Spain na minti 90 ne kacal daga taurarta ta biyu a Kofin Duniya, kuma a cewar tsohon mai tsaro Cesar Azpilicueta, tsarin nasara ya sauƙi ne: kada a canza kome.

Yana rubuta wa BBC Sport, Azpilicueta — wanda ya koma Madrid bayan ya rufe gasar — ya ce dukkan ƙasar tana da yakinin cewa Spain za ta iya kayar da Argentina a ranar Lahadi kuma ta dawo da ɗaukaka ta 2010. Wannan amincewar, in ji shi, tana dogara ne akan hujjoji.

Ƙungiya da aka gina akan asali

Jerin wasanni 37 ba tare da sha kashi ba na Spain, nasararta a Euro 2024, da kuma cin wasa mai ƙarfi da France a zagayen ƙarshe na huɗu, duk sun ƙarfafa wani jin daɗi na asali da ba ya girgizuwa a cikin ƙungiyar Luis de la Fuente. A cikin buɗe gasar lokacin da aka zana 0-0 da Cape Verde, 'yan wasa ba su girgiza ba. Lokacin da suke buƙatar ƙwallo na ƙarshe a kan Portugal da Belgium, sun kiyaye kwanciyarsu.

"Suna da asali da suke gaskatawa, wanda ke nufin suna ci gaba da yin abubuwa iri ɗaya koyaushe," Azpilicueta ya rubuta. Ko bayan sun yi gaba da wuri a kan France — ɗaya daga cikin manyan abokan hamayya — Spain ta ƙi komawa baya ko canza tsarinsu, inda suka karɓi ƙwal ɗaya kawai a wasanni bakwai da suka yi har yanzu.

Siffar tana kasancewa cikakkiya ba tare da la'akari da wane 'yan wasa suke fito ba, tare da fifikon kasancewa koyaushe riƙe da ƙwallon da kula da wasannin. Hakan, Azpilicueta ya yi ƙarfi, ba zai canza ba ko da Argentina ta zura ƙwal da farko a wasan karshe.

Barazanar Messi da Alvarez

Argentina na zuwa a matsayin zakaran duniya mai riƙe da take, kuma Azpilicueta ba shi da mafarki game da ƙalubalen da ke gaba. Lionel Messi yana cikin kyakkyawan yanayi a duk tsawon gasa, yana nuna iyawarsa ta canza matsayinsa — kamar yadda ya yi a kan England — don samun sarari da bugun layin tsaro.

Amma Julian Alvarez ne musamman ya jawo hankalin Azpilicueta. Dukansu sun raba ɗakin ciyar da sutura a Atletico Madrid daga 2023 zuwa 2025, kuma tsohon mai tsaro ya bayyana Alvarez a matsayin "ɗan wasa mai cikakken ƙwarewa" — wanda ba za a iya rufe shi a wuri guda ba.

Alvarez yana tafiya gefen filin, yana koma baya, yana matsa ba tare da hutawa ba, kuma yana isa cikin akwatin da daidaito na gaske. Yana bugawa da ƙafafu biyu kuma yana iya zura ƙwal daga nesa kamar yadda yake yin sa daga kusa. "Kamar Messi, shi dan wasa ne wanda ke canza wasa," Azpilicueta ya yi gargaɗi. "Spain za ta buƙaci ta kiyaye shi sosai."

Tsarin tsaro daga gaba zuwa baya

Ƙarfin Spain ba ya iyakancewa ga wasan kai hari kawai. Azpilicueta yana bayyana tsarin tsaro da ke gudana a duk faɗin ƙungiyar. Rodri da Fabian Ruiz suna kare layin baya guda huɗu da hankali, amma har ma Lamine Yamal ya ba da gudummawar tsaro — musamman a wasan ƙarshe da huɗu da France, inda Spain ta hana abokin hamayya duk wata dama a bayyane.

Yamal yana da ƙwal ɗaya ne kawai a wannan gasar — wanda ya zura a cikin nasarar 4-0 a zagayen rukuni da Saudi Arabia — amma tasirin sa na faɗi, daga jan hankalin masu tsaro zuwa ƙirƙira sarari ga abokan wasansa, yana da ƙima daidai.

Masu tsaro na gefen filin Pedro Porro da Marc Cucurella sun yi ban mamaki iri ɗaya, suna ba da gudummawar ƙwallaye da taimako na raba ƙwallo yayin da suke kiyaye ƙarfin tsaro a kan ƙwararrun 'yan wasa na gefen abokan hamayya.

Lafiyar jiki na ƙarawa a lokaci mai dacewa

Azpilicueta ya yarda cewa wasu 'yan wasan Spain ba su da cikakkiyar lafiya a farkon gasar, yana nuna cewa Luis de la Fuente ya kasance yana kula da ƙungiyar tare da zurfin gani zuwa ƙarshe. Yanzu, yayin da za su shiga wasan karshe, amincewar da lafiyar jiki dukkansu sun kai matakin su mafi girma a lokaci mafi dacewa.

"'Yan wasa suna da dama don farin cikin dukkan ƙasar," ya rubuta. "Ba zai zama sauƙi ba da Argentina — amma za su shiga wasan karshe suna cikin mafi kyawun yanayin da suka taɓa kasancewa a wannan Kofin Duniya, kuma a lokaci mafi dacewa."