Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta FA ta bayyana Community Shield a matsayin "ba ta da kwatankwacin" wata kofin nasara, duk da cewa magoya baya suna ci gaba da muhawara game da ko tana cancanta a ɗauke ta a matsayin gagarumin kofin nasara.

FA ta amince da wannan wasa ɗaya a matsayin super cup ta gida — wasa da "ke kama daɗin" kakar ƙwallon ƙafa mai zuwa. "An ɗauketa da daraja sosai kuma an goyi bayanta ta ƙungiyoyin da ke halartar da magoya bayan ƙwallon ƙafa tsawon shekaru da yawa," in ji mai magana da yawun FA.

Manyan kyaututtukan gida guda uku da aka amince da su a gargajiyance a Ingila su ne Premier League, FA Cup, da League Cup. Community Shield tana wajen wannan rukunin a idanun magoya baya da yawa, ko da yake ra'ayoyi sun sha bamban sosai gwargwadon ko ƙungiyar mai goyon baya ta ɗauki kofin ko a'a.

Tarihi da ya faro tun 1908

Gasar ta samo asali ne daga FA Charity Shield, wadda kanta ta samo asali daga Sheriff of London Charity Shield. An yi wasan farko a shekarar 1908 a Stamford Bridge, inda Manchester United, da suka lashe First Division, suka doke Queens Park Rangers, masu kambin Southern League, da 4-0 a wasan sakandare bayan dai-dai 1-1 a wasan farko.

Manchester United suna ci gaba da zama ƙungiyar da ta fi samun nasara a gasar, da nasarori 21 — huɗu daga cikinsu a matsayin taken da aka raba. An sake sauya sunan trofin zuwa Community Shield a shekarar 2002.

Bugu na wannan shekara za a yi a ranar Lahadi, 16 ga Agusta da karfe 15:00 BST, lokacin da Arsenal, zakaran Premier League, za su fuskanci Manchester City, masu kambin FA Cup, a Wembley.

Yan wasa da manajoji suna goyon bayan mahimmancinta

Mai kai hari na Arsenal Viktor Gyokeres ya yi gaggawar ƙin duk wata shawarar cewa wannan wasa wani aboki ne kawai. "Da City? A matsayin wasan aboki? Me kake nufi?" ya faɗa wa talkSPORT. "Ban san abin da sauran mutane ke tunani ba, amma ba shakka muna son lashe wannan wasa. Babu tambaya a kai."

Kafin bugu na 2025, tsohon manajan Liverpool Arne Slot ya jaddada jan hankalin cin gasa kafin gasar ƙwallon ya fara. "Yawanci kana cin wani abu a karshen kakar wasa. Yanzu muna da damar cin wani abu a farkon kakar wasa," in ji shi.

Tsohon manajan Crystal Palace Oliver Glasner, wanda ya jagoranci Eagles zuwa Community Shield ɗin su na farko a tarihi a bara, ya raba ra'ayi iri ɗaya. "Ya fi kyau fiye da buga wasannin aboki," in ji shi. "Wannan damar cin kofin nasara ce da damar yin gogayya da zakaru. Idan kana da damar cin kofin nasara, je masa, kuma za mu tafi."

Sabbin fuska suna nema su tabbatar da iyawarsu

Wasan ranar Lahadi kuma ya ba ɗalibai da yawa damar buɗe asusunsu na gasa tare da sabon ƙungiyoyinsu. Sababbin abokin harka na Arsenal a lokacin rani Bruno Guimaraes, ɗan wasan tsakiya na Brazil, da ɗan wasan gaba na Greece Christos Tzolis na iya yin fafatawar Gunners ta farko a gasa da City.

A ɗayan gefen, sabon manajan Manchester City Enzo Maresca yana fuskantar babban jarabawarsa ta farko tun da ya maye gurbin Pep Guardiola a Etihad Stadium. Ɗan ƙasar Ingila mai kwallon ƙafa Elliot Anderson, wanda ya shiga City daga Nottingham Forest da £116 miliyan, na iya yin fafatawarsa ta farko, yayin da saurayi mai gudu Jeremy Monga — wanda aka sanya hannu daga Leicester City — na iya zama wani ɓangare na shirinMmaresca.