An tsara ranar: 20 ga Satumba, 2025. Kusa da ƙarfe 4:30 na yamma UTC. Gidan Mafarkai, Old Trafford, cikin girman sa, yana rawa da tsammani, kewayo, da kuma hayaniyar tarihi. Filin an raba shi; Manchester United, wani babban kulob da ya ji rauni amma bai karye ba, manajansa Ruben Amorim yana riƙe da mukaminsa da saƙon murya na “wasanni uku da suka rage don ya ceci aikinsa.” A ɓangaren kuma akwai Chelsea, wanda Enzo Maresca ya sake rayuwa a ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa, cike da rashin gogewa amma har yanzu yana jin tasirin abubuwan da suka faru a tsakiyar mako: rashin nasarar da suka yi a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai a hannun Bayern Munich a gida, a abin da zai zama rashin nasara mai ban sha'awa amma mai daraja. Wannan ba wasan ƙwallo kawai ba ne; wannan ya shafi rayuwa. Yana game da rasa ayyuka. Wannan shi ne tsakanin alfahari da matsin lamba.
Jin Daɗin Lokaci
Magoya baya sun riga sun ji hakan. Tituna a wajen Old Trafford suna cike da rayuwa—rigunan hannu suna kadawa a sama, a zahiri da kuma murya, suna rera waƙa daga wajen gidajen giya, jayayyar kan dabarun wasa ta koma sabani mai zafi. Magoya bayan United na buƙatar kwanciyar hankali da fansar bayan tafiyar hamayya ta hanyar birnin a Etihad. Magoya bayan Chelsea da suka yi tattaki sun zo da fata, suna jin ƙanshin jini, kuma suna neman nasara bayan shekaru 12 na ƙoƙarin barin Old Trafford da maki uku.
Kwallon kafa ba game da lambobi ba ne. Ba kawai mintuna 90 ba ne. Yana da fina-finai da ake yi a lokaci na ainihi—labarin da aka rubuta ta hanyar sa'a, jaruntaka, da rikici. Kuma game da wannan wasan na musamman? Yana da duk abubuwan da ake bukata don babban nasara.
Labarin Manajoji Biyu
Rubén Amorim ya zo Manchester da hangen wasan damfara da kuzari mara tsoro. Duk da haka, a Premier League, matsin lamba baya haƙuri da hangen nesa. Nasara biyu a wasanni goma. Tsaro da ke zura kwallaye cikin sauƙi. Ƙungiya tsakanin hangen nesa da aiwatarwa. Wannan ba kowane wasa ba ne; yana iya zama wasansa na ƙarshe. Old Trafford ya sha cinye kocin a baya, kuma Amorim ya san hakan na iya zuwa.
A gefen tabarma, Enzo Maresca yana da yanayin nutsuwa mai ci gaba. Ƙungiyarsa ta Chelsea tana wasa da kwarin gwiwa, tana gina hare-hare ta duk tsawon lokacin da ake bukata kuma tana matsa lamba cikin hikima. Amma duk da ci gaban da suka samu, gaskiya guda daya da ba za a iya musantawa ba za ta kasance muddin Maresca ne manaja: Chelsea ba za ta iya cin nasara a Old Trafford ba. Duk wani manajan da ya wuce, ko wane ne shi Mourinho, Tuchel, ko Pochettino, ya kasa cire wannan laƙabin. Aikin Maresca yana da alkawari; yau dare ne lokacin da za a nuna wa kowa cewa ya fi 'alkawari'.
Layukan Yaƙi
Wasanni ana yanke hukunci ta hanyar fafatawa a cikin fafatawa, ba kawai 'yan wasa ba.
Bruno Fernandes da Enzo Fernández: manyan kwamandojin tsakiya biyu da ke da hangen nesa a cikin ƙafafunsu. Bruno na son kai wa United; Enzo yana wasa da mallaka har zuwa karshen lokaci don Chelsea.
Marcus Rashford da Reece James: fafatawar gudu da ƙarfi. Rashford yana raye a hagu, yayin da James ba zai bar shi ya yi numfashi ba.
