Southampton na ƙoƙarin barin rikicin Spygate a baya bayan manajan Tonda Eckert ya tsira daga haramtawa nan da nan. Hukumar kula da ƙa'idoji ta FA mai zaman kanta ta saka masa tarar £28,000 da haramtawa na makonni shida da aka dakatar da shi. Maigidan klabin Dragan Solak ya riga ya bayyana goyon bayansa ga Eckert, kuma hukuncin ya tabbatar da matsayin ɗan Jamus a klabin.
Lokacin hukuncin ya zo daidai. An bayar da shawarar a tsakanin shirye-shiryen Southampton na derby na Hampshire na Lahadi a kan abokan hamayyarsu Portsmouth — ɗaya daga cikin manyan wasannin da ke cike da sha'awa, ko da yake ba a ba shi babban daraja ba, a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila — wanda ya ba wa sansanin Saints damar mai da hankali da kwanciyar hankali.
Azaz da Bree sun yanke derby mai zafi
Finn Azaz ya bude zango kuma James Bree ya tabbatar da nasara da 2-0, inda Bree ya zama ɗan wasan Southampton na farko da ya ci ƙwallo a wasan derby na gida a gasar zaure tun 2012. Wannan sakamakon ya fito ne a wannan rana da Billy Sharp, wanda ya ci ƙwallo biyu a wancan wasan na 2012, ya sanar da ritaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa.
Aikin Southampton ya kara wahala ne a lokacin da ɗan wasan tsakiya mai shekara 21 Cam Bragg — wanda ya fito daga Hampshire — aka kore shi bayan karɓar katin rawaya na biyu saboda jan riga cikin sauri a rabin wasan na farko, kuma ya bar filin wasa cikin baƙin ciki. Kammala wasa da 'yan wasa goma a kan abokan hamayyar gida masu ƙarfi ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba, amma Southampton ta dage.
Downes shine ƙarfin gwiwar ƙungiyar
Yabona ta ware wa Flynn Downes ne sosai saboda wannan ƙarfi. Ɗan wasan tsakiya mai shekara 27 ya yi nasara a duk tsawon rabin wasan na biyu: yana dawo da ƙwallon, yana kare mallaka, yana matsa tare da ɗan wasan gaba Cyle Larin, kuma yana jefa jikinka cikin ƙalubalance a cikin yankin ƙwallon hukunci na kansa lokacin da ya zama dole.
Azaz ya ba da wasa na wucewa mai hankali da aikin da ya dace a gefen dama. Bree ya kammaltar da tafiya mai kyau a bayan tsaron Portsmouth don tabbatar da maki — ya kammala wasa da jingina a kansa a matsayin alama. Jack Stephens, Keven Schlotterbeck, da Ryan Manning sun kasance masu ƙarfi a baya. Amma Downes ya kasance zuciyar wasannin.
Gaske damar fansa
Solak da Eckert dukkansu sun amince, ta wata hanya ko wata, cewa Southampton ya wuce iyaka a yayin abin da ya faru da Spygate. Klabin ya biya tarar fita daga gasar play-off a kakar wasa da ta gabata. Yanzu, bayan an bayar da hukunci, allo ya share ko da yake da wani ɓangare.
Stephens, Downes, Azaz, da Manning su ne kawai 'yan wasa da suka fara wannan wasa da kuma wasan da ya ƙare 0-0 a kakar wasa da ta gabata a wannan filin — kuma ana iya cewa su ne mafi kyawun 'yan wasan Southampton har'iri a ranar Lahadi. Suna kafa tsakiyar ƙungiyar da yanzu tana bin masu goyon bayanta godiya.
Nasaran derby ta kai Southampton zuwa nasarori guda biyar daga wasanni tara na Championship a wannan kakar. Aikin Eckert a fili: samun tashin ƙungiya, a mafi kyau a 2025/26. Manufa ce mai wahala, amma klabin kanta ta kawo wa kanta ta hanyar ɓata damar gaske a kakar wasa da ta gabata. Yanzu sun saki inuwar Spygate, makomar su tana hannunsu da kansu.
