Daga USHUKON DANIEL
Kocin Chelsea, Xabi Alonso, ya samu kyakkyawan farawa a aikinsa bayan kungiyar ta doke Fulham da ci 3-2 a wasan hamayyar London da aka buga a Craven Cottage ranar Litinin.
Nasarar ta ba Alonso muhimmiyar damar fara aikinsa da kwarin gwiwa, yayin da yake kokarin sake gina kungiyar Chelsea wadda ta kare kakar Premier League da ta gabata a matsayi na 10.
Chelsea ta fara wasan da zafi, inda Joao Pedro ya ci mata kwallo bayan dakika 31 kacal, bayan da ya nuna kwarewa wajen kammala wata kyakkyawar kwallo da Cole Palmer ya taimaka wajen ginawa.
Sai dai abin da ya yi kama da farawa mai sauki ya koma dare mai wahala ga mai tsaron ragar Chelsea, Robert Sanchez.
Sanchez ya kasa tare da harbin Josh King wanda ya shiga raga a rabin farko, lamarin da ya bai wa Fulham damar dawowa wasan, amma Chelsea ta ci gaba da kai hare-hare cikin kwarin gwiwa kafin ta sake samun damar jagoranci.
Sabon dan wasan Chelsea, Morgan Rogers, ya zama gwarzo cikin kankanin lokaci bayan ya ci kwallonsa ta farko tun bayan komawarsa kungiyar kafin a tafi hutun rabin lokaci.
Rogers, wanda ya koma Chelsea daga Aston Villa kan kudi da aka ruwaito ya kai fam miliyan 117, ya kammala wani hari cikin nutsuwa bayan Palmer da mai tsaron baya Maxence Lacroix sun taimaka wajen gina harin.
Kwallar ta nuna irin salon wasan kai hari da Alonso yake son kawowa Stamford Bridge, yayin da ‘yan wasan gaba uku na Chelsea suka jefa Fulham cikin matsala, musamman Rogers, Palmer da Pedro da suka rika neman guraren da za su samu damar kai hari.
Palmer musamman ya nuna cewa yana son ya manta da kakar wasan da ta gabata wadda ba ta yi masa dadi ba.
Dan wasan na Ingila ya kara ci wa Chelsea kwallo ta uku jim kadan bayan an dawo daga hutun rabin lokaci, inda ya zura kwallo daga wani wuri mai tsauri, lamarin da ya bai wa Chelsea damar ci gaba da wasa da tazarar kwallaye biyu.
Sai dai rashin tabbas da Sanchez ya nuna a wasan ya sake bai wa Fulham fata, bayan da ya kasa rike harbin Timothy Castagne yadda ya kamata, abin da ya ba Gonzalo Garcia damar gaggauta mayar da kwallon kai zuwa raga.
Karshen wasan ya kasance mai cike da tashin hankali, yayin da Fulham ta matsa lamba domin neman karin kwallo, inda King ya kusa zura wata kwallo mai karfin gaske daga nesa, yayin da Antonee Robinson shi ma ya samu damar jefa kwallo yayin da kungiyar gida ke neman farke na uku.
Chelsea ta yi tsayin daka wajen kare sakamakon wasan, inda ta samu maki uku masu muhimmanci tare da bai wa Alonso damar fara aikinsa da nasara.
A wajen Alonso, nasarar ba ta tsaya kan doke Fulham kadai ba, domin ta kuma ba da alamar farko cewa Chelsea za ta iya zama kungiyar da ta fi kai hari, mai kwarin gwiwa da kuma hatsari idan ta samu kwallo.
Kocin na Spain ya yi amfani da tsarin 3-4-3 mai karfin gwiwa, wanda ya samar wa Chelsea damar kai hare-hare da dama, amma a lokaci guda ya bar kungiyar cikin gibi a bangaren baya.
Wannan rauni a tsaron baya zai iya zama abin damuwa ga Alonso, musamman ganin yadda Sanchez ya yi kura-kurai biyu masu tsada.
Rogers ya fara zuwansa Chelsea da kwallo, Palmer ya nuna kwarewa, yayin da Pedro ya yi tasiri nan take, kuma fahimtar juna tsakanin Rogers da Palmer ta kara wa magoya bayan Chelsea kwarin gwiwar cewa kungiyar za ta iya neman gurbin shiga gasar Champions League.
Wasan ya kuma kasance na musamman ga Alonso saboda a dayan gefen fili akwai kocin Fulham, Alvaro Arbeloa, tsohon abokinsa kuma abokin wasansa a Real Madrid, Liverpool da tawagar Spain.
Abin ban dariya shi ne Arbeloa ya karbi aikin koci a Real Madrid bayan da aka sallami Alonso daga kungiyar ta Spain a farkon wannan shekara.
A wannan karon, Alonso ne ya yi nasara, duk da cewa Chelsea har yanzu tana da ayyuka da dama da za ta gyara, musamman a tsaron baya, amma sabon kocin ya bayyana tun daga wasansa na farko a Premier League cewa yana son kungiyarsa ta rika buga kwallon kafa cikin karfin gwiwa da kai hari.
Bayan nasarar 3-2 mai kayatarwa da Chelsea ta samu a kan Fulham, tafiyar Alonso a kungiyar ta fara da maki uku, kwallaye uku da kuma dalilai masu yawa na sa ran samun nasara.