Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Ronald Koeman kwenyere na Southampton ga-emerịrị mmeri n'egwuregwu isii fọdụrụnụ iji nwee ohere iru Champions League. Nke a abụrụla oge dị ịrịba ama na St Mary's, ebe klọb ahụ mebirila ihe ndekọ Premier League nke 56 setịpụrụ n'afọ gara aga. Obi abụọ adịghị ya na a ga-agbaji ihe ndekọ ahụ n'izu ndị na-abịanụ ma ihe nwere ike ịka mma, na Manchester City na mberede na-emepe ohere maka njedebe anọ kachasị elu. Onyeisi ndị Southampton bụ Ronald Koeman kwenyere na ndị otu ya ga-emeri egwuregwu isii ikpeazụ ha iji nọrọ n'ime anọ kacha elu. Ndị Saints nọgidere na-achọ ebe ha ga-anọ n'asọmpi Champions League nke afọ na-abịa site n'imeri Hull na St Mary's. Southampton ji ihe ise n'azụ Man City. Saints nwere ihe ise iji weghachite ndị mmeri na-achị achị mana Koeman kwenyere na ọ ga-ekwe omume ma ọ bụrụ na ha merie egwuregwu ha niile fọdụrụnụ. 'Ọ na-adịkarị otú ahụ,' ka onye Netherlands ahụ kwuru. 'N'ebe dị anya bụ isi ise. Anyị kwesịrị mmeri m na-eche niile. 'Ha (City) anaghị emerụ egwuregwu atọ, mba. Ha nwere egwuregwu abụọ na-esote n'ụlọ. Dị ka ọ na-adịkarị, na ndị egwuregwu ha nwere, àgwà ndị ahụ. 'Ị maghị, mana ọ bụ ihe niile gbasara mmeri isii ikpeazụ iji nwee ezigbo ohere ịbụ otu n'ime ndị otu anọ kachasị elu.' Ndị nsọ na-aga Etihad Stadium n'ụbọchị ikpeazụ nke oge ahụ, n'adịghịkwa ka ndị ọzọ na-achụ otu anọ kachasị elu, nwere ụdị egwuregwu tupu nke ahụ. Tottenham na Aston Villa na-abịa St Mary's, ebe njem na Sunderland, Leicester na City na-eso egwuregwu Satọde na Stoke. Onye na-agba bọọlụ na Southampton bụ Graziano Pelle gbara goolu na mmeri ha ji 2-0 merie Hull na Premier League. Stoke na Southampton - Eprel 18. Southampton na Tottenham - Eprel 25. Sunderland na Southampton - Mee 2. Leicester na Southampton - Mee 9. Southampton na Aston Villa - Mee 16. Manchester City na Southampton - Mee 24. 'Ee, mana n'akụkụ ikpeazụ nke oge, OK, kedu ihe kachasị mma igwu egwu?' Koeman jụrụ. Otu ndị na-alụ ọgụ maka na ha agaghị adapụ maọbụ ndị abụọ na-alụ ọgụ maka aha? Amaghị m. 'Egwuregwu ọ bụla na-esi ike. Ị ga-anọ na...
Southampton ji isi ise n'azụ Man City bụ ndị nọ n'ọkwa nke anọ. Ronald Koeman ka na-atụ anya imecha n'ime mmadụ anọ kacha mma. Ndị South Coast ga-ezute Stoke na Britannia Stadium na Satọde.