LIVERPOOL, Ingila – Bayan kammala zagayen rukuni na gasar Champions League, Liverpool, Arsenal, da Aston Villa sun tabbatar da shiga zagaye na 16 kai tsaye, yayin da Manchester City da Celtic ke fuskantar wasan share fage don ci gaba.
Manchester City, karkashin jagorancin Pep Guardiola, za su iya fuskantar komawa Bayern Munich, inda Guardiola ya taba zama koci, idan aka zana su a wasan share fage. Guardiola ya bayyana cewa, “Real Madrid ko Bayern Munich – daya shi ne sarkin gasar, daya kuma shi ne na biyu ko na uku.”
Aston Villa sun samu damar shiga cikin manyan takwas bayan Atalanta ta kasa cin nasara a kan Barcelona, wanda ya sa suka fado cikin wasan share fage. Villa za su fuskantar daya daga cikin Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting, ko Club Brugge a zagaye na 16.
Arsenal da Liverpool sun riga sun tabbatar da ci gaba kai tsaye. Liverpool, wadanda suka zo na daya a teburin, za su fuskantar daya daga cikin Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Monaco, ko Brest. Arsenal kuma za su iya fuskantar daya daga cikin manyan kungiyoyin Serie A kamar AC Milan, PSV, Feyenoord, ko Juventus.
Zaben wasan share fage zai gudana ranar Juma’a, 31 ga Janairu, 2025, a Nyon, Switzerland. Kungiyoyi 16 da suka kammala a matsayi na 9 zuwa 24 za su shiga cikin wannan zabe, yayin da wadanda suka kammala a matsayi na 25 zuwa 36 za su fice daga gasar.
Guardiola ya kara da cewa, “Gasar ta zama mai tsanani, amma muna shirye don kalubale.” Haka kuma, Unai Emery, kocin Aston Villa, ya ce, “Mun yi nasara da kyar, amma muna farin cikin ci gaba.”
Zagaye na 16 zai fara ne a watan Fabrairu, inda kungiyoyi za su fara fuskantar juna don neman gurbin shiga zagaye na gaba.
