“Ba na yarda da dawowar tsohon matsayi ba.” Slaven Bilic ya zauna a wani falo na otal a Canary Wharf, sanye da bakar T-shirt ta Soundgarden da wando na denim mai duhu, cikin kwarin gwiwa yana tattauna komai tun daga littafin tarihin rayuwar Sir Alex Ferguson zuwa fina-finan Yugoslavia na gargajiya da rashin aure na Nikola Tesla. Yana jin daɗin rayuwa a London, kafin kakar wasansa ta uku a gasar Premier a matsayin kocin West Ham, kuma wata hira da ba a saba yi da kafofin watsa labarai na Croatia ta ba shi damar jin labaran cikin gida.
“Yanzu an nisantar da ni ta yanayin yanayi, a yanayin ƙasa,” in ji shi tare da huce numfashi, kafin ya yi tsalle daga wani batu zuwa wani—kaɗan game da wani wasan kide-kide na Metallica, sannan naman sa a wani gidan abinci na Argentina, sannan wasu labarai da ba a rubuta su ba. A fili yana jin daɗin kansa kuma bai ɓoye ba; lokacinsa a matsayin kocin Croatia kamar ya daɗe da wucewa, ko da yake yin magana game da shi koyaushe yana barin ɗanɗano mai ɗaci da zaƙi.
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“Ina da kyawawan abubuwan tunawa kuma ba zan so in lalata su ba,” in ji shi. “Ba na son dawowa. Ba tsoron gazawa ba ne, kawai ji ne cewa wani abu ya ƙare.”
Amma duk da haka, muna nan. Shekaru tara bayan wannan hira—da 14 tun lokacin da wa'adinsa na farko a matsayin kocin Croatia ya ƙare—Bilic ya dawo kan mulki kuma yana shirye-shiryen fuskantar Ingila a Rijeka a gasar Ƙasashen Duniya ranar Asabar. A tsakanin, an yi wasu lokuta a gasar Sallah ta Saudiya da Super League ta Sin, da kuma West Brom da Watford, kuma babu aiki tsawon watanni 23 daga Agusta 2024.
Shekaru sun ƙara wani salo na zamani ga kamannin Bilic, salonsa yana kama da haɗin girmamawa ga manyan kociyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa na zamaninmu (gemun gishiri da barkono na Klopp/Guardiola, tabarau na Bielsa a kan igiya, tufafin baƙi gaba ɗaya na Simeone), amma har yanzu shi ne kansa ba shakka: kai tsaye, mai iya magana, kuma sama da komai mai sha'awa—da bambanci sosai da magabacinsa Zlatko Dalic mai kamewa, mai tawali'u, kusan kamar firist.
A watan Yuli, a bayyanarsa ta farko a bainar jama'a bayan dawowar sa kan aikin, kamar wani ya buɗe tagogi ya bar iska mai daɗi ta shigo. Mai shekaru 58 har yanzu shi ne mutumin; ya san yadda zai yi fara'a da kama hankali.
Babu wani koci da zai sami sauƙi ya gaji Dalic, wanda ya kafa tarihi da Croatia ta hanyar kai su matsayi na biyu da na uku a gasar cin kofin duniya, amma Bilic koyaushe shi ne zaɓi mafi kyau: ba wai kawai saboda ya san sarai abin da yake fuskanta ba, har ma saboda akwai wata ji da ta rage cewa shi ne ya kafa harsashin wannan nasarar.
Ji yake cewa shi ne ya shuka abin da ya yi fure ya zama ƙungiyar Luka Modric da Dalic; cewa shi ne ya sa Croatia ta yi babban mafarki a karon farko tun ƙarni na 1998 a matsayinsa na ɗan wasa, ginshiƙi ɗaya shi ne shahararriyar nasara ta 3-2 a Wembley a 2007, lokacin da Croatia ta yi nasara ba don tana buƙata ba amma don tana iya kuma tana da cikakken kwarin gwiwa ga ƙarfinta.
Bilic kuma wataƙila shi kaɗai ne zai iya shawo kan Modric ya ci gaba da zama na ɗan lokaci. Daidai da haka, Modric mai shekaru 41 ya ci ƙwallo ta farko a zamanin Bilic na biyu, a nasara ta 2-1 a Prague da Czechia ranar Asabar da ta gabata, kuma ya ruga ya rungumi kocinsa. “Luka komai ne a gare mu, yana da ban mamaki,” in ji Bilic.
