The New Saints na fuskar kalubale mai tsanani bayan sun sha kashi 2-0 a wasan farko na Sabah a Baku a zagaye na farko na cancantar UEFA Champions League, inda tawagar Wales ta kasance a karkashin ikon abokin hamayya a duk tsawon wasan.

Veljko Simic da Kaheem Parris duk biyun sun zura kwallaye a rabi na biyu, suna ba Sabah gaba mai karfi kafin wasan dawowa a Park Hall ranar Talata, 14 ga Yuli (18:30 BST).

Sabah sun yi tashin hankali amma sun rasa damar a rabi na farko

Sabah, wadanda suka lashe taken Azerbaijan Premier League a karo na farko a kakar da ta gabata, sun mamaye minti 45 na farko ba tare da iya cin gajiyar damarsu ba. Tymoteusz Puchacz, Joy-Lance Mickels, Simic, da Aaron Malouda duk sun bata damammaki a gaban raga.

The New Saints — zakaran Cymru Premier a karo na 18 a kakar da ta gabata — sun kasance a cikin rabin filinsu mafi yawan lokaci. Mafi kyawun damarsu a rabi na farko ya fado ga Dan wasa mai tsakiya Leo Smith, wanda harbarsa daga kusurwar Dominic Corness ta sha toshewar.

Simic da Parris sun rufe kofar bayan hutu

Sabah sun ci gaba da matsi bayan hutu, suna matsa tsaron Saints da aka shirya sosai. Aaron Malouda — ɗan tsohon mai jifa Chelsea da Faransa Florent — ya yanke zuwa ciki ya harba harsashi wanda ya wuce saman sanduna, sannan Sabah suka buɗe markin jim kaɗan bayan.

Simic ya kai ƙwallo da kai mai ƙarfi daga kusurwar Puchacz ya wuce mai tsaron raga Nathan Shepperd ya bude zura. Sa'an nan ya juya ya zama mai bayar da taimako mintuna shida kafin ƙarshe, yana wucewa da kwallo a hanyar Parris, wanda ya saka shi a raga ya ninka fa'ida.

Wasan dawowa a Park Hall yana ba The New Saints damar ƙarshe na canza sakamakon da kuma kiyaye mafarkin Turai da rai.