I-Arsenal nonyawo olulodwa ekuthatheni eseligi      

Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt

Cishe ngemuva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili i-Arsenal ingase iphinde  iwine isicoco se-English Premier League.

Ngo-2004 leli qembu lase-North London laba iqembu lokuqala ukunqoba iligi ngaphandle kokuhlulwa ngisho umdlalo owodwa, lagcina selaziwa njengeqembu okungelula ukulihlula. Ilona kuphela iqembu elazuza lokho kuhlonishwa.

Kodwa-ke iminyaka engu-18 ilandelana ayizange ithele izithelo ezinhle kuma-Gunners asalokhu elwela ukuphinda ukunqoba kwawo iligi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

Ngemuva kweminyaka ehambisana nobuhlungu benhliziyo, i-Arsenal ibukeka isendleleni enhle yokuba ngompetha baseNgilandi futhi.

Ngemuva kokuhamba komphathi obesehlale isikhathi eside u-Arsene Wenger, umphathi osemncane uMikel Arteta ulethwe ukuzoqinisa umkhumbi.

Ngemuva kwesikhashana ephethe u-Arteta ekugcineni uyawubona umsebenzi wakhe njengoba i-Arsenal ihamba phambili ngamaphuzu ayisikhombisa esicongweni.

I-Arsenal isahlulwe  emdlalweni owodwa isizini yonke kanti njengoba izimbangi zayo i-Manchester City zinamabatha abalandeli beqembu lase-London sebeqala ukuphupha ngosuku lapho bezowina i-English Premier League.

Ukube lokhu babekucabanga ngonyaka odlule ukuthi i-Arsenal ingawina iligi akekho obengakholwa kunalokho bekuzoqhuma insini, kodwa ngemuva kwempelasonto edlule kubukeka njengento engenzeka ngempela.

Ikhefu leNdebe Yomhlaba ye-Fifa alizange  liwaphazamise ama-Gunners njengoba ekhombise amandla ehlula i-Brighton & Hove Albion ngamagoli amane kwamabili emdlalweni wokugcina ka-2022.

I-Manchester City okuyilona kuphela iqembu elingamisa i-Arsenal kabi  kubukeka sengathi ithikamezekile ngemuva kwekhefu leNdebe yoMhlaba, kanti futhi ilahle amaphuzu ngesikhathi iqeda umdlalo zintanganye ne-Everton.

Yize luselude  uhambo okusamele luhanjwe ngaphambi kokuphela kwesizini, i-Arsenal ayibukeki izohlulwa maduze ngendlela edlala ngayo.

Isikwati sika-Arteta esifaka  uBukayo Saka, uMartin Ødegaard, uGabriel Martinelli, uWilliam Saliba, noThomas Partey sibukeka sizakahle.

Okunye okuhlomulise leli qembu ukwehla kwezinga lebhola kwi-UEFA Champions League. Leli qembu likhona ku-Europa League, kodwa ukwehla komgqigqo kuvumela u-Arteta ukuthi enze izinguquko eqenjini njengoba kudingeka.

I-Arsenal izobhekana nemidlalo elandelayo enzima njengoba izodudulana ne-Newcastle United esendaweni yesithathu ngoLwesibili ngaphambi komdlalo wase-North London ne-Tottenham Hotspur.

Angeke kube lula neze kuma-Gunners ngemuva kwalokhu njengoba kumele abhekane ne-Manchester United edlala kahle.

Akungabazeki ukuthi bazofaka uvalo ezinhliziyweni zawo wonke amaqembu abazobhekana nawo.

Isithombe esingenhla: Imigubho ye-Arsenal iqeda kunqoba

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