MADRID, Spain – Gabanin wasan daf da na kusa da karshe na gasar zakarun Turai tsakanin Manchester City da Real Madrid, kungiyoyin biyu na fuskantar wasanni daban-daban. Manchester City za ta ziyarci Leyton Orient a gasar cin kofin FA ranar Asabar, yayin da Real Madrid za ta karbi bakuncin Atletico Madrid a wasan LaLiga EA Sports.
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Kungiyar Pep Guardiola za ta fafata da kungiyar da ke mataki na uku a Ingila bayan ta sha kashi a hannun Arsenal da ci 5-1 a gasar Premier. Hakan na nufin za su samu hutu fiye da Real Madrid, wacce za ta kara da Atletico bayan ta doke Leganes da ci 3-2 a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe na gasar Copa del Rey.
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City ta saka Rodrigo Hernández, wanda ya samu rauni a watan Satumba, da kuma sabon dan wasan Spain Nico González a cikin jerin ‘yan wasan da za su buga gasar zakarun Turai, duk da cewa har yanzu zakaran na Ballon d’Or bai samu damar buga wasa ba, kamar yadda kungiyar ta Ingila ta sanar a wata sanarwa. Rodri na ci gaba da jinya kuma ba zai buga wasa ba har sai karshen kakar wasa.
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City ta kuma saka sabbin ‘yan wasanta guda uku da ta saya a kasuwar saye da sayarwa ta hunturu, dan kasar Spain Nico González, dan kasar Uzbekistan Abdukodir Khusanov, da kuma dan kasar Masar Omar Marmoush, yayin da dan kasar Brazil Vitor Reis ya fice daga jerin sunayen. Wadanda aka cire daga cikin ‘yan wasan sun hada da dan kasar Ingila Kyle Walker, wanda ya kasance jigon kungiyar, wanda ke zaman aro a Milan, da Josh Wilson-Esbrand, wanda shi ma ke zaman aro a Stoke City.
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A gasar zakarun Turai ta mata, Barcelona da Real Madrid, za su fafata da Wolfsburg ta Jamus da Arsenal ta Ingila a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe. Barcelona, wacce ke neman lashe kofin a karo na uku a jere, za ta buga wasa na biyu a gida, yayin da Real Madrid za ta buga wasa na farko a Alfredo di Stéfano kuma ta biyu a Landan.
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Sauran wasannin daf da na kusa da karshe sun hada da Manchester City da Chelsea, da Bayern Munich ta Jamus da Olympique Lyon ta Faransa.
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Barcelona ta kammala a matsayin ta daya a rukunin D bayan ta doke City da ci 3-0 a wasan karshe, wanda ya ba ta damar ramawa rashin da ta sha a Ingila da ci 2-0. Shi ne wasa daya tilo da kungiyar Pere Romeu ba ta ci ba, wacce ke neman lashe kofin nahiyar a karo na uku a jere bayan ta doke Wolfsburg (3-2) da Lyon (2-0) a wasannin karshe da suka gabata.
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Kungiyar Jamus ta kammala a matsayin ta biyu a rukunin A bayan Lyon, inda ta samu nasara uku da rashin nasara uku. Kungiyoyin biyu sun taba haduwa a gasar zakarun Turai sau da dama. Kafin wasan karshe na Eindhoven a shekarar 2023, sun hadu a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe a kakar wasa ta 2013/14 da kuma wasan dab da karshe a kakar wasa ta 2019/20, kuma a dukkan lokutan Wolfsburg ta ci gaba, wacce ta lashe kofin a 2013 da 2014. Sun kuma hadu a wasan dab da karshe a kakar wasa ta 2021/22 kuma Barcelona ta ci gaba, inda ta ci 5-1 a wasan farko kuma ta sha kashi da ci 0-2 a wasa na biyu.
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Real Madrid, ta kammala a matsayin ta biyu a rukunin B da nasara hudu (kan Twente da Celtic) da rashin nasara biyu, duka a kan Chelsea, 3-2 a Ingila da 1-2 a Alfredo di Stéfano. Wannan shi ne karo na biyu da kungiyar ta Madrid za ta buga wasan daf da na kusa da karshe na gasar zakarun Turai a takaice tarihinta. A lokacin da ta gabata, ta kara da Barcelona, wacce ta tsallake zuwa wasan dab da na kusa da karshe bayan ta ci 1-3 a Madrid da 5-2 a filin wasa na Barcelona.
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Arsenal, wacce dan wasan Spain Mariona Caldentey da Laia Codina, tsoffin ‘yan wasan Barça, ke taka rawar gani a kakar wasa ta bana, ta jagoranci rukunin C da nasara biyar da rashin nasara daya kawai, a Munich da Bayern, da ci 5-2, a ranar farko, amma hakan bai hana ta tsallakewa a matsayin ta daya ba da tazarar maki biyu tsakaninta da Bayern. Bugu da kari, kungiyar ta Landan, wacce a halin yanzu take ta uku a gasar Premier ta Ingila, ta samu nasarar tsallakewa zuwa wasannin share fage da Rosenborg ta Norway da Hacken ta Sweden.
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Real Madrid da Arsenal ba su taba haduwa ba, Arsenal ta lashe kofin a 2007 lokacin da ta doke Umea ta Sweden a wasan karshe.
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A wannan makon ne za a buga wasannin farko na gasar zakarun Turai ta UEFA. Ranar Talata 11 da Laraba 12 ga watan Fabrairu, za a iya kallon wasanni masu kayatarwa guda 8 ta ESPN da Disney+. Wannan ranar ta yi alkawarin wasanni masu kayatarwa, kamar Manchester City da Real Madrid, Sporting Lisboa da Borussia Dortmund, Feyenoord da Milan, Juventus da PSV, Stade Brestois da PSG, Brujas da Atalanta, Monaco da Benfica da Celtic da Bayern Munich.
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Bugu da kari, ranar Alhamis 13 za a ci gaba da wasanni da gasar UEFA Europa League, inda za a buga wasanni masu zafi a gasar daf da na kusa da karshe, kamar Porto da Roma, AZ da Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise da Ajax da Fenerbahce da Anderlecht. A wannan rana, za a kuma dawo da gasar UEFA Conference League da wasanni masu kayatarwa, ciki har da Gent da Betis, Molde da Shamrock Rovers da Celje da APOEL.
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ESPN da Disney+ za su ba da kyakkyawar kulawa ga mafi kyawun wasan kwallon kafa a tsohuwar nahiyar, tare da watsa shirye-shirye kai tsaye ga kowane lungu da sako na Kudancin Amurka.
