MIDDLESBROUGH, Ingila – A ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 2024, Middlesbrough da Sunderland sun fafata a wasan gasar Championship a filin wasa na Riverside. Wasan ya kasance mai zafi saboda mahimmancinsa ga dukkan bangarorin biyu da ke kokarin samun ci gaba zuwa Premier League.
Middlesbrough, karkashin jagorancin Michael Carrick, sun yi wasan da sauri don kara matsayinsu a cikin gasar. Duk da haka, Sunderland, karkashin jagorancin Regis Le Bris, sun yi kokarin kare matsayinsu na hudu a teburin.
Wasu canje-canje da aka yi a kungiyoyin sun hada da Morgan Whittaker da Mark Travers da suka fara wasa a karon farko a Middlesbrough. A gefe guda, Sunderland ta sanya Chris Rigg a cikin tawagar ta, wanda ya zura kwallo a ragar Middlesbrough a wasan da suka yi a baya.
Gary Bennett, tsohon dan wasan Sunderland, ya bayyana cewa, “Idan ka kalli tawagar Sunderland yanzu, tambayar ita ce, nawa ne darajar tawagar farko? Wannan yana nuna cewa, da fatan Allah, muna kan hanyar da ta dace.”
Neil Maddison, tsohon dan wasan Middlesbrough, ya kuma bayyana cewa, “Dael Fry a kan benci shine abin mamaki kawai daga Middlesbrough. Ya kasance mai tsaron gida, kuma kana bukatar irin wadannan a cikin tawagarka.”
Wasu masu sha’awar kungiyoyin sun ba da hasashensu kan sakamakon wasan. Dan K ya ce, “Middlesbrough za ta ci 3-0 kuma za ta yi kunnen doki 3-3.” Sauran masu sha’awar sun yi hasashen cewa Middlesbrough za ta ci nasara da ci 2-1.
Duk da yake Middlesbrough ta yi nasara a yawancin wasannin da suka yi da Sunderland a baya, Sunderland ta yi nasara a wasan da suka yi a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 2024, da ci 1-0.
Wasu bayanai masu mahimmanci sun hada da cewa Middlesbrough ta yi nasara a wasanni 37 daga cikin wasanni 115 da suka yi da Sunderland, yayin da Sunderland ta yi nasara a wasanni 50. Wasanni 28 sun kare da kunnen doki.
Dukkan bangarorin sun yi kokarin samun nasara a wannan wasan don kara matsayinsu a gasar. Middlesbrough tana da damar komawa cikin wuraren shiga gasar cin kofin, yayin da Sunderland ke kokarin ci gaba da tafiya tare da manyan kungiyoyi biyu.