Manchester City za tafi zuwa Portugal a ranar Talata, 8 ga Satumba don fuskantar Porto a wasansu na farko na matakin gasar a UEFA Champions League 2026/27. An shirya fara wasan da karfe 8:00 na yamma BST, inda ake iya kallon wasan ta Prime Video a Burtaniya, Paramount+ a Amurka, da Stan Sport a Ostiraliya.

City a cikin koshin lafiya, Porto ba su rage ba

Ƙungiyar Enzo Maresca za su isa da ƙarfin hali bayan sun ci wasanni uku na farko a Premier League. Damar Erling Haaland za ta damu Porto musamman — dan wasan Norway ya ci kwallo a wasanni biyu na ƙarshe, ciki har da kwallo ɗaya tilo a nasara ta 1-0 akan Coventry City a karshen mako, wanda ya kai jimillarsa ta kwanan nan zuwa uku.

Porto kuma ba su da rauni. Ƙungiyar Francesco Farioli ta nuna ƙarfi a gasar Portugal a wannan kakar, ta samu mat 15 daga wasanni biyar tana zura kwallaye 11 kuma ta karɓi ɗaya kawai. Kulob ɗin ya lashe taken Portugal a kakar da ta wuce — ta ci wasanni 28 daga 34 a farkon yakin neman Farioli — kuma tana komawa Champions League a karo na farko tun 2023/24.

Fuskokin da aka sani da damuwa kan lafiya

Yan wasa da yawa na Porto suna da alaƙa da ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingilishi. Defender na tsakiya Jan Bednarek, tsohon ɗan Southampton da Aston Villa, yana cikin tawagar Farioli tare da tsohon baya na Arsenal Jakub Kiwior da tsohon dan gaba na Norwich City Borja Sainz. Mai tsakiya Seko Fofana kuma zai iya yin wasa da tsohon kulob ɗinsa, bayan ya kasance wani ɓangare na makarantar Manchester City, ko da yake bai taɓa buga wasan hukuma na farkon tawagar ba.

A gefe ɗaya na City, akwai shakku game da lafiyar Nico O'Reilly, wanda ya janye daga dumama kafin wasan Coventry saboda rauni a baya. Enzo Fernandez, sayen £125 miliyan daga Chelsea, ya maye gurbinsa kuma ya nuna aiki mai ban sha'awa a farkonsa tare da sabon dan wasa Iliman Ndiaye. Wannan aikin na iya jinkirta farkon farkon Ayyoub Bouaddi, wanda ya fito a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbi sau biyu tun bayan canjinsa na £86 miliyan daga Lille.

Maresca kuma zai buƙaci sarrafa yawan ayyukan Haaland tare da kulawa yayin da derby da Manchester United ya kasance a shirye a ranar Lahadi mai zuwa.

Tarihin Turai na Porto tushen damuwa

Duk da fifikon su na gida, yaƙin neman Euro na Porto kwanan nan ya ƙare da takaici. An fitar da su daga Champions League a zagayen 16 na karshe da Arsenal ta hanyar bugun daga kai sai mai gadi a watan Maris 2024, kuma Nottingham Forest ya kawar da su a kusa-da-kusa na Europa League a kakar da ta wuce. Fuskantar wani kulob na Premier League nan da nan ba shi ne sakamakon da maza na Farioli ke fata ba.

Hasashen FourFourTwo ga wannan wasan shi ne Porto 1-3 Manchester City.