A ƙarshe dai lokaci ya yi na kakar UEFA Champions League ta 2025/26, kuma ɗaya daga cikin wasannin da suka yi fice daga Matchday 1 ya kawo mu kai tsaye zuwa Bavaria. Allianz Arena da ke Munich za ta yi tsawa a ranar 17 ga Satumba, 2025, da ƙarfe 7:00 na yamma (UTC) yayin da Bayern Munich ke karɓar bakuncin Chelsea a wata wasa ta gargajiya da tarihi cike da hamayya da wasan kwaikwayo. 

Wannan ba kawai wasan zagaye na rukuni ba ne, amma kungiyoyi biyu da ke da tarihi a Turai suna fafatawa a gaban magoya baya 75,000 a Munich. Bayern, wadda ta lashe kofin Turai sau 6, tana fafatawa da Chelsea, ita kadai ce kungiyar Ingila da ta taba lashe dukkan gasar UEFA. Kuma yayin da kowace ƙungiya ta zo da yanayi biyu daban-daban, Bayern na cikin yanayi mai zafi da kuma Chelsea na cikin yanayin sake ginawa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Enzo Maresca—matsalolin ba za su iya yin tsayi ba. 

A ma'aunin Bayern Munich, sun yi dogon jira don lashe kofin Champions League. Lashewar su ta ƙarshe a Turai ta kasance a 2020 a kan PSG lokacin da har yanzu Hansi Flick ke jagoranta, kuma tun daga nan manyan Jamusawa sun fice a wasannin da suka ci gaba da ci gaba a matakin kwata fainali da kuma wasan kusa da na ƙarshe. 

A ƙarƙashin Vincent Kompany, duk da haka, kamar dai Bavarians sake zama inji. Farawa da suka yi a kakar Bundesliga ta 2025/26 ta yi kyau, inda suka lashe dukkan wasanni biyar, ciki har da doke Hamburg da ci 5-0. Bayan da suka riga suka lashe German Super Cup, suna shiga wannan wasa cikin kyakkyawan yanayi.

Bayern ta yi wa baƙi wahala a Allianz Arena. Ba su yi rashin nasara a gida a zagaye na rukuni na Champions League a wasanni 34 na ƙarshe ba, inda lokaci na ƙarshe ya kasance a watan Disambar 2013, lokacin da Kompany, wanda abin ban dariya ne, ya kasance ɗan wasan Manchester City a daren.

Har ma da muni ga Manchester United, Bayern ta lashe wasan buɗe gasar ta Champions League a jere a kakar wasanni 22. Tarihi tabbas yana gefensu.

Idan har magoya bayan Chelsea har yanzu suna jin tasirin gasar cin kofin zakarun nahiyar Turai ta 2019/20 inda Blues suka sha kashi da ci 7-1 a jimilla a hannun Bayern Munich, za a iya gafarta musu saboda jin tsoro yayin da suke yiwa Harry Kane maraba. Dan wasan Ingila ya bar Premier League ya koma Munich kuma ya fara wannan kakar kamar yana da ikon mallaka—8 kwallaye a wasanni 5.

Kane na son babban wasa, kuma tare da manyan 'yan wasa kamar Joshua Kimmich, Luis Díaz, da Michael Olise suna samar masa da abubuwa, tsaron Chelsea na fuskantar babbar gwajinsa.

Chelsea ta samu damar shiga Champions League bayan da ta yi shekaru biyu ba ta halarci gasar ba, kuma a wannan karon za su yi alfahari. A kakar wasan da ta gabata, Chelsea ta kafa tarihi, inda ta zama kungiya ta farko da ta lashe dukkan gasar UEFA bayan da suka dauki kofin a Conference League.

Blues har yanzu suna hada matasa masu hazaka da kuma tsari na taktikal a ƙarƙashin sabon kocin Enzo Maresca. Sun cancanci shiga gasar bayan da suka doke Nottingham Forest a ranar ƙarshe a Premier League, kuma sun cancanci zama zakarun Club World Cup bayan da suka doke PSG a farkon wannan shekara. 

