Ƙungiyoyi biyu da kwanaki 484 kawai suka raba su, da wasan da ba za a manta ba wanda ya ƙunshi jimillar kwallayen tara, sun sake haduwa. Paris Saint-Germain da Aston Villa za su yi wasa a UEFA Super Cup a Salzburg ranar Laraba, farawa karfe takwas na dare — sake haduwa mai tarihi a cikin yanayi da ya canza sosai.
Abin da ya faru a karon farko
Sa'ad da ƙungiyoyin biyu suka karshe haduwa a UEFA Champions League a watan Afrilu 2025, Aston Villa na fuskantar fitarwa. PSG sun gina fifikon kwallayen uku da ɗaya daga wasan farko a Paris, inda Kvicha Kvaratskhelia da Nuno Mendes suka zura ƙwallaye, bayan Morgan Rogers ya ba Villa fifiko na ɗan gajeren lokaci.
A farkon wasan dawowa a Villa Park, Achraf Hakimi da Mendes sun faɗaɗa tazara. Wasan ya zama tamkar an yanke shi. Sa'an nan, a cikin mintoci 23 da suka girgiza, Youri Tielemans ya harba wanda ya karkata, John McGinn ya ƙare gudu mai ban sha'awa da shi kaɗai, kuma Ezri Konsa — bayan wata fasaha ta Marcus Rashford — ya mai da shi 3-2 a dare, wanda haka ya zama kwallayen biyu a cikin mintoci biyu.
Gianluigi Donnarumma ya kasance shingen da ya ɗaure. Jerin kubutar da ya yi ya hana Villa daidaitawa, kuma PSG suka tsallake 5-4 jimillar — ko da yake manajan Luis Enrique ya yarda da yadda ya kusanto. "Muna wahalar gaske. Ban yi imanin an mamaye wannan ƙungiya haka ba," ya faɗi bayan wasan.
PSG na ƙara ƙarfi
Bayan tsira daga haukar Villa, PSG sun kori Arsenal a zagayen ƙarshe na ƙarshen gasar, sa'an nan suka tarwatsa Inter Milan a karshen gasa don ɗaga kofin UEFA Champions League na farko. Nasarar ta ciyar da shekarar Ballon d'Or ta Ousmane Dembele.
Tun daga lokacin, Paris sun lashe gasar zakarun ƙasa biyu, Coupe de France, Super Cup ɗaya, Trophées des Champions na Faransa biyu, da kuma UEFA Champions League a karo na biyu a kakar da ta gabata. Ƙungiyar ta kasance cikakkiya — Dembele, Kvaratskhelia da Desire Doue a gaba, Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha da Joao Neves a tsakiya, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Willian Pacho da Mendes a baya, Matvey Safonov a raga.
Bradley Barcola, Ilya Zabarnyi, Ibrahim Mbaye, Maghnes Akliouche, da Lucas Digne — wanda ya kasance masoyin Villa Park — suna ƙara zurfi, Digne yana fuskanta ƙungiyarsa ta baya kwanaki kaɗan bayan ya kammala dawowarsa Paris.
Sabuwar zamanin Emery a Villa
Yayin da PSG ke isa a matsayin zakaran Turai a karo na biyu a jere, Aston Villa na fara lokacin sake ginawa. Bayan lashe UEFA Europa League a Istanbul — kuma sun kawo ƙarshen jiran shekaru 30 — ƙungiyar yanzu tana fuskantar rasa ginshiƙai da yawa.
Morgan Rogers ya koma Chelsea a cikin canja wuri na tarihi na £117 miliyan, yayin da Youri Tielemans ya yi canja wuri zuwa Manchester United na £35 miliyan. Rasuwansu babba ne, amma ƙara Joao Gomes, Johan Manzambi, da yiwuwar dawowar Alejandro Garnacho suna nuna wani lokaci mai ban sha'awa.
Daga cikin ʼyan wasa 16 da suka buga wa Villa waje da PSG a karshe, biyar sun bar ƙungiyar. Amadou Onana, wanda ya fara wasan, shi ma zai rasa saboda rauni na ACL. Ƙarin ƙarfafawa na iya zuwa, inda Matteo Ruggeri da Joao Palhinha ke cikin waɗanda ake sa ran su.
A gefe mai kyau, Villa suna fatan dawowar Ollie Watkins, Ezri Konsa, da Emiliano Martinez, dukkansu suna haɗuwa da ƙungiyar a karo na farko a lokacin rani bayan hularsu ta bayan Kofin Duniya. Kyaftin John McGinn an kuma gan shi a horo bayan tsoro na rauni a lokacin wasan kafin kakar a Asiya.
Irin ƙungiyoyi amma ɗai-ɗai kalubale
PSG suna zuwa Salzburg a matsayin zakaran Turai, ɗauke da ƙungiyar da ta girma tare kuma mai cike da basira. Aston Villa, daga hannun su, suna fara sabuwar ƙalubale — fuskokin sabo don haɗa su, muhimman ʼyan wasa da za a maye, da kuma sabuwar yaƙin UEFA Champions League da za a shugabanta.
Super Cup tana ba da damar aunawa da ƙungiyar da ta fi ƙarfi a nahiyar. "Ina jin kamar kulob yana cikin sabuwar zamani, tare da wannan damar faɗa don kofuna," in ji Emery ga UEFA kafin wasan. Sabuwar zamani da gaske — kuma babu gwajin da ya fi kyau da PSG don fara shi.
