Tyrhys Dolan ba sabon abu ba ne kan manyan wasanni, amma karo na La Liga tsakanin Espanyol da Real Madrid a RCDE Stadium ranar Asabar — farawa da karfe 20:30 BST — ya zama kamar mafi wahalar gwaji a rayuwar dan wasan mai shekara 24 har zuwa yanzu.
Dan wasan gefen da aka haife shi a Manchester ya shafe shekaru biyar a Blackburn Rovers kafin ya koma Espanyol a lokacin rani na shekarar da ta wuce, kuma ya daidaita cikin kyakkyawan yanayi a kwallon kafa ta Spain. Ya bude kaka ta biyu cikin salon, yana zura kwallo a nasarar Espanyol 3-0 kan Levante a mako na farko.
Yanzu Real Madrid na Jose Mourinho sun isa Barcelona don gasar farko a kakar wasa, kuma Dolan ya jaddada cewa Espanyol ba za su ji tsoron yanayin ba.
"Waɗannan su ne wasannin da kake son bugawa," in ji shi. "Masu goyon baya suna son kallo kuma duk idanu za su kasance a kai."
Dolan ya amince da matsayin almara na Mourinho a matsayin koci, yana mai cewa Bafarranshe yana shiga kowane wasa da sha'awar nasara — kuma Real Madrid ba za su zo suna ɗaukar abokan hamayya a sauƙi ba.
Haduwa da 'yan Ingila a filin wasa
Karo na iya ganin Dolan yana wasa tare da 'yan kasarsa na Ingila Jude Bellingham da Trent Alexander-Arnold, amma ba za a samu lokacin tattaunawa kafin bugun fara wasa ba.
"Idan aiki ne, aiki ne," in ji shi. "Yana da kyau a yi takara da fitattun 'yan wasa da sauran 'yan Ingila. Muna farin ciki da gaske. Za mu yi magana bayan wasan amma duk mai da hankali zai kasance kan samun maki uku."
A ra'ayin Dolan, mabuɗin shine gujewa yin yawan ciki game da wasan, domin motsin rai mai yawa na iya cutar da kuna. Ya dogara da salon da ya yi amfani da shi tun zuwa Spain.
Girmar kai da aka samu a wajen filin wasa
Kaka ta farko ta Dolan a Spain ta kasance ƙalubale na mutum kamar yadda ta kasance ta wasanni. Barin iyali da abokai, daidaitawa da al'adu sabuwa, da koyon harshe sabon abu ya tilasta masa dogaro da kansa.
"Lalle ya babarce ni sosai, wajen filin wasa da cikin filin wasa ma," in ji shi.
A filin wasa, ya yi imani cewa matakin La Liga ya hanzarta ci gabansa, musamman wajen yanke shawara, harba crosses, da samar da nau'ikan taimako daban-daban.
Bayan fiye da bayyanar 30 a kaka ta baya, Dolan ya shiga wannan kaka yana jin nauyin alhakin da ya ƙaru.
"Na ji ɗaukar alhakin da ya fi a cikin ƙungiyar wannan kaka. Na ji kamar ina ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan da za su yi aiki."
Wannan kwarin gwiwar ya bayyana tun farko kan Levante. Nasarar ta ba ƙungiyar kwarin gwiwa kafin ziyarar Real Madrid, amma Dolan ya san cewa matakin da ake bukata zai tashi sosai.
"Ba za mu iya yarda da yawan kuskure ba domin Real Madrid za su ci moriyarsu," ya yi gargaɗi.
Fiye da zaman kasancewa dama ta fuskantar ɗaya daga cikin manyan kulob ɗin Turai, Espanyol suna da burin kansu — Dolan yana nufin matsayi a cikin manyan shida. Kuma Asabar, zai sami tallafin iyali da abokai a mazaɓar gani.
"Dukkan iyalina da abokai suna farin ciki sosai. Muna jiran wannan lokaci sosai kuma muna shirye don ƙalubalen."
