Gaizka Mendieta, tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Valencia, ya yi imanin cewa Barcelona su ne ƙungiyar da ta fi kowa damar lashe kofin UEFA Champions League a kakar wasan nan — ba saboda matsin lamba ba, face saboda ƙwazon gama-gari mai ƙarfi da ke gudana a cikin kulob din baki ɗaya.

A hirar da ya yi da Casinolyze, Mendieta ya ce ko da yake nasarar La Liga koyaushe tana cikin manufofin Club Nou, amma kambin Turai ne ke kunna fatan ɗan wasa, magoya baya, da gudanarwa iri ɗaya.

"Ba zan ce akwai matsin lamba a kan Barcelona su lashe Champions League ba, amma tabbas akwai murna da farin cikin gaske. Game da La Liga, ya yi bayani a fili cewa yana son lashe kambun a jere sau uku. Duk da haka, ina ganin a gare kulob, masu goyon baya, da musamman ƴan wasa, Champions League ita ce kofin da suke so sosai a kakar wasan nan."

Mendieta ya nuna cewa jiran shekaru goma yana zama wani babban ƙarfafawa. Barcelona bai sake lashe gasar tun shekaru goma da suka wuce ba, kuma Mendieta ya yi imanin cewa rashin kofin ya zama zafi a kulob mai girma kamar wannan.

"Sun kasance kusa sosai a cikin shekaru biyu da suka wuce, kuma kamar yadda ka faɗa, shekaru goma lokaci ne mai tsawo sosai ga kulob kamar wannan. Yanzu da suka dawo tsakanin fitattun kulob bayan duk waɗannan matsalolin kuɗi da wahalar saye da ɗaukar ƴan wasa da ya biyo baya, sun sake samun asalinsu tare da koach daidai da ƴan wasa kamar Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, da Pedri. Ina ganin Champions League ita ce fifikon da ba a faɗa ba na kulob da ƴan wasa a yanzu."

Fita a wasan ƙwata-fainal da sabbin manufofi

Tafiyar Barcelona a UEFA Champions League 2025-26 ta ƙare a matakin wasan ƙwata-fainal, inda Atletico Madrid suka kawar da su. Wannan fita ba zai yi komai ba face ƙara ƙarfafa niyyarsu na yin nisa a karon nan.

A gida kuma, Barcelona sun fara kakar wasan nan yadda ya kamata ta hanyar lashe duk wasannin buɗe kakar, kuma suna nufin ci La Liga karo na uku a jere tare da yin gasar Turai da muhimmanci.

Da tawaga mai ƙarfi da aka gina kewaye da ƴan wasa kamar Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, da Pedri — da kuma salon wasan da ya dawo bayan shekaru na matsalar kuɗi — Mendieta ya ga wannan shine lokacin da Barcelona suke da kayan aiki na gaske don kawo ƙarshen jiran su mai tsawo na ɗaukaka a Turai.