LEVERKUSEN, Jamus – Bayer Leverkusen za su ci gaba da kare kambun DFB-Pokal a ranar Laraba yayin da suka karbi bakuncin abokan hamayyarsu na gida FC Köln a wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe na gasar a shekarar 2025.
Leverkusen sun shigo wannan wasan cikin kyakkyawan tsari, bayan nasarar da suka samu da ci 3-1 a kan Hoffenheim a gasar Bundesliga a ranar Lahadi, wanda ya sanya su a matsayi na biyu a teburin, inda suka rasa maki shida kacal a bayan Bayern Munich. Kungiyar Xabi Alonso ta kasance mai karfi a wannan kakar wasa, inda ta zama ta biyu mafi yawan zura kwallaye a Bundesliga da kwallaye 49, kuma tsaron gidansu ya kasance mai karfi, inda suka kasance na hudu mafi kyawun tsaro a gasar.
Leverkusen sun kasance masu karfi musamman a gasar DFB-Pokal, inda suka kare wasanni biyar a jere ba tare da an ci su ba, inda suka ci nasara da ci 10-0 a wasannin biyar da suka gabata a gasar. Kungiyar ta kasance mai karfi a gida, inda ta ci nasara a wasanni tara daga cikin wasanni goma da suka buga a filin wasa na BayArena, wanda ya sa su zama manyan ‘yan wasa a wannan wasan. Za su yi fatan ci gaba da kyakkyawan tsarin wasan kusa da na karshe bayan sun doke Bayern Munich da ci 1-0 a zagayen 16, inda suka amfana da jan kati ga Manuel Neuer amma duk da haka ba su samu dama sosai ba a wani wasa mai tsauri. Kwallon da Nathan Tella ya zura a minti na 69 ya zama mabuɗin nasarar a wannan wasan.
Leverkusen za su fara wasan ba tare da dan wasan gaba Nathan Tella ba, wanda ke jinya sakamakon raunin kwatangwalo kuma ba a sa ran zai samu damar shiga wasan a ranar Laraba. Amine Adli zai iya maye gurbinsa a gaban, tare da Jonas Hofmann da dan wasan gaba Patrik Schick. Leverkusen kuma suna da ‘yan wasa da ba su halarta na dogon lokaci kamar Martin Terrier da Jeanuel Belocian, inda rashin Belocian zai sa Mario Hermoso ya fara wasa tare da Nordi Mukiele da Piero Hincapie a tsaron baya uku. Dan wasan tsakiya Granit Xhaka, mai shekaru 32, zai iya hutu, inda Robert Andrich ya shirya shiga, watakila tare da Exequiel Palacios.
Köln, karkashin jagorancin koci Gerhard Struber, sun kasance cikin kyakkyawan tsari. Suna kan gaba a gasar 2. Bundesliga da maki 37, ko da yake suna fuskantar gasa mai tsauri don haɓaka tare da jagorar maki biyu kacal a kan Magdeburg mai matsayi na uku. Köln sun shiga wannan matakin na gasar cin kofin bayan nasarar da suka samu da ci 2-1 a kan Hertha Berlin, inda Dejan Ljubicic ya zura kwallo a minti na 121 don tabbatar da nasarar bayan karin lokaci. Sun kasance masu karfi a wasannin baya, inda suka ci nasara a wasanni biyar daga cikin wasanni shida da suka buga a waje, kuma sun ci nasara a wasanni shida daga cikin wasanni bakwai da suka buga a duk gasa. Duk da haka, suna fuskantar wani babban aiki a wannan wasan, saboda sun sha kaye a hannun Leverkusen a wasannin da suka gabata, inda masu gida suka ci nasara a wasannin biyu na karshe na derby.
Köln za su fara wasan ba tare da ‘yan wasa da yawa ba. ‘Yan wasan tsakiya Jacob Steen Christensen da Mathias Olesen ba za su halarci wasan ba, wanda zai sa Dejan Ljubicic da Eric Martel su fara wasa a tsakiya. Baƙi za su kuma fara wasan ba tare da mai tsaron baya Luca Kilian ba, wanda zai sa Timo Hübers, Joel Schmied, da Dominique Heintz su fara wasa a tsaron baya uku. A gaban, Köln za su fara wasan ba tare da ‘yan wasan gaba Mark Uth da Tim Lemperle ba, wanda zai sa Damion Downs da Steffan Tigges su zama ‘yan wasan gaba.
