Shakhtar Donetsk za ta yi amfani da Stamford Bridge a matsayin filin wasa na gida a gasar Champions League a kakar 2026/27, bayan cimma yarjejeniya da Chelsea don karbar wasannin Turai na kulob din Yukren da ke gudun hijira a yammacin London.
Da farko, an haɗa kulob din da shirin buga wasanni a Gtech Community Stadium ta Brentford, amma a ƙarshe ta zaɓi filin Chelsea mai ɗaukar mutum 40,044, wanda ke mil da yawa kusa da tsakiyar London.
Gida a tsakiyar babbar al'ummar Yukren
Zaɓin yammacin London yana da ma'ana ta alama. Bisa ƙidayar jama'a ta Burtaniya ta 2021, an yi rijistar kimanin Yukrenawa 19,000 a London, adadi da ya ƙaru sosai tun da Rasha ta ƙaddamar da mamayar ta cikakkiya a Ukraine a shekara ta 2022 — tare da kimanin Yukrenawa 45,000 da suka zauna a babban birnin tun lokacin, da yawansu a yammacin London kusa da Stamford Bridge.
Shakhtar za ta buga akalla wasanni huɗu na gida a filin, bayan ta cancanci shiga kai tsaye cikin marhalar gasar Champions League ta wannan kakar ta hanyar lashe Ukrainian Premier League a kakar da ta gabata.
Rashin Chelsea a Turai ya bude kofa
Chelsea ta yarda cewa kakarsa mai wahala ta 2025/26 ta taimaka wajen sauƙaƙe wannan shiri. Kulob din ta ƙare a matsayi na 10 a Premier League kuma ba za ta buga wasan Turai a wannan kakar ba, wanda ya ba Shakhtar damar amfani da Stamford Bridge don wasanninta na nahiya.
A wata sanarwa, Shakhtar ta ce: "Buga wasannin gida na Champions League a Stamford Bridge wata dama ta musamman ce ga Shakhtar. Muna godiya ga Chelsea da ba mu damar karbar wasanninmu a wannan filin mai daraja. Stamford Bridge yana daya daga cikin shahararrun filayen wasa a duniya, tare da tarihi da yanayi na ban mamaki. Muna da yakinin cewa wasannin Shakhtar a London za su ba magoya bayan Yukren da Turawan Ingila motsin rai da ba za a manta da su ba."
Shekaru goma sha biyu na gudun hijira da tafiya
Shakhtar bai buga a Donbas Arena tun watan Mayun 2014 ba, lokacin da mamayar Rasha ta yankin Donbas ta tilasta kulob din barin filinsa. Tun daga lokacin, kulob din ya kasance yana buga mafi yawan wasannin gida na gasar cikin gida a Lviv Arena, mai nisan sama da kilomita 1,100.
Wasannin Turai na kulob din an gudanar da su a ƙasashe daban-daban, ciki har da Poland, Slovenia, da Jamus. Stamford Bridge yanzu shine sabon babin wannan gudun hijira mai tsawo.
