Ipswich Town, ƙungiyar mata ta ƙwallon ƙafa, za ta fuskanci Manchester City a zagaye na huɗu na gasar cin kofin FA a ranar Lahadi. Wannan ya zo ne bayan Ipswich ta doke Bournemouth da ci 1-0 a zagayen da ya gabata, inda Sophie Peskett ta zura kwallon nasara.
Bayan shekaru biyar da suka wuce, Ipswich ta sha kashi a hannun Man City a gasar cin kofin FA, amma yanzu ƙungiyar ta ƙaru sosai. Natasha Thomas da Sophie Peskett, waɗanda suka kasance cikin ƙungiyar a lokacin, suna fatan yaƙi mafi ƙarfi a wannan karon.
“Muna son yin wasa da manyan ƙungiyoyi, kuma Man City ita ce mafi kyau. Mun san cewa zai zama gasa mai ƙarfi,” in ji Natasha Thomas a waƙar BBC Radio Suffolk.
Sophie Peskett, wacce ta zama ƴar wasa ta farko ta Ipswich Town a shekarar 2021, ta ce ta girma sosai tun lokacin da ta fara wasa da Man City. “Na yi girma a matsayin ɗan wasa da mutum. Na sami rauni na tsawon wata 14, kuma na koyi abubuwa da yawa daga ƴan wasa masu gogewa,” in ji Peskett.
Manchester City, wacce ta lashe gasar cin kofin FA sau uku tsakanin 2017 zuwa 2020, tana cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi a gasar WSL. Duk da rashin nasarar da ta samu a wasannin da ta yi kwanan nan, ƙungiyar tana da ƴan wasa masu ƙwarewa daga duniya.
Peskett ta ce ba ta yi tunanin cewa wasan zai kasance mai sauƙi ba. “Ba mu zama masu sa-kai ba, wasan zai yi tsanani, amma muna son nuna abin da muka yi aiki a kai. Idan muka yi nasara, hakan zai zama abin mamaki,” in ji Peskett.
Ipswich Town ta kai zagaye na huɗu a gasar cin kofin FA a shekarun da suka gabata, kuma a shekarar 2022 ta kai zagaye na takwas kafin ta sha kashi a hannun West Ham. A yanzu haka, ƙungiyar ba ta sha kashi a gasar Women’s National League Southern Premier, inda ta ci nasara a wasanni tara daga cikin wasanni 11 da ta yi.
Manajan Ipswich, Joe Sheehan, ya ce ba za su iya yin wasa kamar yadda suka saba ba a kan Man City. “Lokaci da yawa daga cikin kakar wasa, mun kasance ƙungiyar da ta fi ƙarfi, amma yanzu hakan ya canza a kan Manchester City,” in ji Sheehan.
Sheehan ya kuma bayyana cewa tunanin da suka yi a wasan da suka yi da Man City a shekarar 2020 ya zama tushen shirye-shiryensu don wannan wasan. “Wannan wasan ya zama ƙalubale na musamman saboda ƙarfin abokan hamayya, amma muna fatan koyo daga gare shi,” in ji Sheehan.