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Luka Modric ya ci ƙwallo ta farko ta Croatia tun dawowar Slaven Bilic kan kujerar koci. Hoto: Martin Divíšek/EPA
Idan ya zo ga aikinsa na koci, Bilic yana buƙatar sake tabbatar da kansa. Babu makawa ba shi ne kocin da ya kasance a lokacin mulkinsa na farko ba, kuma har yanzu ba a san yadda zai yi amfani da gogewarsa ba. Yana da wuri da yawa don faɗi bayan wasanni biyu—na biyu rashin nasara ta 4-1 a waje da Spain mai ƙarfi sosai, wanda ya yi sauye-sauye da yawa—amma akwai alamomi.
A ƙarƙashin Dalic, ƙungiyar sau da yawa tana jira kuma tana jin daɗin matsayinta na wanda ba a fi so ba, sannan tana da kisa a kan farmaki, duk da cewa ba ta da 'yan wasa masu sauri da yawa kuma tsakiyar fili mai ƙirƙira ita ce babbar ƙarfinta, Bilic yana son ya mamaye. Yana son 'yan wasansa su matsa sosai, su ɗauki ƙarin haɗari, kuma su sami ƙarin 'yan wasa a yankin abokan hamayya. Yana son masu tsaron baya na tsakiya su tashi da ƙwallo maimakon jira Modric ko Mateo Kovacic su koma gefen akwatin don karɓar ta. Yana son ƙungiyarsa ta kasance masu ƙarfin hali, masu kai hari, kuma masu sha'awa kamar shi. Shin zai iya yin wannan da tawagar da, duk da shigowar sabbin jini mai yawa cikin shekaru, har yanzu tsofaffi kamar Modric, Kovacic, da Ivan Perisic ne ke jagoranta? Ya yi imanin zai iya. Bilic koyaushe ya yi imani. A 2012, ya yi imanin cewa Croatia tasa za ta iya lashe gasar Euro (sun fita a matakin rukuni), kuma yanzu ya ce zai iya daidaita nasarar Dalic. Wataƙila da gaske bai yarda da dawowar tsohon matsayi ba shekaru tara da suka wuce, amma hakan bai hana shi yin imani da manyan abubuwa ba.
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
Ga jerin tambayoyin da ake yawan yi game da dawowar Slaven Bilic a matsayin kocin Croatia
Tambayoyin Farko
Q Wanene Slaven Bilic
A Tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Croatia ne kuma yanzu koci Ya shahara da horar da Croatia daga 2006 zuwa 2012
Q Menene wa'adi na biyu
A Yana nufin yana horar da ƙungiyar a karo na biyu Lokacinsa na farko shekaru da suka wuce kuma yanzu ya dawo
Q Yaushe ya dawo a matsayin kocin Croatia
A An sake naɗa shi a watan Yuli 2024
Q Me ya sa Croatia ta sake ɗaukar shi
A Bayan Euro 2024 mai ban takaici ƙungiyar tana buƙatar shugaba da suka amince da shi Bilic sanannen mutum ne wanda ya san ƙwallon ƙafar Croatia sosai
Q Menene ƙarfin hali da imani ke nufi a wannan mahallin
A Yana nufin Bilic yana nuna ƙarfin hali ta hanyar ɗaukar aiki mai wahala kuma yana da imani ga kansa da 'yan wasansa don samun nasara
Tambayoyin Matsakaici
Q Menene Bilic ya cim ma a wa'adinsa na farko
A Ya kai Croatia zuwa kwata-kwata na Euro 2008 da Kofin Duniya na 2010 amma ba su wuce matakin rukuni ba a Euro 2012
Q Waɗanne matsaloli Croatia ke fuskanta yanzu
A Tawagar da ta tsufa manyan 'yan wasa suna yin ritaya da buƙatar sake gina ruhin ƙungiya bayan gasa mara kyau
Q Yaya Bilic ya bambanta da kocin da ya gabata
A Bilic an san shi da ƙwarewar motsa jiki da kusanci da 'yan wasa Kocin da ya gabata Zlatko Dalic ya fi mai dabara amma an soki shi da yin taka tsantsan sosai
Q Menene salon horar da Bilic
A Ya fi son ƙwallon ƙafa mai kai hari ƙarfin kuzari da haɗin kai mai ƙarfi Yana kuma ba wa matasa 'yan wasa dama
Q Menene amfanin sake dawo da shi
A Girmamawa nan take daga 'yan wasa sabon sha'awar magoya baya da gogewa a manyan gasa
Tambayoyin Ci Gaba
Q Menene manyan haɗarin wannan wa'adi na biyu
A Idan sakamako bai inganta da sauri ba magoya baya na iya juya masa baya Haka kuma nasararsa ta baya ta wuce shekaru goma da suka wuce don haka ƙwallon ƙafa ya canza
Q Yaya Bilic yake shirin magance sauyi daga tsofaffi zuwa sabbin 'yan wasa
A Ya ce zai haɗa
