Unai Emery yana jaddada cewa babu uzurin kasa — duk da haka tambayar ta ci gaba: shin sake ginawa da ake yi a Villa Park na shafar Aston Villa a filin wasa?
Bangon Arewa yanzu ya zama kaura ne mai komai, ana rushe shi yayin da kulob din ke ƙara iya ɗaukan masu kallo zuwa sama da 50,000. Da kusan kujerun 7,000 da ba su nan, Villa na buga wasannin gida a gaban kusan 37,000 masu kallo — inuwar yanayin da ya sanya Villa Park ya zama kagara.
Canjalas 2-2 da Brentford ranar Asabar ya tsawaita jerin abubuwa masu damun: Villa ba ta lashe wasa gida ɗaya ba a wannan kaka a Premier League. Arsenal masu taken kambun da Nottingham Forest sun riga sun ɗauki maki uku daga Villa Park, alhali Brentford ya zama ƙungiyar ƙarshe da ta tashi ba tare da an doke ta ba.
Daga rashin kayarwa zuwa rashin tabbas
Ba da dadewa ba Villa Park ya ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin filayen wasa mafiya tsoratar a ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila. Tsakanin Nuwamba 2022 da Janairu 2026, ƙungiyar Emery ta yi asarar wasanni takwas ne kawai cikin 61 na gida a Premier League, tana cin nasara a cikin 44 — wanda ya haɗa da nasarori 15 a jere tsakanin Maris 2023 da Disamba 2023.
Villa kuma ta shafe watanni 12 ba tare da an doke ta gida ba a gasar manyan ƙungiyoyi tsakanin Agusta 2024 da Agusta 2025. Wannan tarihi mai ban mamaki yanzu ya zama kamar abin da ya wuce. Tun farkon shekara, hasarar da aka yi wa Everton, Brentford, Chelsea, da Tottenham Hotspur ta barazantar da neman su shiga cikin manyan huɗu, kuma rashin kwanciyar hankali a gida ya ci gaba a kaka ɗin nan.
Mai tsarewa Matty Cash ya amince da canjin yanayi ba tare da ɓoye kansa a bayan sa ba: "Ba na son a gane ni a matsayin wanda ke nema uzuri, saboda dole ne mu daidaita da yanayin — kuma faɗaɗa bangon da filin wasa abu ne mai kyau — amma hakika ya bambanta. Dole ne ka buga da abin da yake a gabanka."
Barazanar Fenerbahçe
Fenerbahçe yana zuwa Villa Park ranar Laraba a Champions League, dauke da sifar cin ƙwallo mai ban tsoro — ƙwallaye 11 a wasannin biyu na ƙarshe, ciki har da nasara 8-0 kan Eyupspor masu takun-saka a Turkish Super Lig.
A cikinsu akwai Marcos Asensio, wanda ya zura ƙwallaye takwas yana sanya riga ta Villa a lokacin aro da ya yi nasara daga Paris St-Germain a 2025. Kasancewarsa kaɗai yana tuna da ƙarfin da Villa ta nuna a gida.
Emery ya fahimci buƙatar inganta tsaron Villa, wanda ya kare ragar su a tsabta sau ɗaya ne kawai a wannan kaka. Duk da haka yana riƙe da amincewarsa a ƙungiyar, yana cewa da gaskiya: "Dole ne mu yi ƙoƙarin kasancewa tare kuma ba tare da masu kallo 7,000 dole ne kowa ya tura. Dole ne mu buga ƙwallon ƙafa mafi kyau, mu yi hamayya mafi kyau, mu mai da hankali sosai."
Akwai hasken bege: Villa ta yi asarar gida sau ɗaya ne kawai a Turai a ƙarƙashin Emery — wa Olympiacos a wasannin ƙarshe na UEFA Europa Conference League a 2024 — kafin ta ɗaga kofin Europa League a watan Mayu. Nasara a Champions League ranar Laraba, bayan nasarar farko a Club Brugge, za ta sa su kan hanyar cancantar kafin Nuwamba.
"Gwajin ne mai girma a kan ƙungiya mai kyau, amma dole ne mu lashe waɗannan wasanni," Cash ya ƙara da cewa. "Wannan shine matsayin da muka saita wa kanmu. Ina fatan za mu iya sanya surutu — surutu na banguna uku."
