LISBON, Portugal – FC Barcelona da Benfica za su fafata a gasar Champions League a ranar 21 ga Janairu a Estádio da Luz, wanda ke nuna ci gaba da tarihin dogon lokaci tsakanin kungiyoyin biyu. Tarihin ya hada da wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin Turai a shekarar 1961, inda Benfica ta doke Barcelona da ci 3-2.
A cikin wannan wasan, Barcelona ta yi karo da sa’a mara kyau, inda ta buga ginshikan gida sau hudu. Ko da yake sun yi nasara a kan Real Madrid a zagaye na kusa da na karshe, amma sun kasa cin nasara a wasan karshe. Benfica, karkashin jagorancin Béla Guttmann, ta ci nasarar farko a gasar cin kofin Turai, kuma ta sake yin haka a shekara mai zuwa.
Bayan shekaru 31, kungiyoyin biyu sun sake haduwa a gasar cin kofin Turai a shekarar 1992, inda Barcelona ta ci nasara da ci 2-1 a wasan da ya taimaka mata ta kai wasan karshe. A wannan karon, Barcelona ta ci nasara a gasar, inda ta zama zakara ta Turai a karon farko.
A ranar 23 ga Nuwamba 2021, Barcelona da Benfica sun sake haduwa a gasar Champions League, inda wasan ya kare da ci 0-0. Wannan sakamakon ya taimaka wajen kawar da Barcelona daga gasar, inda ta koma gasar Europa League.
Kocin Benfica Bruno Lage ya bayyana cewa Barcelona za ta fuskantar kalubale mai ban sha’awa a wasan. “Barcelona za ta ga wannan kalubale yana da ban sha’awa, saboda su babbar kungiya ce, kuma wannan wasan zai zama na gargajiya a Turai,” in ji Lage.
Barcelona ta shigo cikin wannan wasan bayan rashin nasara a wasan da Getafe, yayin da Benfica ta ci nasara da ci 4-0 a kan Famalicão. Wannan wasan zai zama muhimmi ga dukkan kungiyoyin biyu, musamman ma Barcelona, wacce ke neman tabbatar da matsayinta a zagaye na gaba na gasar.
