Idan koyarwar gudanarwa ta koya wa Graham Potter wani abu, shi ne cewa babu amfanin ƙoƙarin guje wa gazawa. "Dole ne ka fuskanci munanan abubuwa," in ji mai shekaru 51, yana tunanin yadda ya farfado daga lokuta masu wahala a Chelsea da West Ham. "Yawan ka fuskanci su, haka rayuwarka za ta fi kyau. Sa'an nan kuma za ka sami waɗancan lokuta masu kyau."
Potter yana da tunani kuma wani lokacin yana da kaifi yayin dogon magana game da 'yan shekaru masu tashin hankali da kuma gaskiyar zama kocin ƙwallon ƙafa. Ya lura cewa akwai nasarori ma—bayani, ya ɗaga Sweden daga koma baya ya kai su gasar cin kofin duniya—amma ya san mutane suna son mayar da hankali kan munanan lokuta. Potter ya daɗe watanni bakwai kawai a Chelsea bayan ya bar kwanciyar hankali na Brighton a watan Satumba 2022. Sa'an nan, bayan dogon hutu, an jawo shi baya lokacin da West Ham ta zo masa a farkon shekarar da ta gabata.
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Ba daidai ba ne ga Potter, wanda ya ɓace a cikin hargitsin West Ham. Ya ci wasanni shida kawai daga cikin 25, ya fara mummunan fari a cikakken kakarsa ta farko, kuma ya sami kansa a kan hanya biyu bayan ya rasa aikinsa a watan Satumba da ya gabata. Me zai biyo baya? Aikin da ya taɓa yin alƙawari mai yawa yana cikin haɗarin ɓacewa.
"Na sami isasshen gogewar rayuwa don sanya duk wannan a cikin hangen nesa," in ji shi. "Ina godiya ga duk abin da na sha, mai kyau da mara kyau. A ƙarshe, dole ne ka magance abin da rayuwa ta jefa maka. Bayan West Ham, ina da zaɓi biyu. Zan iya zama in yi aikin watsa labarai. Ko kuma in tafi in yi aiki."
Tayin daga Sweden ya zo. Suna cikin babbar matsala a rukunin cancantar shiga gasar cin kofin duniya kuma suna buƙatar maye gurbin Dane Jon Dahl Tomasson. Amma da farko, Potter ya kamata ya duba kansa sosai. Ya yi magana da mutanen da ke kusa da shi kuma ya gano yadda zai bar West Ham a baya.
"Dole ne ka fuskanci gazawar," in ji Potter. "Amma ina tsammanin yana sa ka zama mutum mafi kyau. Kuma wani lokacin a ƙwallon ƙafa, ba za ka iya bayyana shi ba. Kana kawai tunani, 'Wataƙila ba a nufi haka ba.' Sa'an nan kuma ka yi ƙoƙarin ci gaba.
"Darussan da kake koya daga waɗannan abubuwan suna da zafi. Ba zan raba su da kai ba saboda suna ciwo don koya. Ina tsammanin haka ya kamata, domin haka kake ingantawa."
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Graham Potter ya ce yana jin kamar 'kwarewa daga jiki' lokacin da Sweden ta ci kwallon da ta kai su gasar cin kofin duniya. Hoton: The Team
Potter yana toshe hayaniyar waje. "Idan na damu da abin da mutane ke tunani game da ni, wannan rayuwa ce mai wahala," in ji shi. Duk da haka, ya fahimci abin da ke cikin haɗari lokacin da ya yarda ya zama kocin Sweden a kan yarjejeniyar ɗan gajeren lokaci a watan Oktoba. Ba zai iya fitar da su daga rukunin cancantar su ba, amma sun sami dama ta biyu saboda sakamakon gasar Nations League, wanda ya ba su gurbi a wasannin share fage. Yin rashin nasara kuma zai cutar da sunansa sosai.
