Rauni na ciwo a ƙafar Tino Livramento a horo, wanda ya ƙare shigarsa tare da Ingila a gasar cin kofin duniya kafin wasan farko na ƙungiya da Croatia a Dallas, ya fallasa rauni na gaske a tsakiyar shirye-shiryen tsaro na manajan Thomas Tuchel.
An kira Trevoh Chalobah na Chelsea a matsayin mamakin Livramento — shawarar da ta sake yin tasiri a muhawara game da yadda Tuchel yake bi da Trent Alexander-Arnold, kuma ta maido da bincike akan layin tsaro wanda da yawa ke ganin shi ne yanki mafi rashin zaman lafiya a cikin ƙungiyar Ingila yayin shiga gasar.
Layin baya wanda aka gina akan haɗarori masu ƙarfi
Ba ya kamata rauni na Livramento ya yi mamaki sosai. Winger na Newcastle United — wanda ke da ikon wasa a gefen biyu — ya rasa yawancin ƙarshen kakar wasa da ta gabata sakamakon rauni a cinya, kuma ya riga ya rasa wasanni saboda matsalolin jijiyoyin ƙafa.
Yanzu Ingila tana da masu tsaro uku na zahiri kawai: kyaftin na Chelsea Reece James, Djed Spence na Tottenham Hotspur — shi ma na iya wasa a gefen biyu — da Nico O'Reilly na Manchester City wanda kuma na iya wasa a tsakiyar filin. Dan Burn na Newcastle, tare da Jarell Quansah da Ezri Konsa, na iya yi a gefen tsaro, amma sanya su a matsayi da ba a sani da su gaban 'yan ci na matakin kasa a gasar cin kofin duniya yana tayar da manyan damuwa.
John Stones, mai shekaru 32, na shiga babbar gasar ta shida a matsayin mai tsaro mai fasaha da ƙwarewa mafi girma a Ingila, kuma Tuchel na girmama shi sosai. Duk da haka, Stones ya fara wasanni biyar kawai na Premier League kakar wasa da ta gabata saboda rauni na akai-akai, kuma ya bar Manchester City a ƙarshen kakar. James, a nasa ɓangaren, ya fara wasanni 20 kawai na ƙungiya kakar wasa da ta gabata saboda matsalolin jijiyoyin ƙafa. Dukansu masu tsaro ne na ingancin gaske, amma Tuchel zai buƙaci sarrafa minutocin wasan su da hankali a cikin zafin rana mai ƙarfi na Amurka.
Kiran Chalobah — mai shekaru 26 a ƙwarewarsa ta biyu ta ƙasa da ƙasa bayan bayyana a cikin asarar 3-1 da Senegal a City Ground bara — ƙarfin amincewa ne mai jarumta ga ɗan wasan da yake da ƙarancin ƙwarewa ta ƙasa da ƙasa. Har ila yau yana nuna fifikon Tuchel na sarari ga masu tsaro masu tsawo da ƙarfin jiki — yanayin da ke nuna cewa Konsa na Aston Villa zai fara gaban Croatia a gaban Marc Guehi na Manchester City, kuma yana bayyana dalilin da ya sa aka haɗa Burn ɗan tsayin ƙafa 6 da inci 7 mai shekaru 34 — ƙarfin jikinsa a kan kwallon da ke cikin iska a kan saukar kwallon da aka shirya na iya zama mai muhimmanci ko da ba zai zama mai farawa na yau da kullum ba.
Ƙin yarda da Alexander-Arnold daga Ingila yana ƙaruwa
Zaɓin Tuchel na kawo mai tsaro na tsakiya maimakon mamakin winger na zahiri shi ne alama mafi bayyana har yanzu cewa Alexander-Arnold na Real Madrid ba shi da wuri a cikin shirye-shiryen manajan.
An fara kin yarda tun Agusta lokacin da Tuchel ya bar Alexander-Arnold a wajen ƙungiyar don cancanta na gasar cin kofin duniya da Andorra da Serbia. Wannan ya biyo bayan wasan sada zumunci na Yuni da Andorra wanda Tuchel ya fi son Curtis Jones na Liverpool — mai wasa a tsakiya — a wurin mai kiyaye dama akan ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da Allah ya ba da kyauta mafi girma na Ingila.
Tuchel ya kasance a fili game da damuwarsa, yana cewa: "Idan yana son yin wannan tasiri a cikin ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Ingila to dole ne ya ɗauki bangaren tsaro da matuƙar muhimmanci. Domin lokacin da muke magana, musamman game da ƙwallon ƙwallon cancan, sannan kuma ƙwallon gasar, kuskure ɗaya na tsaro, lokaci guda da ba ka farkewa sosai, na iya yin yanke shawara. Na iya zama lokacin da kake ɗaukar jakunkanka ka koma gida."
Alexander-Arnold ba a haɗa shi cikin ƙungiyar maza 35 don wasannin sada zumunci da Uruguay da Japan a watan Maris ba — lokacin da Tuchel a maimakon haka ya zaɓi Ben White na Arsenal, wanda ba ya buga wasa a matakin kulob din sa da matakin da ya saba ba, kuma ya ɗauki hutu nasa daga babban ƙungiyar tun Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Qatar a 2022.
Alexander-Arnold ya bayyana a cikin jerin farko na 'yan wasa 55 na gasar cin kofin duniya, kodayake ba za a iya kiran wannan goyon baya na gaske ba. Wannan ya bambanta sosai da amincin da Lee Carsley ya nuna masa, manajan rikon kwarya, wanda ya yi amfani da shi a gefen hagu ma a cikin nasara na 3-1 na Nations League a Finland a watan Oktoba 2024. Alexander-Arnold ya fara wasanni huɗu daga cikin shida a ƙarƙashin Carsley amma ɗaya ma daga cikin 14 na Tuchel ba.
Hanyar da Tuchel ke bi ta da ma'ana a gasar cin kofin duniya
Tuchel ya bayyana falsafar zaɓinsa a sarari: "Muna ƙoƙarin zaɓar da gina mafi kyawun ƙungiya mai yiwuwa, wanda ba lalle ba ne zaɓar 'yan wasa 26 mafi hazaka. Ƙungiyoyi suna cin gasar."
Wannan ya haifar da takaicin Luke Shaw na Manchester United, Lewis Hall na Newcastle, da kuma matashi Myles Lewis-Skelly na Arsenal wanda ya yi haske a ƙarshe amma ya yi haka da wuri a wani lokaci mara kyau. Harry Maguire na Manchester United ya karya shiru kafin sanarwar hukuma don bayyana an bar shi a wajen ƙungiyar kuma yana "mai mamaki da baƙin ciki."
Ingila kuma za ta fuskanci yanayi mai wahala a Amurka, tare da yiwuwar fuskantar mai masaukin baki Mexico a tsawo a Mexico City a zagaye na 16. A fili yake cewa Tuchel yana son ƙungiyarsa ta zama shirye a jiki kamar yadda take shirye a dabarar wasa yayin neman kofin duniya.



