Za'ayi kura don Zagaye na Uku na Carabao Cup tare da watsa a kan Sky Sports Football a ranar Laraba, 26 ga Agusta, jim kaɗan bayan kammala wasan Preston North End da Everton. Amma wannan ba kura ta yau da kullum ba ce — akwai matakai biyu daban-daban: kura ta farko da kura ta ƙarshe, kowacce tana da manufar ta musamman.

Me yasa kura biyu maimakon ɗaya?

Wannan rikitarwa ta samo asali ne daga jadawali na gasar Turai da UEFA ta faɗaɗa. An sanya kulake takwas na Premier League da ke halartar UEFA Champions League da UEFA Europa League a Tukunya ta 1, yayin da kulaken 24 da suka rage ke cike Tukunya ta 2.

Kafin kura ta ƙarshe ta fara, kura ta farko na ƙayyade ko kowannensu daga kulake takwas na Tukunya ta 1 zai buga wasan zagaye na uku a gida ko a waje. Bayan haka ne kura ta ƙarshe ke gudana.

Yadda kura ta ƙarshe ke aiki

An warware wasanni takwas na farko ta hanyar haɗa kowane kulaki na Tukunya ta 1 — wanda aka riga aka ƙayyade ko zai karɓi bako ko bako — da ƙungiyar da aka zana daga Tukunya ta 2. Wasanni takwas na ƙarshe ana zane su ne kawai daga kulake 16 da suka rage a Tukunya ta 2.

Me yasa ake ba da zabe ga kulaken Turai?

Ana buga Zagaye na Uku na Carabao Cup a cikin makonni biyu na tsakiyar mako daban-daban a watan Satumba, kusa da Ranar Wasa ta 1 na Champions League da Ranar Wasa ta 1 na Europa League — waɗanda suke faɗuwa a makonni madaidaiciya. Da kullake na Champions League ya fuskanci kulaki na Europa League, duka biyu zasu sami rikici da ayyukan UEFA a waɗannan makonni masu madaidaici, kuma tun da kwanakin wasannin UEFA ba za a iya tattauna ba, tsara wasan Carabao Cup tsakaninsu zai zama ba zai yiwu ba.

Ta hanyar sanya dukkan kulake takwas na UEFA Champions League da UEFA Europa League a Tukunya ta 1 da tabbatar cewa suna buga ne kawai da ƙungiyoyi mara Turai daga Tukunya ta 2, EFL na iya sanya kowane wasa a wacce makaron tsakiyar mako da wannan kulaki na Turai yake 'yanci. Wannan mafita ce ta logistical, ba ta gasa ba.

Shin kura tana da zabe ko an raba ta yanki-yanki?

Kura tana da zabe a matakin Zagaye na Uku — manufar da EFL ta gabatar don dalilai na logistical kawai da suka shafi jadawali na Turai da aka faɗaɗa. Babu rarrabuwa ta ƙasa ko arewa-kudu a wannan matakin; ana zane kulaken duka tare ba tare da la'akari da wurinsu ba.

Kulaken Premier League sun shiga Carabao Cup a Zagaye na Biyu, ma'ana ƙungiyoyin manyan ƙwallon ƙafa da ba su shiga ba har yanzu za su haɗu da kura don Zagaye na Uku, suna ba da gasar cikakken haɗin gwiwar Premier League daga wannan matakin zuwa gaba.