Michael Owen na Kenny Dalglish: Impamvu abakinnyi ba Liverpool batabonye igihembo cya Ballon d’Or uko bikwiye

Ikipe ya Liverpool yagize abakinnyi benshi b’ibihe byose bagaragaje ubuhanga budasanzwe, ariko bamwe muri bo ntibahawe ibihembo ku rwego mpuzamahanga bihwanye n’ibyo bagezeho mu kibuga. Umutoza Bob Paisley yongereye imbaraga ikipe yari isanzwe ikomeye, ayifasha kwegukana ibikombe bitatu by’i Burayi ndetse n’ibikombe bitandatu bya shampiyona. Kevin Keegan yegukanye igihembo cya Ballon d’Or inshuro ebyiri nyuma yo kuva muri Liverpool. Kenny Dalglish we ntiyigeze agitwara, nubwo mu 1983 yaje ku mwanya wa kabiri, inyuma ya Michel Platini. Ibi byatumye hibazwa niba abatora Ballon d’Or barahaga agaciro gake abakinnyi bo mu Bwongereza. Amakipe yo muri icyo gihugu yegukanye ibikombe birindwi by’i Burayi hagati ya 1977 na 1984, ariko abakinnyi bayo ntibahabwaga ibihembo byinshi ku giti cyabo. Nubwo impamvu yabiteye itazwi neza, Dalglish yari akwiriye kurushaho guhabwa icyubahiro kubera ibyo yagezeho, aho kugarukira ku mwanya umwe wa kabiri muri iri rushanwa. 1. Michael Owen — Uwegukanye Ballon d’Or mu 2001 Umwaka wa 2001 wari umwaka udasanzwe kuri Michael Owen, rutahizamu wa Liverpool. Yafashije iyi kipe kwegukana ibikombe bitanu: FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup, Charity Shield na UEFA Super Cup. Ikindi cyamuranze ni ibitego bitatu yatsinze mu mukino u Bwongereza bwatsinzemo u Budage, ibintu byabaye kimwe mu bihe bitazibagirana muri uwo mwaka. Mu guhatanira Ballon d’Or, Owen yarushije Raúl amanota 36, aba umukinnyi wa mbere wa Liverpool wegukanye icyo gihembo. Nyuma y’imyaka runaka, Owen yabwiye ikinyamakuru FourFourTwo ko yumvaga atahabwaga icyubahiro gihagije mu Bwongereza kubera kwegukana Ballon d’Or. Yagize ati: “Numva ntahabwa icyubahiro nk’icyo abandi bakinnyi bahabwa iyo begukanye Ballon d’Or.” Yakomeje avuga ko mu Bwongereza icyo gihembo kitahabwaga agaciro gakomeye nk’ako yahabonye muri Espagne, aho bamufataga nk’intwari kubera ko yari yakitwaye. Owen yavuze ko yishimira cyane kuba yaracyegukanye, kandi ko akibitseho ifoto igaragaza uko abakinnyi bakurikiranye mu manota, kuva ku mwanya wa mbere kugeza ku yindi myanya. Yagize ati: “Iyo urebye urutonde rw’abagitsinze, urabona amazina akomeye cyane. Icyo ni cyo narotaga nkiri umwana. Sinifuzaga kuba umukinnyi w’umupira w’amaguru gusa; nifuzaga kuba umukinnyi mwiza kurusha abandi.” Owen yongeyeho ko uko imyaka yagiye ishira, ari bwo arushaho gusobanukirwa agaciro k’icyo gihembo. Yavuze ko igihe yari afite imyaka 22, Ballon d’Or yayibonaga nk’ikindi gikombe gisanzwe, akumva ko agomba kongera gutsinda kugira ngo yongere akegukane. Michael Owen yanditse amateka muri Liverpool mu 2001, ayifasha kwegukana ibikombe bitanu kandi atsinda Ballon d’Or. Ibyo yagezeho byamushyize mu bakinnyi b’ingenzi mu mateka y’iyi kipe, mu gihe ikibazo cyo kumenya niba abakinnyi bo mu Bwongereza barahabwaga agaciro gakwiye mu matora ya Ballon d’Or cyakomeje kugibwaho impaka.