Chelsea sun tabbatar da cewa Shakhtar Donetsk za su yi amfani da Stamford Bridge a matsayin filin gida don dukkan wasannin su hudu na marhalar rukuni na 2026/27 UEFA Champions League, bisa ga samun amincewar hukumomi.
Wannan yarjejeniya ta ba wa zakaran Ukraine damar samun tushe a London don yin gasa a kwallon kafa ta Turai, a lokacin da yaki ke ci gaba da yin wa'adin gudanar da wasanni a Ukraine ba zai yiwu ba. An tilasta wa Shakhtar barin Donbas Arena bayan sojojin Rasha sun mamaye Crimea kuma rikici ya barke a yankin a shekarar 2014.
Me ya sa Stamford Bridge?
Shakhtar sun duba wurare da yawa a London — ciki har da filin Brentford — kafin su zaɓi filin Chelsea. Lokacin ya kuma yi wa Chelsea albarka: kulob ɗin bai cancanci gasar Turai a kakar wasa ta bana ba, wanda ya bar Stamford Bridge ba tare da wata rikitarwa ta jadawalin ba.
Chelsea sun fitar da sanarwa a hukumance suna cewa:
«FC Shakhtar sun buga wasa a kasashe daban-daban a Turai kuma muna farin cikin maraba da su London don yakin neman zaɓensu na UEFA Champions League a wannan shekarar. Za mu yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar Shakhtar sosai a cikin makonni masu zuwa don tabbatar da cewa ranar wasanni za su gudana lafiya da inganci ga ƙungiyarsu da magoya bayansu.»
Haka kuma manajojin Shakhtar sun bayyana farin cikinsu:
«Buga wasannin gidanmu na UEFA Champions League a Stamford Bridge babbar dama ce ta musamman ga Shakhtar. Muna godiya wa Chelsea Football Club da ba mu damar karbar baƙin wasan mu a wannan filin na musamman. Stamford Bridge ɗaya ne daga cikin shahararrun filayen wasa a duniya, tare da tarihi da yanayi na ban al'ajabi. Muna da yakini cewa wasannin Shakhtar a London za su ba magoya bayan Ukraine da Ingila abubuwan da ba za a taɓa mantawa da su ba.»
Tattaunawar tsakanin kulob ɗin biyu ta faro a watan Yuli, yayin da Shakhtar ke neman mafita mai dorewa don karbar wasanninsu na Turai nesa da ƙasarsu da ta fada cikin yaƙi.
