Sannu abokan wasan kwallon kafa, a yau ne zamani da za mu tattauna game da ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa wasanni a cikin tarihin ƙwallon ƙafa: Manchester United vs Matasa. Waɗannan ƙungiyoyi biyu sun yi tarihi mai tsayi na fafatawa, kuma wasan su na ƙarshe tabbas zai kasance ɗayan mafi kyawun wasanni da za a tuna.
Bari mu koma baya a cikin lokaci zuwa 1968, lokacin da ƙungiyoyin biyu suka haɗu a wasan ƙarshe na Kofin zakarun Turai. Wannan wasan ya kasance mai cike da tsaka-tsaki; matasan sun zira kwallaye biyu maimakon Manchester United. Duk da haka, United ta yi nasarar dawo da wasan kuma ta ci wasan 4-2 a cikin lokacin ƙarin lokaci.
Tunda wannan wasan, ƙungiyoyin biyu sun ci gaba da fafatawa a wasannin Turai. Sun haɗu a wasan dab da na karshe na zakarun Turai a shekarar 1972, kuma Rangers ta yi nasara 3-2 bisa jimlar duka biyu. A cikin shekarar 1983, ƙungiyoyin biyu sun haɗu a wasan farko na Kofin zakarun Turai, kuma United ta yi nasara 3-0.
Wasan karshe tsakanin kungiyoyin biyu ya gudana a shekarar 2003, a wasan dab da na karshe na zakarun Turai. Wannan wasan ya kasance mai cike da nasara ga United, yayin da suka yi nasara 3-0 kuma suka ci gaba da lashe kofin a wannan shekarar.
Yanzu da kuka san ɗan tarihin fafatawar tsakanin ƙungiyoyin biyu, bari mu tattauna game da wasan su na ƙarshe. Wasan zai gudana a filin wasa na Ibrox da ke Glasgow, Scotland, a ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, 2023. Yanayin zafi inda za a buga wasan za a kasance da sanyi da ruwan sama, amma hakan ba zai hana magoya baya zuwa ganin wannan wasa mai cike da tarihi ba.
Yanayin wasan mai zuwa ya yi kama da za a yi nasara ga Manchester United. Sun kasance cikin kyakkyawan yanayi a bana, kuma suna da ɗan wasan gaba mai ban mamaki a Marcus Rashford. Rangers, a gefe guda ɗaya, sun yi gwagwarmaya a bana, kuma suna cikin hatsarin sakewa daga gasar zakarun Turai.
Koyaya, Rangers ta kasance da tarihin kyakkyawan wasa a gida, kuma za su kasance masu sha'awar saita rikodin a gaban magoya bayansu. Wannan wasa na iya zama dama ga Rangers don sake dawowa kuma ta nuna cewa har yanzu suna da abin da zai iya yin nasara a gasar Turai.
Ba tare da la'akari da sakamakon wasan ba, abu ɗaya tabbas: wannan wasan zai kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi ban sha'awa a wannan kakar.
Me kuke tunani? Shin Manchester United za ta ci gaba da nasarori kuma ta yi nasara a wasan? Ko Rangers za ta sami damar sake dawowa kuma ta nuna cewa har yanzu tana da abin da zai iya yin nasara a gasar Turai? Bari mu ji ra'ayoyinku a sashin sharhi.