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የኤፍኤ ካፕ የ2021/22 የውድድር ዘመን ምልከታ

በዕድሜ ብዙ ዓመታትን በማስቆጠር አቻ የሌለው የኤፍኤ ካፕ ውድድር በእንግሊዝ የሀገር ውስጥ ውድድሮች ከፕሪምየር ሊጉ ቀጥሎ ክብር የሚሰጠው ዋንጫ ነው፡፡ በቅርቡ ከስፖንሰርሺፕ ጋር በተያየዘ ስያሜውን ወደ ኤምሬትስ ኤፍኤ ካፕ የቀየረው ይህ ውድድር እስከ 10ኛ ዲቪዚዮን የእንግሊዝ የሀገር ውስጥ ሊጎች ውስጥ የሚጫወቱ ክለቦችን የሚያሳትፍ ነው፡፡ ፕሪምየር ሊጉን ጨምሮ በኢንግላንድ ፉትቦል ሊግ የሚጫወቱ 92 ከለቦች ከ3ኛ ዙር በኋላ ጥሎ ማለፉን ሲቀላቀሉ 32 ክለቦች ደግሞ በሁለት ዙር ተጣርተው ያልፋሉ፡፡

በኤፍኤ ካፕ የጥሎ ማለፍ ውድድር ያልተገመቱ ውጤቶችን መመልከት የተለመደ ሲሆን ከታችኛው ዲቪዚዮን የሚመጡ ትንንሽ ክለቦች የፕሪምየር ሊጉን ሃያላን ጥለው ደጋፊዎቻቸውን ሲያስፈነጥዙ በተደጋጋሚ ታይቷል፡፡ በዚሁ ዓመት የውድድር ዘመንም ዋንጫውን 14 ጊዜ በመውሰድ ታላቅ ታሪክ ያለው አርሰናል በኖቲንግሃም ፎረስት እንዲሁም 12 ጊዜ በማሸነፍ የሚከተለው ማን. ዩናይትድ በሚድልስብራ ከውድድሩ ሲሰናበት አይተናል፡፡

አሁን 5ኛ ዙር ጥሎ ማለፍ ላይ በደረሰው የዚህ ዓመት መርሃ-ግብር 16 ክለቦች ዋንጫውን ለማንሳት ተፋጠዋል፡፡  የፕሪምየር ሊጉ ታላላቅ ክለቦችን ቼልሲ፣ ሊቨርፑል፣ ማን. ሲቲ እና ቶተንሃምን ጨምሮ ሌሎችም ተፎካካሪ ክለቦች ዋንጫውን የማሸነፍ እኩል ዕድል ቢይዙም ዋንጫው ከቼልሲ፣ ሊቨርፑል እና ማን.ሲቲ እጅ የሚወጣ አይመስልም፡፡ በሌሎች ውድድሮች የዋንጫ ፉክክር ላይ ጫና ያልበዛባቸው ቼልሲዎች ደግሞ የተሻለ ግምት ተሰጥቷቸዋል፡፡ ቼልሲ ከሉተን ታውን፣ ማን ሲቲ ከፒተርብሮው ዩናይትድ እንዲሁም ሊቨርፑል ከኖርዊች ሲቲ በ5ኛ ዙር ድልድል ተገናኝተዋል፡፡

One of the most celebrated and anticipated competition of the football world featuring European elite clubs competing for the crown of Europe continue with its expected charisma on 2021/22 season. Thirty-two clubs which qualified from top European leagues will take part in the competition to won the trophy dreamed by every club around Europe.

The competition have reached to quarter final round after showcasing some shocking results and performance. PSG, who have star studded squad including six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi with Neymar and Mpape had been knocked out of the competition too soon after loosing to Real Madrid 4-1. Although the 13-time champions did not have a formidable squad, they used their experience to reach the quarter-finals. The Italian giants Juventus also got eliminated after losing to Vilarreal at home. English representatives Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea made it to quarter final with impressive performance. While Manchester united couldn’t pass through struggling Atletico Madrid. Benfica and Bayern Munich are also among the qualifying clubs.

The draw have set meeting for reigning champion Chelsea with Real Madrid. Pep guardiola and Diego simeone will face each other after while and Liverpool will take on Benfica . The Bavarins meet met with Villareal for third time in history. After knocking out PSG, Real Madrid became big favorite to take the trophy home. Man city and Liverpool also look capable of wining the tournament and we cant leave out Munich from the list as they have sufficient experience and squad to do the job.   

FA Cup is the second most prestigious domestic competition in English after Premier League. It is one of the oldest competitions with many years of historical background. Recently the cup title name changed to Emirates Fa cup due to sponsorship deal. The cup involves teams from across the English football pyramid trying their luck for national trophy and booking qualification for European competition. This season 80 teams have participated on the first round of competition while 32 teams coming from qualifying round and joining 48 clubs from England league one and two. Including premier league clubs the championship clubs have joined the cup from 3^rd round.

FA cup knock out games are exciting and thrilling provided their Surprising and unforeseen results. The underdog teams from lower division have a history of upsetting fancy premier league clubs against the odd. On this particular season we have witnessed Nottingham forest eliminating reigning champion Leicester city plus arsenal who is the 14^th time winner of the cup whereas Middleborough have managed to kick out Man. United and Tottenham hotspur from the competition.

This year Fa cup season is on the way of closing now. The cup reached to semi-final with last year runner up Chelsea facing crystal palace. And the current top flight clubs of England man city and Liverpool will confront each other. Even though the winner of Man.City and Liverpool draw has better chance of getting the trophy home, relatively Chelsea look more relaxed from other competition influence.