Arsenal ya sami kanta da cece-ku-ce mai tsanani bayan faduwa ga Paris Saint-Germain a karshen wasan UEFA Champions League, ta yi asarar 4-3 a bugun fanareti bayan daidaici 1-1 a cikin mintuna 120. Dan wasan gaba na tsohon Ingila Gary Lineker ya bayyana nasarar PSG a matsayin nasara ga kwallon kafa mai kyau — ra'ayin da sarkin Manchester United Sir Alex Ferguson ya raba.

Hukuncin Lineker kan karshen wasan

Yana magana akan podkastin sa na Rest is Football, Lineker ya yarda cewa maza Mikel Arteta ba su da wani zabi face barin kansu a tsaro. Ya ce: «A matsayina na mai sha'awa mai tsaka-tsaki, ina ganin Arsenal dole ne su buga haka saboda ba za su iya kayar da PSG ta wata hanya ba. Amma a lokaci guda, ina ganin kwallon kafa ce ta ci nasara.»

Ya ci gaba da cewa: «A matsayina na mai tsaka-tsaki gaba daya, ina cewa wannan nasara ce ta kwallon kafa mai kyau akan kwallon kafa mara kyau.» Bayan yabo ga tsaro «mai ban sha'awa» na Arsenal, Lineker ya yi jayayya cewa tawagar da ta fi ƙarfi a wannan dare ita ce ta ɗauki kofin a ƙarshe. «Kwallon kafa nishaɗi ne kuma kana son ganin kungiyoyi da suke da manufa mai kyau, masu ƙirƙira, suna da mafi kyawun 'yan wasa kuma suna buga kwallon kafa mai kyau… dangane da yadda ya kamata a buga kwallon kafa, tawagar da ta fi ƙarfi ce ta ci,» in ji tsohon ɗan wasan Tottenham.

Ferguson da lambobi suna ba da labari ɗaya

Sir Alex Ferguson, wanda ba ya ɓoye ra'ayinsa, ya aika wa shugaban PSG Nasser Al-Khelaifi sakon rubutu bayan karshen wasan. A cewar ɗan jarida Ben Jacobs, sako ya karanta haka: «Ku ne tawagar da ta buga kwallon kafa» — wanda aka fassara a matsayin sukan kai tsaye na hanyar Arsenal.

Ƙididdiga ta goyi bayan wannan ra'ayin. PSG ta mamaye mallakan ƙwallon da kashi 75 cikin ɗari a kan kashi 25 na Arsenal. Kuma jarumai na Faransa sun ƙirƙiri dama uku manya kamar yadda Opta ta ayyana a kan ɗaya na Arsenal, kuma sun yi harbe-harbe 21 a kan bakwai. Maza Arteta sun kai jimillar goals da ake tsammani na 0.51 kawai a duk mintuna 120, tare da ƙoƙarin Kai Havertz a minti na 6 ya kasance daga cikin fitattun lokutan Arsenal na hari.

Neves ya ƙara muryarsa

Dan tsakiyar filin PSG Joao Neves, wanda ya taka rawar gani duk minti na karshen wasan, ya kasance mai bayyana sauƙin fahimta a kimantawarsa. «Ina ganin mun cancanci wannan lakabi. Gaskiya magana, na ga ƙungiya ɗaya kawai a filin,» in ji ɗan wasan mai shekara 21.

Wannan sakamakon ya zo ne makwanni kaɗan bayan Arsenal ta lashe taken Premier League na 2025/26, wanda ke nufin tawagar Arteta ta kawo ƙarshen kakar ciki ta tarihi tare da ɗanɗanar kunci na shan kashi a karshen wasan Champions League — da kuma tada ƙarin tattaunawa game da iyakokin amfani da dabaru na tsaro a mafi girman mataki na kwallon kafa na Turai.