A Premier League, Chelsea ta samu lokuta masu ban sha'awa—kamar nasara da ci 5-1 akan West Ham da kuma nasara da ci 4-1 akan AC Milan a Turai—amma kuma sun nuna rauni, kamar yadda suka yi kunnen doki 2-2 da Brentford inda suka kasa kare kwallaye masu tsada. Maresca ya san cewa zai buƙaci kungiyarsa ta kasance cikin nutsuwa a ƙarƙashin matsin lamba tare da salon wasan gaba na Bayern.

Yayin da Mykhaylo Mudryk aka dakatar, ana sa ran Cole Palmer zai kasance mutum ga Chelsea. Tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Manchester City ya samu damar yin tasiri a farkon wannan kakar, inda ya zura kwallaye masu mahimmanci kuma ya nuna basirarsa a wasansa har zuwa yanzu. Damarsa na samun sarari da kuma gina wasa a wuraren da ba a sarari ba a kan tsakiyar filin Bayern zai zama mai mahimmanci. 

A gaba, ana sa ran João Pedro, wanda ya samu kwallaye 5 a wasanni 4 na gasar, zai jagoranci harin. Haɗin gwiwar sa da dangantakar sa da Pedro Neto da Garnacho abin da zai iya sanya masu tsaron gefe na Bayern cikin matsin lamba. 

Ko da kuwa babu wasu 'yan wasan tsaron da za su iya bugawa, Kompany har yanzu yana da Neuer, Upamecano, Kimmich, da Kane don taimakawa wajen kiyaye kungiya mai ma'auni. 

Neuer; Laimer, Upamecano, Tah, Stanisic; Kimmich, Pavlovic; Olise, Gnabry, Díaz; Kane

Sánchez; James, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Fernández, Caicedo; Neto, Palmer, Garnacho; Pedro.

Tsaron Chelsea na bukatar yin wasa mai kyau da kuma kula da Kane sosai, wanda ya kware wajen amfani da motsi a cikin akwatin. Kuskuren ɗaya, kuma zai sa ƙungiyar ta biya.

Konti na tsakiyar fili yana da muhimmanci. Idan Enzo ya sami damar sarrafa ko jure wa matsalar Bayern, za su iya canzawa da kyau. Idan ba haka ba, za su sami ɗan lokaci ko kuma babu mallakar kwallon da Bayern ke murkushe su.

Rauni ga Guerreiro da Davies ya sanya Bayern cikin yanayi mara kyau a matsayin gefen hagu. Palmer zai iya amfani da kirkirarsa don amfani da damar da ake ciki.

Magoya bayan Chelsea ba za su manta da Munich 2012 ba, lokacin da Didier Drogba ya ci kwallo da kuma jarumtar Petr Čech suka basu kofin Champions League na farko a kan Bayern a filin wasa na kansu. Duk da haka, tun daga lokacin, Bayern ta mamaye, inda ta lashe wasanni uku daga cikin huɗu, ciki har da jimillar 7-1 a 2020. Wannan dama ta zama tunawa, shekaru 13 bayan wani dare na musamman na Chelsea.

Saboda ƙarfin harin Bayern, matakin wasan su, tare da fa'idar kasancewa a gida, ya sa su suka fi karɓa don lashe gasar. Chelsea na iya zura kwallaye, amma raunin tsaron su zai bayyana kuma zai ba da dama wanda zai iya zama mai tsada.

• Shawara: Bayern Munich 3-1 Chelsea

• Harry Kane ya ci kwallo, Palmer ya yi fice ga Chelsea, kuma Allianz Arena ta ci gaba da zama lafiya.

Allianz Arena ta shirya don wani fafatawa mai ban sha'awa. Bayern Munich tana ci gaba, yayin da Chelsea ke cikin yanayin sake ginawa. Ruhohin Munich 2012 suna cikin iska ga magoya baya, kuma akwai damar da 'yan wasa za su iya ƙirƙirar sabon tarihi.

Ana sa ran kwallaye, wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma cin abincin kwallon kafa. Kuma ga duk wanda ke goyon bayan manyan Bundesliga ko kuma London Blues, tabbas wannan shine dalilin da yasa muke son Champions League.

• Bayern Munich 3 – 1 Chelsea.