Sunderland suna cikin yanayi mai ɓacin rai sosai: suna gasa da manyan kulob ɗin Turai yayin da suke faɗuwa a ƙasan jadawalin Premier League. Rashin nasara da ci 3-1 ga Coventry City a ranar Asabar ya bar Black Cats a ƙasan teburin bayan wasanni tara, yana kuma tsawaita jerin munanan sakamako da ya fara tun ƙarshen watan Agusta.

Bambancin ba zai iya zama mafi bayyanawa ba. A cikin UEFA Europa League, Sunderland suna a matsayi na tara — a wajen manyan takwas da ke samun tikitin shiga kai tsaye zuwa zagayen 16 na ƙarshe — da nasara biyu da daidaito ɗaya daga wasanni uku. A cikin gida kuwa, sun tattara aya ɗaya kawai daga wasanninsu uku na gasar bayan fitarwa ta Turai a wannan kakar.

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Kafin tafiyarsu ta UEFA Europa League don fuskantar AC Milan a San Siro ranar 10 Disamba, dole ne Sunderland su bi ta wani tauraron tsauri na Premier League: Chelsea a gida, sannan rangadin waje zuwa Aston Villa, Liverpool, da Newcastle United, da kuma karɓar Tottenham Hotspur a gida. Wasannin gida na Turai da Dinamo Zagreb da Jagiellonia Bialystok suma an saka su a cikin wannan lokaci.

Idan sun kasa ɗaukar maki a waɗannan wasannin, Sunderland na iya kasancewa cikin haɗari kafin su isa Milan. Shi ya sa wasanninsu na gasar da Nottingham Forest — kwanaki uku kawai bayan wasan San Siro — na iya zama mafi mahimmanci fiye da wasan martaba.

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