UEFA Champions League da aka sake tsara yana samar da kwallaye a yawan da ba a taɓa gani ba a tarihin zamani na gasar — kuma watakila ba a taɓa daidaita shi ba a duk tarihin Kofin Turai.
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A cikin farkon wasannin kakar 2025-26, gasar ta ga kwallaye 187 a matsakaicin 4.16 a kowace wasa — mafi girman ƙididdigar kwallaye a kowace wasa da aka taɓa rubuta a tarihin Champions League.
Don samun yawan kwallaye mafi girma a ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai, dole ne a koma zuwa 1959-60 (4.19 a kowace wasa) da 1955-56 (4.38), wanda hakan ya sa kakar shekarar ta zama ta uku mafi yawan kwallaye a tarihin Kofin Turai.
Zagaye na biyu na mako mai zuwa shi ne mafi yawan kwallaye a tarihin Champions League. Talata da Laraba sun haɗu da kwallaye 78 — tara fiye da adadin da aka ci a zagaye na farko na wannan kakar, wanda a lokacin ya kafa rikodin.
Laraba kadai ya shiga matsayi na uku a cikin ranakun da suka fi cin kwallaye a tarihin gasar, da kwallaye 46 a wasannin yamma.
Tsohon mai tsaron gida na Liverpool Stephen Warnock ya kira yawancin kwallaye «mai ban mamaki», yayin da Ashley Young, tsohon ɗan wasan gefen Manchester United da England, ya ce a BBC Radio 5 Live: «Duba yawan kwallaye da aka ci — abin mamaki ne. Masu kai hari suna zira kwallaye da inganci.»
Nishaɗi mafi yawa yana nufin inganci mafi yawa?
Tun lokacin da UEFA ta sanar da shirinta na canza tsarin a shekara 2021, tasirin kan wasanni ya kasance babban batu. Sabon matakin gasar, wanda aka gabatar a 2024-25, ya maye gurbin tsohon matakin ƙungiyoyi na ƙungiyoyi 32 da aka rarraba a ƙungiyoyi takwas na huɗu huɗu.
Yanzu, ƙungiyoyi 36 suna buga wasanni takwas na kai tsaye kowace ɗaya. Takwas na farko suna samun tikitin shiga kai tsaye zuwa zagaye na 16, ƙungiyoyin da ke matsayi na tara zuwa 24 suna buga wasan gaɓa na kafa biyu, kuma takwas na ƙarshe suna fita.
Wasu suna cewa wannan tsarin yana rage haɗari a matakai na farko, wanda ke ƙarfafa ƙungiyoyi su buga da yanci. Duk da haka, Tom Arnott, marubuci ƙwallon ƙafa na The Times, ya bambanta: «Ina tsammanin nishaɗin ya ƙaru, duk da cewa ban tabbata ba cewa ingancin ya ƙaru.»
«Rashin haɗari — me ya sa PSG da Barcelona za su buga don canjaras? Idan ka san kana buƙatar nasara biyar daga wasanni takwas, kana da ɗan damar. Idan ka yi rashin nasara, ba laifi. Tsarin yana ba duk ƙungiyoyin damar sassauta,» in ji Arnott.
Duk da haka ya yarda cewa nishaɗin yana nan: «Zaka iya tashi daga waɗannan wasannin kana har yanzu kana tambaya 'menene duk wannan ke nufi?' Amma rashin haɗari a farkon gasar yana haifar da nishaɗi na gaske.»
