DOHA, Qatar – Kocin Al Sadd, Felix Sanchez, ya ce tawagarsa ta shirya don fuskantar Al Ahli Saudi FC a wani babban wasa na AFC Champions League Elite wanda zai kara damar samun matsayi mai karfi a zagayen share fage. Duk da cewa dukkan tawagogi biyu sun riga sun samu tikitin shiga zagaye na 16, wasan da za a buga a Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium a yau da karfe 7:00 na yamma na iya zama mai zafi.
Al Ahli Saudi FC da Al Hilal na Saudiyya suna raba matsayi na farko a yankin Yamma, kowannensu yana da maki 16, yayin da Al Sadd ke matsayi na hudu da maki 12. Sanchez ya bayyana cewa, “Muna komawa gasar Asiya bayan wasanmu na Æ™arshe a watan Nuwamba. Yayin da muke da wasanni biyu na rukuni-rukuni, yana da amfani a buga su tun da mun riga mun samu cancantar shiga. Duk da haka, za mu fuskantar abokin hamayya mai karfi wanda shi ma ya samu cancantar shiga, kuma yana da Æ´an wasa masu Æ™warewa.”
Al Sadd, waÉ—anda suka lashe gasar AFC Champions League a shekarar 2011, za su yi Æ™oÆ™arin amfani da gida a yau, musamman bayan sun nuna wasanni masu kyau don samun cancantar shiga zagayen share fage bayan shekaru uku da suka shige. Sanchez ya kara da cewa, “Wasan da za mu yi da Al Ahli Saudi FC yana da mahimmanci. Za mu ba da Æ™oÆ™arinmu don samun sakamako mai kyau.”
A gefe guda, Al Ahli suma suna cikin kyakkyawan yanayi, inda suka sami tikitin shiga zagaye na 16 da wasanni uku da suka rage bayan nasara biyar a jere. Sanchez ya kuma ambaci sabbin Æ´an wasa da Al Ahli suka sanya hannu a lokacin canja wuri, amma ya ce, “Babban abin da muke damuwa shi ne tawagar mu. Muna san Æ™arfin abokan hamayya, amma muna da kwarin gwiwa ga Æ™warewar tawagarmu da ruhinta.”
Dan wasan tsakiya na Al Sadd, Guilherme Torres, ya yi magana da irin wannan kwarin gwiwa. Ya ce, “Wannan zai zama wasa mai wahala kuma mai mahimmanci a gare mu, musamman yayin da muke wasa a gida. Za mu yi duk abin da za mu iya don samun nasara da maki uku.”
A wani wasa na yankin Yamma, Al Rayyan na Qatar za su fuskantar Al Ain na UAE a wasan da zai taka muhimmiyar rawa a fagen cancantar shiga zagaye na 16. Al Rayyan, wanda ke matsayi na bakwai da maki biyar, suna buƙatar nasara biyu a wasanninsu na ƙarshe don tabbatar da ci gaba.