AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Galatasaray za su fafata da Ajax a wasan ƙarshe na rukunin gasar Europa League a ranar Alhamis, inda suke neman tabbatar da matsayi na farko takwas. Wasan zai gudana a filin wasa na Johan Cruijff Arena a Amsterdam, inda zai fara da karfe 11 na dare na gida. Alkalin wasan shine Jesus Gil Manzano na Spain, tare da mataimakansa Diego Barbero da Angel Nevado, yayin da Guillermo Cuadra ya zama alkali na huɗu. Carlos del Cerro Grande zai kula da dakin VAR, tare da taimakon Alejandro Hernandez.
Galatasaray ba ta taɓa cin nasara a gasar ba, inda ta tara maki 13 daga nasarori uku da canje-canje huɗu. Tuni dai ta tabbatar da matsayinta a zagaye na 16, amma ƙungiyar Turkiyya tana neman nasara don kammala a cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi takwas kuma ta ci gaba kai tsaye zuwa zagaye na 16, ba tare da shiga cikin wasan kusa da na karshe ba. A wannan kakar, gasar Europa League ta ɗauki sabon tsari na ƙungiyoyi 36, inda manyan ƙungiyoyi takwas suka sami cancantar shiga zagaye na 16 kai tsaye. Nasara a Amsterdam za ta ƙara ƙarfin Galatasaray don kammala a cikin wannan rukuni.
Idan Galatasaray ta yi nasara, za ta tara maki 16 kuma za ta jira kura-kurai daga Eintracht Frankfurt, Athletic Bilbao, Manchester United, Olympique Lyon, Tottenham, Anderlecht, ko FCSB don tabbatar da matsayi na farko takwas. Ajax, ƙungiyar Turai mai tarihi, ta sha wahala a gasar Europa League, inda ta sami nasarori uku, canji ɗaya da asara uku a wasanni bakwai. Ƙungiyar Holland tana matsayi na 16 tare da maki 10, har yanzu tana buƙatar sakamako don tabbatar da ci gaba zuwa zagaye na gaba. Duk da fara gasar da nasara mai ƙarfi 4-0 a kan Beşiktaş, Ajax ta yi asara a wasanninta uku na ƙarshe na rukunin zuwa Real Sociedad, Lazio da RFS. A gasar Eredivisie, Ajax ta sami nasarori 14, canje-canje uku da asara biyu a cikin wasanni 19, inda ta kasance maki huɗu a bayan jagorar gasar PSV Eindhoven tare da wasa ɗaya da suka rage.
Kocin Ajax Francesco Farioli, wanda ya yi aiki a Turkiyya tare da Alanyaspor da Fatih Karagümrük, ya san Galatasaray da gasar Turkiyya. Kocin Italiyan ya yi shekaru biyu yana koyarwa a Turkiyya kafin ya koma OGC Nice na Faransa kuma daga baya ya zama shugaban Ajax a wannan kakar. Dan wasan baya na Turkiyya Ahmetcan Kaplan yana cikin jerin sunayen Ajax. Dan shekara 22 ya shiga ƙungiyar daga Trabzonspor a 2022 akan kuɗi fiye da dala miliyan 10 amma ya sha wahala da raunuka, wanda ya iyakance shi zuwa wasanni 19 a cikin shekaru biyu da rabi. Kaplan ya fito a wasanni shida na hukuma a wannan kakar kuma zai iya fuskantar Galatasaray idan Farioli ya zaɓe shi.
Galatasaray za ta fafata ba tare da ‘yan wasa uku ba. Dan wasan gaba mai tauraro Mauro Icardi ba zai iya buga wasa ba saboda raunin da ya samu a wasan da Tottenham. Yayin da Roland Sallai da Ahmed Kutucu, waɗanda suka shiga ƙungiyar bayan ranar rajistar ƙungiyar UEFA, ba su cancanci buga wasa ba. Bugu da ƙari, ‘yan wasa biyar na Galatasaray – Davinson Sanchez, Lucas Torreira, Dries Mertens, Yunus Akgün da Victor Osimhen – suna cikin haɗarin dakatarwa. Kowannensu ya tara katunan rawaya biyu kuma zai rasa zagaye na gaba idan an ba shi kati a Amsterdam.
Ajax za ta rasa dan wasan tsakiya Branco van den Boomen, wanda aka dakatar saboda karɓar katin rawaya a wasan da RFS. Ƙungiyar Holland za ta yi rashin ‘yan wasa Benjamin Tahirovic, Owen Wijndal, da Amourricho van Axel-Dongen, yayin da Davy Klaassen ba a cikin jerin sunayen UEFA ba.
Ƙungiyar Turkiyya tana ci gaba da gudun nasara, ba ta taɓa cin nasara ba a wasanni 26 na gasa a duk fage. Asarar su ta ƙarshe ta zo a ranar 27 ga Agusta a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar zakarun Turai da Young Boys. Tun daga lokacin, ta sami nasarori 18 da canje-canje takwas a cikin wasannin cikin gida da na Turai. Galatasaray ta yi canje-canje uku a wasanninta na waje a gasar Europa League a wannan kakar, inda ta riƙe RFS (2-2), AZ Alkmaar (1-1), da Malmö (2-2).
Galatasaray ita ce ƙungiyar da ta fi zura kwallaye a gasar Europa League a wannan kakar, inda ta zura kwallaye 18 a wasanni bakwai – fiye da kowace ƙungiya a gasar. Duk da haka, raunin tsaron su ya bayyana, inda suka ci kwallaye 14, wanda ya sa su zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin da suka fi shiga kwallaye a cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi 24, tare da Beşiktaş. Nasara a Amsterdam za ta ƙara tsawaita jerin nasarorin Galatasaray kuma ta ƙarfafa ƙoƙarinta na samun cancantar shiga zagaye na 16 kai tsaye.