Komai ya canza lokacin da Sweden ta fara aiki a watan Maris. Sun kasance cikin natsuwa da kwanciyar hankali yayin wasannin share fage. Viktor Gyökeres ya ci hat-trick a nasarar 3-1 a wasan kusa da na ƙarshe da Ukraine da kuma kwallon da ta yi nasara a minti na 88 a nasarar 3-2 da Poland a wasan ƙarshe a Stockholm.
"Za ka je YouTube ka saurari sharhin wasan na Sweden; Na kalli shi bayan watanni biyu, kuma motsin rai ne a cikin murya," in ji Potter. "Viktor ya ci, kuma yana kama da kwarewa daga jiki. Duk 'yan wasan mu na maye gurbi sun gudu zuwa filin. Akwai 'yan wasa 15 a filin, kuma ina tunani, 'Wannan katin gargadi ne, wannan matsala ce.' Amma gasar cin kofin duniya ce, don haka duk dokoki sun fita daga taga."
Potter ya tsawaita kwantiraginsa har zuwa 2030. Baturen ya gina dangantaka mai ƙarfi da ƙasarsa ta ɗauka. Ba shi ne baƙo ba lokacin da ya ɗauki aikin Sweden, bayan ya yi suna a lokacin da ya yi shekaru bakwai tare da Östersund, yana ɗaga su daga mataki na huɗu har zuwa gasar Europa League.
"Ina jin kamar ɗan Sweden sosai lokacin da nake aiki," in ji shi. "Ina kama da ɗan Sweden. Biyu daga cikin yarana an haife su a Sweden." Potter ya yi imani cewa ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa tana da ma'ana mai zurfi. "Tare da ƙungiyar ƙasa, kana sane da cewa kana yin wani abu mafi girma fiye da kanka. Manufa ce mafi girma. Kana iya jin ƙarfin. Wannan shine abin da ya sa yake da kyau."
Graham Potter ya ce Viktor Gyökeres (a hoto) yana da tasiri mai ban mamaki a kan tafiyar Sweden zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya. Hoton: TT News Agency/Reuters
Ɗaya daga cikin ƙalubale shine daidaitawa ga gudanarwa ta ƙasa, musamman ga kocin da aka sani da gina abubuwa a hankali. "Ba ka da lokaci don haɓaka ra'ayoyi," in ji Potter. "Kuskuren da za ka iya yi shine ƙirƙirar duk waɗannan ra'ayoyi daga sansanin Nuwamba kafin sansanin Maris, ƙirƙirar tsare-tsaren dabara don doke Ukraine, yayin da a gaskiya kana da kwanaki biyu kawai don shirya wasa. Ba ka so ka sanya shi da wahala sosai."
Bayan wasannin share fage, an yi tattaunawa masu wahala tare da 'yan wasan da ba su shiga cikin tawagar Potter na gasar cin kofin duniya ba. Tsayar da zaman lafiya a sansanin zai zama mahimmanci. "Ko da ka buga 11 vs 11 a wasan horo, 'yan wasa huɗu sun rage," in ji Potter. "Wannan ba abu ne mai sauƙi ba. Kana son ƙungiyar ta kasance a kan shafi ɗaya."
Sweden tana gudanar da sansanin horo a Stockholm kafin ta tashi zuwa sansaninsu a Texas. Potter ya san yana da abubuwa da yawa da zai yi, ganin cewa Sweden ta ƙare a matsayi na uku a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1994 a Amurka. Amma tare da Japan, Netherlands, da Tunisia a rukunin F, kaiwa matakin knockout ba zai zama da sauƙi ba.
Akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a yi la'akari da su kafin Sweden ta fara wasa da Tunisia a Monterrey a ranar 14 ga Yuni. Sarrafa zafi zai zama mahimmanci. Potter yana tsammanin wasanni masu hankali kuma ya san cewa bugun daga kai zai zama mahimmanci.
"Za ka iya ganin yadda wasan ya samo asali," in ji shi game da yanayin bugun daga kai. "A ƙwallon ƙafa ta gasa, ka san cewa matsin yana nan, don haka yana da wuya a yi wasa mai faɗi. Wasanni sun zama matsi. Bugun daga kai hanya ce ta ƙirƙirar dama, don haka ina tsammanin ƙungiyoyi za su mai da hankali sosai a kansu."
Sweden na da wasu barazanar. Ba su da Dejan Kulusevski wanda ya ji rauni, amma gaba biyu na Alexander Isak da Gyökeres na iya haifar da matsala. Gyökeres ya fuskanci suka a lokacin kakarsa ta farko a Arsenal, amma Potter yana ganin abubuwan da suka dace. "Misali ne mai kyau na duniyar zamani," in ji shi. "Daga hangen nesanmu, ya kai mu gasar cin kofin duniya, don haka tasirinsa ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Daga hangen nesa na Arsenal, ya taka rawarsa a ƙungiyar, ya ci kwallayensa, kuma ƙungiyar ta lashe Premier League kuma ta kai wasan ƙarshe na Champions League. Dubi yawan aikin da yake yi. Ya yi kaka mai kyau."
Graham Potter ya goyi bayan Alexander Isak (hagu) bayan kaka mai wahala ta farko a Liverpool. Hoton: Joel Marklund/Bildbyrån/Shutterstock
Ya fi wuya ga Isak tun bayan barin Newcastle zuwa Liverpool a bazarar da ta gabata. Ya sami hutu na pre-season da aka rushe kuma ya yi fama da yanayi da lafiya tun bayan dawowa daga karyewar ƙafa.
"Ba ta tafi yadda zai so ba," in ji Potter game da kakarsa ta farko a Anfield. "Wani lokaci muna ɗauka cewa sanya hannu kan ɗan wasa zai inganta komai. Na sha wannan—ba koyaushe haka yake ba. Alex ya yi wasa ta wata hanya don Newcastle, amma yaya zai daidaita da abin da Liverpool ke so ya yi? Dan wasan baya canzawa. Ingantinsa baya canzawa. Har yanzu babban ɗan wasa ne. Kawai game da yadda suke aiki tare a matsayin ƙungiya. Yana iya ɗaukar ɗan lokaci. Mutum ne mai kyau."
Potter ya tuna Isak yana yin wasansa na farko na AIK da Östersund. "Mun yi farin ciki sosai kafin wasan saboda ɗan wasan gaba na su baya buga wasa kuma wani yaro mai shekaru 16 ne ke buga wasa a maimakon," in ji shi. "Sa'an nan ya ci, mun yi rashin nasara 2-0, kuma na koyi darasi na."Potter ya sami kwarin gwiwa lokacin da Isak ya ci kwallo mai ban mamaki a rashin nasarar Sweden 3-1 da Norway a ranar Litinin. Yana son duka Gyökeres da Isak a cikin ƙungiyarsa. "Suna da salon daban-daban, wanda yake da kyau a gare mu. Ba mu buga su tare ba tukuna, don haka wannan yana da ban sha'awa don haɓakawa."
Potter yana jin farin ciki yana ƙaruwa. Ya yi musayar saƙonni tare da tsohon ɗan wasan Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Yana kuma tunani game da yanayin kociyoyin kulob da ke motsawa zuwa ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa. "Na yi magana da mutanen da suka yi duka biyun, kuma sun ce gasa tana ba ka mafi kyawun ji a ƙwallon ƙafa," in ji Potter. "Tare da ƙungiyar ƙasa, yana jin kamar kana yin wani abu da zuciya."
Potter yana da kyau. West Ham ta kore shi, amma ba za su iya guje wa faduwa ba. Ya ci gaba kuma yanzu yana kan hanyar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya. "Tunanina na farko na ƙwallon ƙafa sun fara ne a '86, lokacin da nake 11, ina kallon Diego Maradona yana lalata wasan. A nan ne komai ya fara a gare ni a matsayin yaro. Samun damar yin aiki a wannan yanayin mafarki ne kawai."
