Everton vs Doncaster: Matasan Nakas Jayin Kasamu

Ranar Juma'a ta gabata, matasan kulob din Everton sun mamaye filin wasa na Keepmoat da ke birnin Doncaster domin buga wasa mai zafi da kungiyar yankin, wato, Doncaster Rovers, a zagaye na biyu na gasar kofin kwallon kafa na FA.

Wasan ya kasance mai cike da tashin hankali da kuma yawaitar farauta, inda kowane bangare ke neman daukar jan kunne. Everton ta fara wasan da karfi, tare da matsin lamba da yawa a kan Rovers. Amma duk da haka, an hana su zura kwallon a raga sau da yawa ta hanyar wasan goalkeeper din Doncaster, Louis Jones.

Doncaster ta yi yunkurin mayar da martani, amma harbin su ya gagara kai ga raga. Har sai minti na 35, lokacin da Kieran Sadlier ya yi kyakkyawan bugun free kick wanda ya doke goalkeeper din Everton, Joao Virginia.

Everton ta koma wasan a rabi na biyu ta kara kaimi da kuma kokarin kwance kwallo, amma Jones ya kasance mai matukar taurin kai a raga. Sai dai kuma a minti na 75, Anthony Gordon ya ci kwallon daidaitawa ga Everton, inda ya tattara kwallo mai ban mamaki daga Jarrad Branthwaite.

Wasan ya ci gaba da zama da zafi har zuwa karshe, tare da kungiyoyin biyu suna kokarin samun kwallo mai nasara. Amma duk da kokarin da suka yi, babu wanda ya iya zura kwallon a raga, wanda hakan ya kai wasan zuwa penalty shootout.

A penalty shootout, Everton ta samu nasara da ci 4-3. An hana Doncaster nasara ta hannun Ali Al-Hamadi, wanda bugun penalty dinsa ya bugi sama. Jarrad Branthwaite ne ya zura bugun penalty na karshe na Everton, wanda hakan ya ba su damar kaiwa zagaye na uku na gasar kofin.

Wasan ya kasance mai ban sha'awa da wahala ga Everton, amma karshe sun samu nasara ta hanyar jajircewa da kyakkyawan wasan goalkeeper Jones na Doncaster.

Duk da shan kaye, dole ne a yaba wa Doncaster Rovers saboda yadda ta buga wasa mai kyau da kuma tsayayya. Sun nuna cewa su kungiya ce ta zukata da taƙi yin kuskure, kuma sun sanya Everton ta yi aiki tukuru domin samun nasara.

Everton yanzu za ta fuskanci Fleetwood Town a zagaye na uku na gasar kofin kwallon kafa na FA. Wasan zai gudana ne a filin wasa na Goodison Park a ranar 24 ga watan Agusta.