Lokacin da Middlesbrough ya tattara ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi jan hankali a tarihin Premier League a tsakiyar shekarun 1990, haɗuwar gwaninta da rikici ya kasance abin da ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila ba ta taɓa gani ba. Tsohon mai tsaron ƙofar Boro, Mark Schwarzer, ya faɗi bakin zuciyarsa game da waɗancan shekarun matsala da ban sha'awa — kuma musamman game da ɗan wasan tsakiya na Brazil wanda ya shafa kowa a kewayensa yayin da yake ɓacewa a kai a kai.

Duniyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa guda biyu daban-daban

Schwarzer, wanda ya kasance mai tsaron ƙofar Middlesbrough a lokacin, ya shaida wa FourFourTwo cewa zuwan taurari na ƙasashen waje kamar Fabrizio Ravanelli, Juninho, Emerson, da Branco ya wakilci girgizar al'adu ta gaske ga ƙungiyar. A shekara ta 1996, yawancin kulubban Premier League an gina su ne a kusa da 'yan wasan Birtaniya da Irish, kuma 'yan wasan Scandinavia su ne mafi yawan nau'in baki da yawancin kulubban za su yi alfahari da su.

"Ya ɗauki matakin buƙata da tsammanin 'yan wasa, matakin ƙwararru wanda ya zarce al'ada a Ingila a lokacin," Schwarzer ya ce game da Ravanelli. "Hakan ya haifar da matsaloli tare da wasu 'yan ƙungiyar. Akwai kuma matsalar harshe."

Schwarzer ya yi kwatancen abubuwan da ke faruwa a wani wuri a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila. "Ka kalli abin da Arsene Wenger ya kawo zuwa Arsenal game da abinci mai gina jiki, lafiya, da ƙwararru — hakan har yanzu yana farkon farkonsa a Ingila," ya ce. Karo na al'adun ƙwallon ƙafa guda biyu, ya lura, ya bar 'yan wasan Birtaniya har yanzu suna neman ma'auni.

Emerson: haziki, marar hasashe, ƙaunatattu na duka

Daga cikin dukkan mutane masu halayen fure a ɗakin sutura na Middlesbrough, Emerson ya tsaya shi kaɗai — ba don gwanintarsa kaɗai ba amma kuma don al'adarsa na ɓacewa ba tare da gargaɗi ba. Rashin halartarsa ya zama ciwon kai mai dawowa ga kulob yayin da suka fafata da faduwa, kuma rahotannin lokacin sun nuna cewa rashin jin daɗin matarsa a Teesside ya kasance abin da ke ba da gudummawa. Bayan kulob din ya fadi, an sayar da Emerson zuwa Atletico Madrid bayan wani ɓacewa kuma, kuma ɗan wasan tsakiya daga baya ya yarda cewa ya yi takaici ga mutane.

Duk da haka, tunawar Schwarzer game da tsohon abokin wasansa ta ɗauki ɗumɗumi fiye da takaici. "Ban tsammanin wani ya yi mamaki ba. Emo ya kasance ɗan wasa mai ban mamaki, amma mahaukaci. Ba za ka iya sarrafa shi ba," mai tsaron ƙofar Ostiraliya ya tuna. "Ko da yake ya ɓace, kowa har yanzu yana ƙaunarsa. Ɗaya ce daga cikin waɗannan lokutan da ya kamata ka yi fushi, amma ba za ka iya ba saboda shi mutumin kirki ne sosai."

Nadamar Schwarzer, ya bayyana a sarari, ba ta kasance game da halayen Emerson ba amma game da abin da zai iya kasancewa. "Kawai kana so da ya kasance a wurin ƙungiyar sau da yawa," ya ce — magana da ta taƙaita da kyau gadon mai ɗaci-mai daɗi na ɗaya daga cikin mahajjatan da suka fi hazaka da kuma marar kama a tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila.