**Claudio Ranieri, manaja**
Na tuna a watan Janairu ko Fabrairu na wannan kakar, Riyad Mahrez ya tambaye ni, "Me kake tunanin za mu iya cimma?" Na yi dariya kawai ban ce komai ba. Sai Riyad ya ce, "Ka sani. Ka sani." Ni mutum ne mai aiki da hankali... Na san za mu iya yin wani abu na musamman, amma ban taba tunanin za mu ci Premier League ba. Yanzu mutane a ko'ina suna gane ni – daga Amurka, Kanada, da Asiya, suna neman hotuna suna cewa, "Leicester! Gwarzo!" Abin mamaki ne. Wannan labari yana da ma'ana ta musamman ga dukan duniya.
A farkon kakar, na gaya wa 'yan wasa cewa burin mu shine maki 40. Shugaban, Vichai [Srivaddhanaprabha], ya gaya mini yana da muhimmanci mu ci gaba da zama a gasar. Lokacin da muka kai maki 40, na ce wa 'yan wasa, "Ku yi ƙoƙari ku shiga Turai – zai zama kwarewa mai kyau." Lokacin da muka cancanci shiga Europa League, na ce, "Ok, yanzu ku yi nufin Champions League." Lokacin da muka shiga Champions League, na ce, "To, yanzu ko ba yanzu – wannan shekarar mu ce," kuma muka fita muka ci kambin. Abin al'ajabi ne domin mu ƙanana ne, amma ƙoƙarinmu da halinmu suna da ƙarfi.
A ranar da Tottenham ta buga a Chelsea (wasan da Spurs suka yi kunnen doki 2-2 lokacin da suke buƙatar cin nasara, wanda ya ba Leicester kambin), na tashi zuwa Rome don cin abincin rana da mahaifiyata. Jirgina na dawowa zai yi latti don wasan, amma ina tsammanin matukin jirgin zai gaya mini sakamakon. Lokacin da Vichai ya gano, ya shirya wani jirgi. Na isa gidana a Leicester daidai lokacin da wasan zai fara.
Kafin Easter, Andrea Bocelli ya kira ya ce, "Dole ne in zo Leicester domin kuna yin wani abu na musamman." Na amsa, "Ok, zan sa sakatariyata ta tuntuɓi taka, kuma za ku iya zaɓar rana don yin wasa a filin wasa." Ranar da ya zaɓa ita ce ranar da muka ɗaga kambin, da Everton. Babu wanda ya yi tunanin za mu ci gasar lokacin da ya zaɓi wannan rana, amma ya ji wani abu. Yanzu idan na kalli hoton Andrea yana waka, abin mamaki ne – taron jama'a suna hauka, suna murna sosai.
Ya canza rayuwar kowa. Ga 'yan wasana, za su iya cewa, "Na ci Premier League." Ni mutum ne mai kunya sosai, don haka ba na yawo ina cewa, "Na ci kambin!" Amma ina alfahari sosai. A Leicester, akwai babbar al'ummar Indiyawa, kuma wasu Indiyawa sun gaya mini, "Na gode, Claudio, domin yanzu muna jin an haɗa mu da mutanen Leicester, mutanen Ingila. Lokacin da muka je filin wasa, muna murna tare." Kuma wannan abu ne mai matuƙar muhimmanci a gare ni. Ya fi ƙwallon kafa girma.
**Christian Fuchs, mai tsaron baya**
Ba mu ji wani matsi ba – mutanen da suka fi ƙarancin tsammani su ne kanmu. Mun yi aiki tuƙuru, amma ba mu ɗauki kanmu da muhimmanci ba, kuma wannan babban ɓangare ne na dalilin da ya sa 'yan wasa suka ji daɗi, farin ciki, da nishaɗi. Hakanan yana da alaƙa da al'adun kulob din. Vichai da Top [Aiyawatt] sun kasance masu mallaka da za ku iya magana da su da gaske. Suna kewaye koyaushe, za ku iya hira da su, har ma da rawa da su. A al'adar Thai, yana da muhimmanci sosai cewa kowa ya taru kamar iyali.
Kowa yana farin ciki da gaske don nasarar juna. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan lokuta shine lokacin da Vardy ya ci ƙwallo a wasanni 11 a jere a Premier League – kowa yana farin ciki da shi don ya kafa wannan rikodin.
Bayan farkon wasan da ba mu ci ƙwallo ba, Claudio ya fitar da mu zuwa pizza a matsayin lada. Ya ƙare kamar yaƙin pizza fiye da cin pizza. Amma hakan kuma ya taƙaita ƙungiyar – mu gungun mutane ne marasa dacewa waɗanda suke so su girgiza abubuwa kuma su yi nishaɗi a hanya. Rukunin WhatsApp ɗinmu har yanzu yana ci gaba da ƙarfi – wani abu ne da ke haɗa mu. Mun yi abin da ba zai yiwu ba.
An gabatar da Claudio ga ƙungiyar a lokacin horon kakar wasa a Austria. A mako na farko, ya nisanta kansa domin yana son ya lura: "Yana da kyau. Ba zan canza komai ba." Ya yi ƴan gyare-gyare, amma ga manaja ya ja baya ya bar abubuwa su faru a zahiri ya nuna ƙarfin gaske kuma ya zama yanke shawara mai kyau.
Mafi kyawun ɓangare shine cewa wasanmu na ƙarshe ya kasance a Stamford Bridge, kuma Chelsea, waɗanda suka kasance zakarun kakar da ta gabata, sun yi mana girmamawa. Har yanzu yana sa ni murmushi. Don waɗannan gwarzaye su tsaya su yi mana tafi shine mafi girman karramawa.
[Hoto: 'Yan wasan Leicester suna karɓar girmamawa daga Chelsea a Stamford Bridge a wasansu na ƙarshe na kakar. Hoton: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC/Getty Images]
**Serge Pizzorno, Kasabian kuma mai son Leicester na rayuwa**
Claudio ya ambaci ƙungiyar a Match of the Day bayan wasan farko. Kulob din yana kunna "Fire" bayan ƙwallayenmu, kuma yana son ya san labarin da ke bayansa. Samun ambato daga gare shi abin mamaki ne. Lokacin da muka yi wasa a filin wasa a ƙarshen kakar, mun ɗauki samfurin wannan shirin na Claudio kuma muka yi amfani da muryarsa yayin da muke tafiya a kan mataki. Ya kasance mai wayo domin ya zauna a cikin birni, ya yi tafiya a tituna, kuma ya yi abubuwa daidai, ya haɗu da al'adun gida.
Bikin Premier League na Leicester City – a hotuna
Kara karantawa
Ko a ina muka yi wasa – Turai, Japan, Amurka – Leicester ita ce ƙungiyar ta biyu ta kowa. Kowa yana fatan ya faru. A cikin makonni biyar ko shida na ƙarshe, dukan birni ya taru – a ƙofofin makaranta, gidan waya, gidajen shaye-shaye, a titi – kowa yana kan wannan tafiya tare. Wuri ne na musamman: me ya sa ba zai iya zama haka koyaushe ba? Tatsuniya ce tsantsa.
Dukan abin 5,000-1... Kafin kowace kakar, kawun matata yana ɗaya daga cikin tsofaffi kusan 20 waɗanda ke zuwa Skeggy, bakin teku mafi kusa, kuma koyaushe suna saka £20 akan Leicester ta ci gasar. Ya ci £80,000 – yawancin abokansa sun fitar da kuɗin, amma ya tsaya ƙarfi. Shekaru goma bayan haka, wace tafiya: cin gasar, buga Champions League, cin FA Cup, ƴan matsayi biyar na farko, haɓaka, da sauka uku.
Lokacin da aka rubuta kakar kambin, za ku iya jin kiɗanmu a baya, don haka a ɗan ƙaramin hanya, mu ɓangare ne na shi. Mun yi wasa a Victoria Park a Leicester, tare da mutane 120,000 a filin, kuma na sami hotunan ɗana tare da kofin Premier League, Wes Morgan, da Kasper Schmeichel. 'Yan wasan suna cikin yanayin biki. Kuna iya ganin rashin imani a idanunsu – suna shan Peroni a gefen mataki, sannan kuna tuna cewa samari ne kawai.
[Hoto: Sergio Pizzorno (dama) yana hoto tare da ɗan'uwan mai son Leicester, kuma abokin ƙungiyar, Tom Meighan bayan Kasabian ya gama wasansu a Victoria Park, Leicester yayin faretin bas ɗin nasara na Foxes a watan Mayu 2016. Hoton: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC/Getty Images]
**Mike Stowell, kocin ƙungiyar farko da mai tsaron raga**
Claudio ya yi abubuwa biyu na hazaka: ya canza zuwa tsarin baya huɗu mako guda kafin kakar, daga tsarin baya biyar, wanda shine tushen "babban tserewa" (kauce wa sauka a 2015). Sauran mu muna tunanin, "Muna da tsofaffin 'yan baya huɗu, ban tabbata game da wannan ba," amma Claudio yana da tabbaci. A gare shi, 'yan baya na gefe suna nan don kare faɗin akwatin, don haka kowa ya bi baya. Mun yi kyau ba tare da ƙwallon ba – ba haka da shi ba – amma lokacin da muka kai hari: wow!
Kakar Foxes marasa tsoro, Leicester City – a hotuna
Kara karantawa
Wani abu shine Claudio ya ba 'yan wasan hutu na mako guda bayan da muka sha kashi a hannun Arsenal a watan Fabrairu. Danny [Simpson] an kore shi, kuma Danny Welbeck ya ci ƙwallon nasara da bugun ƙarshe. Arsenal sun yi zagaye na girmamawa. Abin da muka ji shi ne suke murna a ɗakinsu. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasanmu ya nuna wa ma'aikata hoto a Instagram na 'yan wasan Arsenal suna murna. Claudio ya ce, "Ku saurara, ku yi tunani game da hakan, kuma zan gan ku a ranar Litinin mako mai zuwa." Na tuna Vards ya ce, "Shin ya ce ranar Litinin mako mai zuwa?" Ban tabbata ba, don haka na ce zan duba. "A'a, kar ka yi," ya amsa, "domin idan haka ne, muna tafiya." Kuma duk suka tashi zuwa Dubai. Lokacin da suka dawo, muka ci gaba da cin nasara a jere. Shi ne mafi munin abin da Arsenal za ta iya yi. Kamar tsokanar beyar ne – muka yi tunani, "Ba za mu rasa wannan ba yanzu."
'Yan wasan suna son taron jama'a mai kyau a lokacin da ya dace. Wata ɗaya, a ranar Talata, suna fita a matsayin ƙungiya. Wes ya kasance kyaftin kuma jagora mai kyau, amma muna da jagorori a duk ƙungiyar. Vardy, Schmeichel. Robert Huth ya fi Turanci fiye da Jamus – ya tara kowa tare. Bayan kowane horo, Huthy yana so in buga masa ƙwallaye kusan 40 don ya kai da kai ya share su daga iyaka domin yana son haka sosai. Babu shirme, kawai kare akwatin.
Ya taimaka cewa an fitar da mu daga FA Cup da League Cup da wuri, kuma ba mu buga Turai ba. Mutane sun ce Manchester City, Liverpool, da Manchester United sun ragu, amma mun yi rashin nasara sau uku kawai – sau biyu a hannun Arsenal da sau ɗaya a hannun Liverpool. Idan ƙungiya tana da wannan rikodin, suna cin gasar.
**Danny Simpson, mai tsaron baya**
Mun ɗauki tunanin kowa, a ko'ina. Kowace rana, ana aiko mana da abubuwa: fakitin Walkers Crisps na Vardy Salted; har yanzu ina da wasan allo Guess Who? tare da fuskata a gaban akwatin, bugun Leicester City; Monopoly. An ba mu kyautar rum ɗin Captain Morgan tare da hoton Wes Morgan a gaba. Abin hauka ne. Ba ka so kumfa ta fashe.
Ba mu da bonus a kwangilolinmu don cin gasar. Me ya sa za mu yi, bayan da muka kauce wa sauka? Shugaban ya gane hakan kuma ya saya mana BMW i8s – ina tsammanin Andy King har yanzu yana da nasa. Har yanzu ina da hoton a wayata na dukan motocin da aka jera a wajen filin wasa. Shugaban kuma ya ba kowannenmu ƙaramin kofin Premier League. A lokacin kakar, Claudio ya ba dukan 'yan wasan ƙararrawa masu alaƙa da maganarsa "dilly-ding, dilly-dong".
Nasarar 3-1 a Manchester City ta tabbatar da cewa mu ƙungiya ce mai kyau sosai, amma bayan wasan West Ham, lokacin da muke da wasanni huɗu, na yi tunanin za mu iya cin gasar. Mun tafi 2-1 a gida, Vardy an kore shi, amma mun ci bugun fenariti a lokacin da aka ƙara don kunnen doki. Ya ji kamar mun ci. A hankali, babban ƙarfafawa ne kuma mai yiwuwa mai kashewa ga Tottenham.
Mun shafe lokaci mai yawa tare. Muna zuwa abincin dare, kuma shugaban yana kai mu London. Don bikin Kirsimeti, muna gudu a Copenhagen sanye da kunkuru da jarumai. Claudio ya fahimci mahimmancin daidaito kuma ya bar mu mu ci gaba. Akwai matsi mafi girma a wasanni 10 na ƙarshe na kakar da ta gabata, lokacin da muke cikin haɗarin sauka – ma'aikata na iya rasa ayyukansu. Matsin da ke yanzu shine: "Ba za mu sake samun wannan damar ba."
Duba hoto a cikakken allo: Danny Simpson (hagu) yana murna tare da abokan wasa bayan Leonardo Ulloa (tsakiya) ya ci ƙwallon kunnen doki na Leicester a lokacin da aka ƙara da West Ham daga bugun fenariti. Hoton: Rui Vieira/AP
**Ken Way, masanin ilimin halin mutum**
Tushen an ƙirƙira su ne ta Nigel Pearson, wanda na fara haduwa da shi a Southampton kuma ya kai ni Leicester, Hull, sannan ya dawo Leicester. Kamar yadda na yaba aikin da Claudio ya yi, na yi imani Leicester za ta ci gasar a ƙarƙashin Nigel. Ƙarfin ya fito daga Nigel a waccan kakar da ta gabata. Yana da ƙwarewar sarrafa mutane mai kyau – kuma yawancin yabo ya kamata ya tafi ga Craig Shakespeare.
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka haifar da ruhin ƙungiyar shine barkwancin Shakey – mutumin zai iya zama ɗan wasan barkwanci. Yana da kyakkyawar hanya ta yin barkwanci game da yanayin idan abubuwa suka yi ɗan wahala. Na tuna na gaya masa: "Shakey, kai ne mannen da ke riƙe wannan ƙungiyar tare." Ya fahimci yanayin da yanayin. Kai, ana kewarsa.
Jamie Vardy ya jagoranci zumunci. Ba wai kawai ya kasance mai zura ƙwallo mai ban mamaki ba, amma kuma ya kafa yanayin nishaɗi. Ya kasance 110% cikakke a kowane lokaci na farkawa. Da zarar, na ga Christian da Robert Huth sun ɓace bayan horo, kuma suna bi da bi suna buga ƙwallon da ƙarfi a gindin juna.
**Steve Walsh, mataimakin manaja kuma shugaban daukar 'yan wasa**
Mun buga 4-4-2, amma koyaushe ina cewa muna da 'yan wasa uku a tsakiya: N'Golo Kanté a kowane gefen Danny Drinkwater. Mutane suna yin barkwanci cewa kashi uku cikin huɗu na Duniya an rufe su da ruwa, kuma sauran an rufe su da Kanté. Marseille ta so shi, kuma yana son ya zauna a Faransa, amma sun yi jinkiri saboda kuɗin da ake buƙata ga ɗan wasa na rukuni na biyu daga Caen. Don haka muka kawo shi Leicester kuma muka ajiye shi a can har sai da ya sanya hannu kan kwangila. Ina tsammanin wasu kulob din sun yi watsi da shi saboda girmansa. Mun saya shi akan £5.6 miliyan kuma muka sayar da shi akan £32 miliyan, kuma ya ci gaba da cin Premier League tare da Chelsea da kuma gasar cin kofin duniya.
[Hoto: Ƙarfin N'Golo Kanté ya kasance babban ɓangare na nasarar Leicester: 'Kashi uku cikin huɗu na Duniya an rufe su da ruwa, kuma sauran an rufe su da Kanté.' Hoton: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian]
Shinji Okazaki, wanda ya fito daga Mainz, shima ya kasance mai haske. Aikinsa yana da ban mamaki; mun sami ɗan wasan gaba da ɗan wasan tsakiya a ɗaya. Idan ba ya tallafawa Jamie, yana karewa, kuma muna karewa a matsayin ƙungiyar goma sha ɗaya. Riyad Mahrez, wanda muka sanya hannu akan £450,000 daga Le Havre shekara da ta gabata, yana da mafi kyawun taɓawa na farko da na taɓa gani. Zai iya dakatar da ƙwallon matacce ko da ta fito daga yadi 50 ko 60.
Shakey da Mike sun gudanar da horo a Austria bayan Nigel Pearson ya tafi, kuma na zauna a wani ƙaramin matsayi tare da Claudio, ina ba shi bayani game da kowane ɗan wasa don ya iya fahimta da sauri. Lokacin da muka isa Riyad, ya tambaya, "Me yake yi?" Na ce, "Shi haziki ne." N'Golo da Riyad sun zama abokai na kud da kud, amma akwai ɗan gasa a horo. Na saba gaya wa Riyad, "Ba za ka taɓa wuce Kanté ba." Koyaushe yana ba ni murmushi a hankali idan ya yi.
Al'ada da yanayi sun yi kyau sosai, komai ya daidaita – kuma wannan ya haɗa da mutanen da ba a filin wasa ba, kamar Dave Rennie [physio], Andrew Neville [daraktan ayyuka], da Matty Reeves [shugaban lafiya da horo], waɗanda har yanzu suna can. Da Macca [Paul McAndrew], mai kayan wasa. Koyaushe ina gaya masa, "Idan Carlsberg ta yi masu kayan wasa... za ka zama mafi kyau a duniya."
[Hoto: Walkers sun fitar da Vardy Salted crisps don girmama rikodin Jamie Vardy na cin ƙwallo a wasanni 11 a jere. Hoton: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images]
**Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa**
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da nasarar Premier League ta Leicester City mai tarihi a kakar 2015-16 bayan shekaru goma, tare da tunani daga Claudio Ranieri da tawagar.
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko**
1. **Me ya sa Leicester City ta lashe Premier League ya zama babban abu?**
Labari ne na 5,000-zuwa-1 na rashin tsammani. Kulob din ya kusan sauka a shekarar da ta gabata kuma babu wanda ya yi tsammanin ƙungiyar da ta kashe kuɗi kaɗan za ta doke mafi arzikin kulob din a duniya.
2. **Wane ne manaja a lokacin?**
Claudio Ranieri, manaja dan Italiya wanda a baya ya horar da manyan kulob din kamar Chelsea da Juventus. An fi kiransa da "tinkerman" amma ya ci gaba da amfani da jerin 'yan wasa iri ɗaya a mafi yawan wannan kakar.
3. **Me Claudio Ranieri ya ce sirrin wannan kakar?**
Ya ce ruhin ƙungiyar, tsaro mai ƙarfi, da saurin Jamie Vardy da Riyad Mahrez a harin da suka yi.
4. **Wane ne manyan 'yan wasa na Leicester a wannan shekarar?**
Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez, N'Golo Kanté, da Kasper Schmeichel.
**Tambayoyi na Matakin Ci Gaba**
5. **Shekaru goma bayan haka, shin 'yan wasan har yanzu suna jin ba a ba su yabo da ya dace ba?**
Yawancin suna cewa suna alfahari sosai, amma wasu sun yarda cewa suna jin kafofin watsa labarai da duniyar ƙwallon kafa sun ɗauki nasarar a matsayin sa'a. Sun yi imani cewa horo da basirar dabara da ake buƙata don cin nasara galibi ana watsi da su.
6. **Menene juyin kakar wasa a cewar tawagar?**
Yawancin suna nuna nasarar 1-0 a kan Crystal Palace a watan Maris 2016. Leicester ta rasa ƙarfi kuma tana 1-0 a baya, amma sun daidaita a minti na ƙarshe. Wannan wasan ya shawo kansu cewa suna da kaddara a gefensu.
7. **Yaya Ranieri ya sa 'yan wasan su kasance masu himma lokacin da ake tsammanin za su rushe?**
Ya yi amfani da taken "wasa ɗaya a lokaci ɗaya" kuma ya saita ƙananan burin. Ya kuma hana 'yan wasan magana game da cin kambin har sai wata na ƙarshe.
8. **Shin 'yan wasan suna da wani imani ko al'ada a lokacin wannan tafiyar?**
Ee.