João Pedro da Matthijs de Ligt: mai ci wa Chelsea kwallaye mai tsananin zafi ya fafata da bango na Dutch a tsaron bayan United.
Kowane yaki yana da labari. Kuma kowane labari yana tura wasan zuwa ga daukaka ko raunin zuciya.
Yanayi a Old Trafford
Akwai wani abu mai sihiri game da daren Old Trafford. Fitilolin wuta ba sa haskawa kawai; suna zura ido. Suna buƙata. Ga Chelsea, filin ya kasance kabari. Tun 2013, nasara ta yi musu nisa gaba ɗaya. Kuma kowane lokaci, ya ƙare da takaici, ko dai burin United na karshe ko kuma damammakin da Chelsea ta rasa.
Amma la'anoni suna nan don a karya su. Ƙungiyar Maresca ta zo da karfin gwiwa, tare da Cole Palmer, Raheem Sterling, da Pedro a shirye su yi aiki tare. Duk da haka, nauyin tarihi yana rataye a iska: yana da saƙon murya a kunnuwan kowane ɗan wasa a filin, “Anan, ba mu taɓa zama saukin ganima ba.”
Siffar Kwallo Na Karshe—Wani Nau'in Kwarin Gwiwa
Manchester United na tafiya zuwa wannan wasan kamar dabba mai rauni. Nasara biyu a wasanni goma na karshe a gasar. Bambancin kwallayensu na raguwa da kuma alfaharinsu na shuɗewa—amma kwallon kafa na iya zama zalunci wajen samun damar samun fansa ga kungiyoyi da suka karye.
A gefe guda, Chelsea na cike da kwarin gwiwa. Nasara 7 a wasanni goma na karshe, kwallaye na gudana, taurari matasa suna haskawa. Duk da haka, gazawarsu sake a Munich a tsakiyar mako ta tunasar da magoya baya cewa har yanzu mutum ne kuma kungiya ce da ke cikin canji.
Wani gefe na neman rayuwa, wani gefe na fafutukar neman tarihi.
Sheet na Kungiyoyi—Halayen Dare
United na iya ba da damar fara wasa ga mai tsaron ragar Senne Lammens, yana jefa shi cikin abin da tabbas zai zama ɗayan mafi haɗari na daren Premier League. Marcus Rashford da Bruno Fernandes za su ɗauki fata, yayin da 'yan wasa kamar Amad Diallo ke ƙara annashuwa ga rashin tabbas.
Ga Chelsea, ana ajiye fata a ƙafafun Enzo Fernández da Cole Palmer, yayin da suke jagorantar João Pedro a gaba, Garnacho yana ƙara wuta a kan tsohuwar kulob dinsa, kuma Sterling yana ba da damar kwarewa. A halin yanzu, tsaron bayan su dole ne su kula da hare-hare masu sauri daga United.
Bayanin: Daren Rikice-rikicen Katin
Wannan karawa ta haɗu sau 27 a tarihin gasar—mafi yawa a kowane pairing. Kuma yau dare yana da alama zai ƙara wata shafi na wannan tarihin. Chelsea na cikin kwarin gwiwa don cin nasara; duk da haka, koyaushe tare da aljanin Old Trafford a bango. United, kasancewa tare da bayan ku a bango za su sami kwallo lokacin da ya zama kamar ba zai yiwu ba.
Bayanin: Manchester United 2 – 2 Chelsea
Bruno Fernandes ya ci kwallo
João Pedro ya ci kwallo kuma
Fafatawa cike da ban mamaki, wadataccen wuta da tsoro ga masu kallon da za su yi tauna.
Minti na Karshe
Sadafin alkalin wasa zai fadi rabin labarin ne lokacin da sakamakon karshe da ke walƙiya a allon nuni zai kasance United: rayuwa ko wani mataki na zuwa ga rikicin gudanarwa. Chelsea: Fita daga matsalar shekaru 10 da suka wuce, ko kuma wani tuni cewa Old Trafford gidan katangar da aka gina da duhu.
