Sa Chelsea suka fito filin wasa a Stamford Bridge domin wasan komawa na matakin kusa-da-kusa na kusa da karshe na UEFA Champions League a watan Afrilu 2014, hali tana da wahala sosai. Rashin nasara da ci 3-1 a Parc des Princes ya sa tawagar Jose Mourinho tana buƙatar wani aiki na musamman don ta ci gaba — kuma abubuwa sun kara wahala sa Eden Hazard ya ji rauni ya bar filin wasan bayan mintuna 18 kawai.

Amma duk da haka, abin da ya biyo baya ya zama daya daga cikin dare na Turai da ba za a manta da su ba a yammacin London, wanda aka rufe shi da muhimmin burin Demba Ba a minti na 87 wanda ya kai Chelsea zuwa matakin kusa da karshe na biyu.

Tudun da Chelsea ta hau

"Ban buga da yawa na matakin kusa da karshe na Champions League a duk rayuwata ba, kuma wannan burin da na ci wa PSG ya ba mu damar kai ɗaya," Ba ya shaida wa FourFourTwo. "Mun sha da ci 3-1 a Paris kuma muna buƙatar dare na sihiri a Stamford Bridge."

Da dokokin buri na wajen gida har yanzu suna aiki, Chelsea na buƙatar nasara mai ƙarfi. Andre Schürrle, wanda ya shigo don maye gurbin Hazard da ya ji rauni, ya ba tawagar gida begen rayuwa ta hanyar zura ƙwallo a minti na 32. Burin ɗaya kawai ya isa don ci gaba — amma Paris Saint-Germain na Laurent Blanc sun kare layin su da ƙarfi.

"A rabin lokacin na biyu, mun matsa da ƙarfi kuma mun buga jinginar ƙofar har sau biyu," Ba ya tuna, yana kallo daga benci na mabadilai.

Lokacin ƙarfin hali na Ba

A minti na 66, Mourinho ya juya zuwa ga Ba, yana sa shi ya shigo maimakon Frank Lampard. Dan wasan kai hari na Senegal bai dakata ba don barin sawun sa.

"Ban kasance ɗan wasan farko ba, amma na shigo a ƙarshen lokacin kuma na kama damar da ta samu," Ba ya ce. "Na zura ƙwallo bayan na afkawa ƙwallon da ta ficewa a cikin yankin yadi shida da ƙarfin hali da hasashe da yawa — ina shirye in mutu saboda wannan ƙwallo."

Burин ya kunna Stamford Bridge da wuta. Ba ya gudu zuwa kusurwa yayin da 'yan wasansa da manajansa suka fashe da murna. "Na tuna gudu domin yin buki zuwa kusurwar filin; 'yan wasana sun kewaye ni, har ma Jose Mourinho ya yi tsalle a kaina," ya ce.

Ga Ba, babu wani dare a riga ta Chelsea da ya kusanci wancan. "Shi ne dare mafi na musamman da na fuskanta ina sanye da riga ta Chelsea," ya yi tunani.