Pierre Sage ya bayyana wani abu guda ɗaya lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da ƙwarewarsa ta farko a Premier League: sakamako ya fi komai muhimmanci. Shan kashi da Crystal Palace ya sha wa Everton a buɗewar kakar wasan ya bar wannan kocin Faransa da takaici mai zurfi, kuma bai ɓoye hakan ba.

"Ba a can a wurin jan hankali na nishaɗi ba," in ji Sage wa Sky Sports kafin wasan Jumma'a a gida da Manchester City. "Ina nan ne don lashe wasanni, wannan shi ne aikin, kuma ban yi farin ciki ba game da asarar wannan wasan."

Sage ya nuna rabin lokaci na biyu da Everton a matsayin tushen takaicin sa. Crystal Palace sun yi wasa sosai a rabin lokaci na farko, sai suka ƙi ƙafa sosai bayan hutun rabin lokaci — abu da shugaban su ya ƙi yarda da shi a matsayin al'ada.

"Na fahimci daga wannan wasan cewa muna iya yin abubuwa, kuma yana da wuya idan ka san za ka iya yin sa amma ba ka yi shi ba a duk tsawon wasan," in ji shi. "Shi ya sa muna buƙatar kasancewa da daidaito fiye da haka. Dole mu yi aiki sosai, mu fahimci juna mafi kyau. Dole mu kasance da sauƙin gudu a cikin wasan mu, kuma abin da za a yi shi ne aiki."

Daga Lens zuwa London

Sage ya zo Crystal Palace bayan kakar wasan mai ban mamaki tare da Lens a Faransa. Ya jagoranci su zuwa matsayi na biyu a Ligue 1 — a bayan Paris Saint-Germain kawai, a gaban Marseille da Lyon — yayin da kuma ya kawo musu kofin Coupe de France na farko a tarihin kulob ɗin. Wannan nasarar ta sanya masa kwantiragin shekaru uku a kudancin London.

Naɗin aikin ya haifar da kwatankwacin gaggawa tare da abokin aikin da ya gabata Oliver Glasner, wanda hanyar sa ta ƙwarai zuwa Premier League ta jan hankalin masu goyon bayan Crystal Palace. Sage ya yarda da kamanceceniya amma ya yi hanzari wajen zana kansa.

"Ya ci nasara kuma ni ban ci nasara nan ba tukuna, amma abu mafi muhimmanci a gare ni ba shi ne kasancewa a layin sa ba. Shi ne kasancewa daidai da kocin da ya gabata, amma a hanyata," in ji shi. "Lokacin da na bar Faransa, mutane sun ce ina barin wasan UEFA Champions League don in taka leda a UEFA Europa League kawai — na gaya musu zan taka leda a UEFA Champions League kowace karshen mako."

Aiki da aka gina kan koyo

Hanyar Sage zuwa Premier League ta kasance ta musamman. Ya cika mukamai daban-daban tun daga daraktan fasaha zuwa kocin matasa, amma lokacin sa a matsayin mataimaki shi ne da ya fi ba shi horo na zama babban koci.

"Lokacin da nake mataimaki, na fahimci tsarin horar da 'yan wasa, amma kuma na fahimci yadda ake sarrafa 'yan wasan," ya bayyana. "Don fahimtar Premier League, abin da ya fi muhimmanci da na yi shi ne kallon wasanni da yawa."

Ya kuma yi magana game da mahimmancin gina alaƙa da kowane sashe na kulob ɗin ƙwallon ƙafa — falsafar da ta wuce dabara ko horo.

"Ina son kasancewa a hulɗa da dukkan sassan saboda ina ganin kowa yana da muhimmanci a cikin kulob," in ji Sage. "Idan mun samu nasara, tare muke, kuma idan mun sha kashi, haka yake."

Selhurst Park na jira

Wasan Jumma'a da Manchester City zai zama wasansa na farko a gida a matsayin babban koci na Crystal Palace a Selhurst Park, kuma wannan damar ta jan hankalin sa a fili. Ya ji da yawa game da yanayin musamman na filin — kuma yana son ganin hakan da kansa.

"Kowa ya gaya mani yana da ban mamaki, yana da bambanci sosai da sauran kulob, kuma ina farin cikin ganowa," in ji shi. "Amma abu mafi muhimmanci shi ne wasan da sakamakon, kuma idan za mu iya faranta wa magoya baya rai a ƙarshen wasan, zai zama gamsuwa mai kyau."

Dangane da ƙalubalantar Manchester City, Sage bai yaudari kansa ba. "Zai zama wasa mai wahala saboda akwai ƙwararru da yawa a cikin tawagar su," ya yarda. "Shi ya sa yana da muhimmanci kasancewa a mafi kyawun matakinta a wannan wasan."