Tottenham Hotspur suna karɓar Coventry City a gida a wasan da ya zama mai mahimmanci a Premier League — tawagar Roberto De Zerbi suna ci gaba da neman nasarar farko a gasar a kakar 2026/27, bayan wasanni shida ba tare da cin wasa ba.

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Spurs suna cikin matsanancin matsi

Tafiyar Tottenham ta kasance kamar azaba — kwallaye uku a wasanni shida na gasa yana sa su zama mafi ƙarancin ci a Premier League. Kwallon daidaitawa ta Dominic Solanke ta kubutar da maki 1-1 a wasan Manchester United ranar Asabar da ta gabata, amma an samu maki ɗaya yayin da suke tara maza bayan korar Rodrigo Bentancur a Old Trafford. Bentancur ya kamu da hukuncin dakatar shi a nan, amma Pedro Porro na iya dawowa, kuma ana sa ran James Maddison ya yi wasa da ƙungiyar da ya girma tare da ita.

Maza De Zerbi suna ganin wannan wasan a gida da ƙungiyar da ta hawa matsayin manyan ƙungiyoyi a matsayin dama da ba za a rasa ba. Shan kashi — ko da ma wani zuri — zai bar Spurs a ƙasan tebur, matsin da ke kara girma a kan manajan Italiya.

Coventry na samun karfinsu

Farkon Coventry City a Premier League ya kasance mara kyau daidai: shan kashi a wasanni hudu a jere ba tare da ci wasa ɗaya ba. Amma tawagar Frank Lampard ta sake samun kwarin guiwa ta hanya mai ban sha'awa. Nasara ta 1-0 a Nottingham Forest ta ba da tushe mai ƙarfi, sannan nasara mai ban mamaki ta 4-1 a gida da Newcastle United ta tabbatar cewa Sky Blues ba lallai ne a ƙarasa ba. Nasarori biyu a jere sun ɗaga su zuwa matsayi na 16 a tebur.

Lampard zai buƙaci tawagar ta ɗauki wannan yanayi zuwa Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Kaine Kesler-Hayden yana lafiya bayan dawowa daga rauni, kuma Taiwo Awoniyi ya dawo bayan hukuncin dakatarwa na wasanni uku — ƙarfafawa mai kyau ga baƙin tawagar.

Wasa mai zurfi a tarihi

Akwai ƙarin ban sha'awa a wannan wasa: Tottenham Hotspur sune abokan hamayya da Coventry suka fuskanta a mafi shahararren lokaci a tarihin Sky Blues, ƙarshen gasar FA Cup na 1987, wanda Coventry ya lashe da 3-2 bayan ƙarin lokaci. Har yanzu shi ne babban kofin da klabin daga West Midlands ya taɓa lashe. Maimaitawa irin wannan sakamako a nan zai kasance bala'i ga ƙungiyar ta gida kuma za ta tabbatar da sauyin al'ajabi na Coventry.

Hasashe

Yawan burin da ɓangarorin biyu suka ci ya kasance ƙasa, kuma Coventry sun nuna cewa suna iya tsarawa da samun sakamako a filayen wasa na waje. FourFourTwo na hasashen zuri na 1-1, inda Sky Blues za su kwace maki ɗaya a wasa mai ƙarfin fafatawa.