Tottenham Hotspur sun shiga tarihi saboda dalilai da ba su so, inda suka zama ƙungiyar farko a tarihinsu da ta fara kakar wasa a babban ƙwallon ƙafa ba tare da zira kwallo ba a wasanni huɗu na jere na gasar ƙwallon ƙafa.
Ƙungiya ɗaya kaɗai a Premier League, Coventry City da ta dawo daga ƙaramin rukuni, ta raba wannan tarihin mai ban haushi bayan wasanni huɗu na farko na kakar 2026/27. Coventry, tana fuskantar ƙalubalen rayuwa a babban ruku'i, tana da dalilanta na farawa a hankali. Ga Spurs, ƙungiyar da ta kashe kuɗi mai yawa wajen ingantawa bayan kakokin baya masu halin yanke ƙauna, shiru daga 'yan wasan gaba ya fi damuwa.
Tsami da ya koma shekaru 50 baya
Karon ƙarshe da Tottenham Hotspur ta kusa da irin wannan farawa marar kwallo shi ne a kakar 1974/75, lokacin da ba ta zira ba har zuwa wasan ta na huɗu na gasar — kwallo da Manchester City bayan wasanni uku ba tare da zira ba a kan irin wannan abokin hamayya, Ipswich Town, da Carlisle United. Wannan kakar, shekaru hamsin da suka gabata, ita ce misalin tarihi mafi kusa da abin da ƙungiyar Roberto De Zerbi ke sha yanzu.
Tsakanin 1974 da 1992, Spurs sun zira a wasan farko na kowace kakar — jerin fiye da kima na wasanni farko 18 a jere. Sai kakar Premier League ta farko, 1992/93, ta karya wannan al'ada, lokacin da suka wuce wasanni biyu na farko ba tare da zira ba. Har zuwa wannan kakar, hakan shi ne karon ƙarshe da Spurs suka jira har zuwa wasan uku don bude asusunsu na sabuwar kakar.
Kakar 2026/27 ita ce karo na 13 a zamanin Premier League da Spurs ba su zira ba a wasansu na farko, amma ita ce karon farko a tarihin kulob ɗin da ba su zira ba a wasanni huɗu na buɗe kakar.
De Zerbi yana neman amsoshi
Duk da tsamin, Spurs ba su koma hannu wofi gaba ɗaya ba. Wasanni biyu na 0-0 sun kawo maki biyu, kuma daga cikin ƙungiyoyi biyar na Premier League da ba su lashe ba tukuna, Bournemouth kaɗai ne ya tara zane-zane fiye da ƙungiyar De Zerbi.
Wasa a gida da Aston Villa ranar Asabar ya zama dama na kawo ƙarshen tsamin kwallo da samun nasara ta farko a kakar. De Zerbi zai ƙarfafa da yiwuwar samun ɗaukar 'yan wasan harbi da ya fi kaifin bukata a shirye yayin da ƙungiyar ta daidaita — har yanzu, Jan Paul van Hecke da Sandro Tonali kaɗai ne daga 'yan wasan fili da suka fara wasanni huɗu.
Tare da ranar ƙarshen kasuwancin ƙwallon ƙafa ta faɗo makonni a cikin kakar, ƙungiyoyin da suka yi manyan canje-canje a lokacin rani ba su da cikakken ƙarfi a watan farko. Wannan mahallin yana bayar da wata hujja, amma ko farawa ta tarihi mara kyau dangane da zira kwallo ta cancanci haƙuri tambaya ce da magoya baya su amsa a ƙarshe.
