Ku wa Mbere, ikipe ya Arsenal yakoze imyitozo yayo ya nyuma mu birindiro bya London Colney, mbere y’umukino ukomeye ubanza wa 1/4 cy’irangiza cya UEFA Champions League aho izacakirana na Real Madrid, imwe mu makipe afite amateka akomeye ku mugabane w’u Burayi.
Bukayo Saka, wari umaze imikino ibiri asimburwa, yagaragaye ameze neza mu myitozo, ibintu byerekana ko ashobora kugaruka mu ikipe ibanza ya Mikel Arteta.
Ni inkuru nziza ku bakunzi ba Arsenal kuko Saka ari umwe mu bakinnyi bagize uruhare rukomeye mu mikino myiza y’iyi kipe muri uyu mwaka.
Nubwo bimeze bityo, Gunners bazaba babura myugariro wabo w’ingenzi Gabriel, wavunikiye mu mukino ushize, bikaba biteganyijwe ko atazagaragara muri uyu mukino.
Ku wa Gatandatu w’icyumweru gishize, Arsenal yanganyije na Everton igitego 1-1 mu mukino wa Premier League, bikaba byabaye imbogamizi mu rugamba rwo kwegukana igikombe cya shampiyona.
Nubwo Liverpool ikomeje kuyoboye urutonde, Arsenal iri gukomeza guhatana bikomeye, ikaba iri ku mwanya wa kabiri ku rutonde rw’agateganyo. Ni intsinzi y’ingenzi bagomba gushaka kugira ngo bongere icyizere cyabo mu marushanwa abiri bari guhatanamo.
Arsenal iri mu mukino wa 1/4 cya Champions League ku nshuro ya kabiri yikurikiranya, kandi ni ikipe itarakubitiwe mu rugo mu mikino 10 ishize y’imikino yose. Muri iyi mikino, yatsinze umunani, ibintu byerekana ko Colney ari igihome gikomeye ku makipe abagana.
Ku rundi ruhande, Real Madrid yageze i Londres nyuma yo gutsindwa na Valencia ibitego 2-1 muri shampiyona ya Espagne, igihombo cyatwaye amahirwe menshi yo kwegukana La Liga.
Nubwo bimeze bityo, Real Madrid iracyafite icyizere cyinshi muri Champions League, aho imaze gusezerera amakipe akomeye nka Manchester City na Atletico Madrid. Iyi kipe ifite ibikombe 15 bya Champions League, irashaka kwiyongera ku mateka yayo atangaje.
Amakipe yombi amaze guhurira rimwe muri Champions League mu mwaka wa 2005-06, aho Arsenal yatsinze Real Madrid igitego 1-0 mu mikino ibiri.
Ibyo byabaye inzira yabafashije kugera ku mukino wa nyuma w’icyo gihe batsinzwe na FC Barcelona. Uyu mukino witezwe cyane na benshi kuko ushobora no gusobanura byinshi ku hazaza h’aya makipe yombi mu rugamba rwo kwegukana igikombe cy’uyu mwaka.
Ni umukino w’amateka, uzahuza abatoza b’abahanga Mikel Arteta na Carlo Ancelotti ndetse n’abakinnyi bafite impano idasanzwe. Abafana bategereje kureba uko Arsenal izitwara imbere y’iyi kipe y’igihangange, cyane ko bazaba bafite inyungu yo gukinira imbere y’abafana babo.
