Fenerbahce na karbar Liverpool a Istanbul a ranar Laraba a matakin gasar UEFA Champions League 2026/27, tare da farkon wasan da aka tsara da karfe 5:45 na yamma ta GMT. Wasan ya ƙunshi ƙarin sha'awa — ƙungiyar gida tana karkashin jagorancin Dirk Kuyt, tsohon dan wasan Liverpool wanda ya zama gwarzon soyayya a Anfield a tsawon shekaru shida, daga 2006 zuwa 2012.

Kuyt ya ɗauki matsayin kocin wucin gadi bayan da Ismail Kartal ya yi murabus bayan da ƙungiyar ta sha kashi 2-1 a hannun makiya gargajiya Galatasaray. Yanayin da dan ƙasar Netherlands ya gaji ba ya da kyau: Fenerbahce suna matsayi na shida a Super Lig ta Turkiyya kuma sun tara maki biyu kawai daga wasannin rukunin farko guda uku, ciki har da shan kashi mai ban mamaki 6-0 a hannun Aston Villa.

Tarihin cikakken nasarar Liverpool a haɗari

Liverpool na Andoni Iraola sun iso Turkiyya bayan da Arsenal ta doke su 1-0 a Anfield — sakamakon da ya yanke jerin nasara huɗu a jere a duk gasa. Duk da wannan, Reds suna cikin matsayi mai kyau a teburin matakin gasar, bayan da suka doke Atletico Madrid, LASK, da Villarreal a wasanninsu uku na farko.

Iraola yana samun ƙarfafawa daga dawowar dan wasan tsakiya Dominik Szoboszlai da dan wasan gefen Victor Munoz, dukansu sun dawo daga rauni a wasan da Arsenal. Duk da haka, Ryan Gravenberch bai tafi ba saboda rauni a diddige, yayin da Federico Chiesa da Wataru Endo suka kasance ba su shiga ba, da yake ba a saka su a Jerin A na Liverpool na UEFA Champions League ba.

Tsoffin 'yan wasan Premier League a Fenerbahce

Kuyt yana da ƙungiya cike da gogewa a Premier League. Tsohon mai tsaron gida na Manchester City Ederson, tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Leicester City da Chelsea N'Golo Kanté, da tsohon dan wasan gaba na Chelsea, Manchester United, da Everton Romelu Lukaku duk suna wakiltar Fenerbahce. Duk da haka, ƙungiyar na fuskantar ƙarancin 'yan wasan baya — Nathan Aké, Marco Asensio, da dan wasan baya Kojo Peprah Oppong duk suna wajen wasa saboda rauni.

Tarihin ban sha'awa na Istanbul a Champions League

Istanbul tana da muhimmiyar matsayi a tarihin Liverpool. Birnin ne da Liverpool ya yi mamakin dawowa a kan AC Milan a wasan karshe na Champions League a shekarar 2005 — ɗaya daga cikin maraicen da ba za a manta da su a tarihin gasar ba. Kuyt kansa ya zura kwallo a wasan karshe na 2007 a kan AC Milan, kodayake Liverpool ya sha kashi 2-1. Ƙungiyoyin biyu suna ɗauke da wannan tarihi ɗaya a wasan Laraba.

Da Fenerbahce suna cikin mummunan yanayi na gida da na Turai, Liverpool su ne manyan abokan fafatawa don ci gaba da tarihinsu na rashin sha kashi a matakin gasar da kuma kusantar kare a cikin takwas na farko.