ALKMAAR, Netherlands – A ranar Talata, 14 ga Janairu, 2025, AZ Alkmaar da Ajax za su fafata a zagaye na 16 na gasar KNVB Beker a filin wasa na AFAS Stadion. Wannan wasan zai kasance fafatawa mai tsanani tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu masu ƙarfi a gasar Eredivisie.
AZ Alkmaar ta zo ne bayan nasara da ci 3-1 a kan Groningen a zagaye na baya, yayin da Ajax ta samu nasara a kan RKC da ci 2-1 a wasan karshe. AZ Alkmaar, wacce ta lashe gasar sau hudu, tana fatan samun nasara a wannan kakar, bayan ta kasa samun kofuna tun daga kakar 2012-13.
Manajan AZ, Pascal Jansen, ya bayyana cewa tawagarsa tana cikin kyakkyawan yanayi, inda ta ci nasara a wasanni shida daga cikin wasanni tara da ta yi a duk gasa. Tawagar ta kuma ci nasara a wasanninta na gida huɗu da suka gabata, inda ta zira kwallaye bakwai tare da kasa kwallaye biyu kacal.
A gefe guda, Ajax, karkashin jagorancin Francesco Farioli, tana cikin kyakkyawan yanayi kuma tana da burin samun nasara a wannan gasar. Tawagar ta ci nasara a wasanni huɗu da suka gabata, inda ta kare ragar a wasanni uku daga cikinsu. Duk da haka, ba ta da kyakkyawan tarihi a wasannin waje, inda ta ci nasara biyu, ta yi canjaras daya, kuma ta sha kashi biyu a wasanni biyar da ta yi a baya.
Jansen ya bayyana cewa tawagarsa tana da wasu raunuka, inda ya nuna damuwa game da yiwuwar rashin halartar wasu ‘yan wasa kamar su Jesper Karlsson da Dani de Wit. Duk da haka, tawagar tana fatan yin amfani da gidauniyar nasarar da ta samu a wasan farko da suka yi da Ajax a wannan kakar.
Farioli, daga bangaren Ajax, ya ce tawagarsa ta shirya sosai don fuskantar AZ Alkmaar. Ya kara da cewa, “Mun san ƙarfinsu kuma mun san inda muke buƙatar yin mafi kyau.”
Ana sa ran wasan zai kasance mai tsanani, tare da yuwuwar cewa kowace ƙungiya za ta iya zira kwallaye. Duk da haka, AZ Alkmaar tana da fa’ida ta gida kuma tana da tarihin nasara a kan Ajax, wanda zai iya zama muhimmiyar fa’ida a wannan wasa.
