni 2023 — wasan da England ta ci 4-0 wanda Alexander-Arnold ya zura kwallo daga matsayi na tsakiya.

"Yana jin dabi'a ne, zan ce haka. Wuri ne da nake ganin kaina ina buga," in ji shi a lokacin.

Southgate ya ci gaba da gwajin har zuwa Euro 2024, amma ya watsar da shirin bayan ƙarancin aiki a daidaicin 1-1 da Denmark, inda aka cire Alexander-Arnold kafin minti sittin. Mourinho, a yanzu, yana ganin yana raba irin wannan ƙarshen: matsayin yana aiki a lokuta, amma Alexander-Arnold yana ci gaba da kasancewa, a zuciyarsa, bakin fage na dama mai baiwar kirkire-kirkire ta musamman.