Clement Turpin, alkalin Faransa da aka naɗa don kula da buɗen wasan England a Kofin Duniya da Croatia a ranar Laraba, tsoho Thomas Tuchel, babban kocin England, ya taɓa kiransa da "Grade E".

Rikicin da ke tsakanin Tuchel da Turpin ya faro a watan Afrilun 2023, lokacin da Turpin ya kori Tuchel zuwa mazauna masu kallo a lokacin wasan neman shiga zagaye na ƙarshe na biyu na UEFA Champions League tsakanin Bayern Munich da Manchester City a Jamus. Turpin ya nuna Tuchel katin rawaya biyu — wanda ya yi daidai da jan kati — ya cire shi gaba ɗaya daga yankin fasaha.

Dare mai cike da rikici a Jamus

Wasan neman shiga zagaye na biyu ya kasance dare mai cike da matsaloli ga Turpin. Ya fitar da katuna rawaya guda biyar a rabin farko kaɗai, kafin ya nuna dan wasa mai kare Bayern Munich Dayot Upamecano jan kati kai tsaye saboda ya dakatar da ƙarshen dan wasa mai kai farmaki, Erling Haaland. Duk da haka, bitar Mataimakin Alkali ta Bidiyo (VAR) ta nuna cewa Haaland yana cikin halin wuce layi, sai aka soke shawarar.

Bayern Munich sun fita gasar da ƙididdiga ta 4-1 gaba ɗaya, kuma Tuchel bai ɓoye fushinsa ba. "Abubuwa biyu ba su kai matakin ba — fili ba ya cikin yanayi mai kyau, sannan alkalin wasanni, abin takaici, ya kasance Grade E," in ji shi.

"Zan ba shi daya cikin goma. Ya kasance mafi muni sosai. Ba a yiwuwa a wannan matakin. Yana busawa da ƙarar sarewa don komai da komai. Komai ya kasance a kanmu. A ƙarshe, ba mu taɓa samun damar mayar da abubuwa a matsayinmu da maza uku a kanmu. Wannan gaskiya ne."

Haduwar Bellingham da Turpin

Dan wasan tsakiya na England Jude Bellingham shi ma ya ga tsananin hanyar Turpin da idanunsa. A wani wasan Champions League da ya shafi Real Madrid, Turpin ya turawa Bellingham jiki ya kawar da shi daga wurin fanareti bayan Bellingham ya yi ƙoƙari ya ɓata wa Harry Kane na Bayern Munich hankali a lokacin da yake shirin harba fanareti.

Mafi kyau a Turai — duk da rikici

Duk da waɗannan abubuwan da suka faru, ana ɗaukar Turpin a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan alkalai a nahiyar. Ya jagoranci ƙarshen wasan UEFA Europa League na 2021 da ƙarshen wasan UEFA Champions League na 2022 — naɗuɗan da suka fi daraja a ƙwallon ƙafa na kulob.

Turpin kuma ya kasance a Euro 2024, inda ya kula da wasan 0-0 da England suka yi da Slovenia — wanda ke nufin cewa wasan Laraba da Croatia ba zai zama karo na farko ba ga Tuchel don ganin wasan England da Turpin ke kula, sai dai karo na farko a matsayin koci.