Daren Alhamis a Turai suna dauke da nauyi na musamman a wannan kakar. Kulob ɗai Turanci guda huɗu — Sunderland, Bournemouth, Brighton, da Crystal Palace — suna fafatawa a UEFA Europa League da kuma UEFA Conference League, kuma ga mafi yawansu, wannan dama ta tarihi ce ta gaske.

Bournemouth suna yin wasa a gasa ta Turai a karon farko a duk tarihinsu, bayan sun kammala matsayi na shida a Premier League a kakar da ta gabata — mafi kyawun matsayinsu a babban mataki. Sunderland sun dawo fagen nahiyar a karon farko tun 1973. Brighton suna yin bayyanarsu ta biyu kacal a Turai. Crystal Palace, a nasu bangaren, suna jin daɗin yakin neman zaɓen Turai na biyu a jere — nasara da da za ta zama ta musamman, 'yan shekarun da suka wuce kawai.

Abin da hakan ke nufin ga masu sha'awa

Ga masu sha'awa na kulob ɗai da ba kasafai ke isa wannan mataki ba — ko kuma ba su taɓa isa ba — tafiya a fadin nahiyar da kuma fafatawa da manyan kulob ɗai na Turai mafarki ne da ya cika. Waɗannan ba kulob ɗai ba ne da ke ɗaukar ƙwallon Turai a matsayin abu na yau da kullun. Kowace tafiya, kowace waƙar ƙasa, kowace gefe na masu sha'awa a ƙasashen waje lokaci ne da ya cancanci godiya.

Yakin farko na Turai na Brighton, a kakar 2023–24, ya samar da lokuta da masu sha'awa za su yi magana a kai na shekaru da yawa. Doke Ajax 2-0 a Johan Cruyff Arena a zagaye na rukuni na UEFA Europa League ya kasance sakamakon da kusan ya yi kama da mafarki — wata kulob daga kudancin Ingila ta doke tsohon mai nasara a gasar Kofin Turai a filinta.

Brighton tana neman manyan kofunan farko

A wannan kakar Brighton suna fafatawa a UEFA Conference League, tare da abokan hamayya a mataki na gasar sun haɗa Monaco, Panathinaikos, da Getafe. Uku daga cikin masu nasara biyar da suka gabata na wannan gasar sun fito daga Ingila, kuma Brighton ana ɗaukar su daga cikin mafi iya nasara. Duk da haka, gasar ta yi kama da ita mafi tsaurin gasar har zuwa yanzu, da Atalanta, Monaco, Freiburg, Braga, da Ajax duk cikin fagen. The Seagulls ba su samu babban kofin ba tukuna, kuma wannan kakar tana iya wakiltar mafi kyawun damarsu har zuwa yanzu.

Hawan Bournemouth mai ban mamaki

Tafiyar Bournemouth zuwa ƙwallon Turai ɗaya ce daga mafi ban sha'awa a tarihin ƙwallon Ingilishi. A shekarar 2010, suna wasa a League Two; a kakar da ta gabata sun kammala matsayi na shida a Premier League. A mataki na gasar za su yi tafiye-tafiye zuwa Real Sociedad, Sparta Prague, Celta Vigo, da Lillestrom, tare da wasan gida da AC Milan. Sabon manaja Marco Rose — wanda ya jagoranci Red Bull Salzburg zuwa wasan ƙarshe na UEFA Europa League a 2018 kuma yana da ƙwarewa a UEFA Champions League — yana kawo bajinta mai daraja ta sarrafa jadawalin wasanni mai yawa.

Sunderland suna ɗaure baki masu sukar su

Mutane da yawa sun annabta Sunderland za su sauka bayan haɓakarsu, amma sun ƙaryata duk annabcin karkashin manajan Regis Le Bris da kammala matsayi na bakwai. Nasarar tana da ƙari na jin daɗi saboda izgili da suka fuskanta daga abokan hamayyar Newcastle, waɗanda suka shahara da waka cewa masu sha'awa na Sunderland ba za su taɓa ga kulob ɗinsu wasa a Milan ba. Allah ya yanke hukunci daban — Sunderland an zaɓe su don su fuskanci AC Milan a San Siro, tare da ƙarin tafiye-tafiye zuwa Poland, Portugal, da Belgium a gaba.

Zamanin zinare na Crystal Palace yana ci gaba

A karkashin tsohon manaja Oliver Glasner, Crystal Palace sun ɗauki FA Cup, Community Shield, da kuma UEFA Conference League a cikin shekara ɗaya — jerin nasarori na ban mamaki wanda ya haɗa da trofi ta farko a tarihin kulob. Yanzu karkashin jagorancin Pierre Sage, Palace suna fata da faɗaɗa aikin su na Turai zuwa sabon babi na biyu mai nasara.

Babu ɗaya daga cikin kulob ɗai Turanci huɗu waɗanda suke baƙin da aka saba gani a ƙwallon Turai. Wannan daidai ne abin da ke sa wannan kakar ta zama mai ma'ana — ga 'yan wasa, ma'aikata, da kuma fiye da kowane masu sha'awa waɗanda ke rayuwa wani abu da wataƙila ba su taɓa tsammanin su ga ba.