Vitor Matos ba sunan da ake magana a kai sosai a yanzu haka — amma ya kamata a yi. Wannan kocin dan Portugal mai shekara 38 yana yin daya daga cikin manyan ayyukan horarwa a kwallon kafa na Ingila a wannan kakar, kuma tabbas ba zai daɗe ba kafin kulake na Premier League su fara neman sa.
An nada Matos a matsayin babban koci na kulob din Championship Swansea City a watan Nuwamba da ya wuce, yana shigowa ga kungiya da take matsayi na 20 cikin tebur kuma tana cikin haɗarin faɗuwa. Zuwa ƙarshen kakar shekarar da ta gabata, ya shigar da su cikin rabin sama na tebur. A wannan kakar, Swansea na cikin kulake masu farko a gaba, yayin da masu goyon baya ke mafarkin dawowar zuwa babban wasansu.
Aka tsara shi ta hannun Klopp da Porto
An haife shi kusa da Porto, ana cewa Matos ya sami wahayi don shiga horarwa daga nasarorin José Mourinho na lashe UEFA Cup da Champions League tare da Porto a shekara ta 2003 da 2004 bi da bi. Ya shiga makarantar Porto a shekarar 2011 ya kuma ci gaba ɗan ɗan, ciki har da shekaru biyu a Shandong Luneng na Chinese Super League.
A Porto ne Matos ya haɗu da Pep Lijnders, wanda daga baya ya zama mataimakin Jurgen Klopp a Liverpool. A shekarar 2019 lokacin da Liverpool suka nemi sabon koci na ci gaban elite, Matos ne suka kira. Klopp kansa ya yaba masa sosai a lokacin, yana bayaninsa a matsayin «koci na musamman, matashi kuma mai kwarewa a lokaci guda — haɗuwa mai wuya a samu.»
Matos ya yi shekaru biyar a Anfield a matsayin gadoji tsakanin academy da tawagar farko, yana taimaka wa 'yan wasa irin su Curtis Jones, Jarell Quansah, Neco Williams, da Harvey Elliott su bunƙasa. A lokacin bazara na 2024, ya zama mataimaki ga Lijnders a RB Salzburg na Ostiriya, kafin ya bar a watan Disambar da ya biyo baya bayan kora Lijnders. Daga nan ya ɗauki ragamar Maritimo a lig na biyu na Portugal a watan Yuni 2025 — amma Swansea sun janye shi bayan wasanni 12 kawai.
Hanyoyi da ke kawo 'ya'ya
Tsarin wasan Matos — tsarin 4-3-3 ko 4-2-3-1 mai mayar da hankali kan matsin lamba mai tsayi — yana ɗauke da alamun shekarunsa tare da Klopp. 'Yan wasa da suka kasance suna taƙi sun yi bunƙasa a ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, kamar ɗan wasan gaba na Brazil Ronald, wanda ya shafe shekaru biyu da rabi ba tare da yin tasiri ba kafin ya ba da taimako na goli na uku a nasara ta 3-1 kan Burnley a ranar 12 ga watan Satumba.
Swansea kuma sun amfana daga haɗin gwiwar nazari na bayanai a wannan bazara, inda suka yi aiki tare da Jamestown Analytics, kamfanin da Tony Bloom, mai kulob Brighton & Hove Albion, ya kafa tare da wasu. Kulob din ya kashe fiye da £20 miliyan don kawo 'yan wasa daga Ostiriya, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, da Sweden — amma ci gaba ne ya zama makullin farkon kakar da kyau.
Bayan ya rasa wasanninsa biyu na farko, Matos ya ci nasara biyar daga cikin bakwai masu zuwa don fitar da Swansea daga yankin faɗuwa. A cikin wasanni 37 na lig, matsakaicinsa ya kai maki 1.65 a kowace wasa — daidai da maki 76 a kakar wasa ta wasanni 46, wato isasshen maki don shiga play-off. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Koci na Watan Championship a watan Agusta.
Swansea bai kai play-off ba a kakar shekarar da ta gabata, kuma kakar yanzu tana ƙuruciyarta — wannan na iya bayyana dalilin da ya sa aikinsu ya wuce ba tare da babban hargitsi ba. Amma tare da matsayi na takwas yanzu ya isa don play-off, akwai dalilin fata. Kuma ko da Swansea suka kasa hauhawa, tafiyar Matos zuwa Premier League ba za ta tsaya a nan ba.
