Steve Clarke ya sanar da cewa Scotland suna a FIFA World Cup 2026 don cimma wani abu na gaskiya — ba kawai don cike wuri a cikin gasar ba — yayin da ƙasar ke dawo wa babban dandalin ƙwallon ƙafa na farko tun 1998.

Scotland za fara kamfen ɗin su a Rukunin C da Haiti a ranar Lahadi da ƙarfe 2 na safe (lokacin Burtaniya), kafin wasan da Brazil da Morocco. Ƙungiyar Clarke na neman shiga zagayen eliminashin, wani yanayi da Scotland ba su taɓa cimmawa ba a Kofin Duniya.

Maigidan ƙungiyar mai shekara 62 shine farkon kocin da ya kai Scotland gasar manyan wasanni guda uku a jere, kuma ya bayyana cewa wannan ƙwarewar ta ƙara wa da ƙarfin niyyarsa maimakon gamsar da shi.

"Yana da kyau mu kasance a nan, amma kuma muna so mu yi wani abu na musamman," Clarke ya fada kafin wasan buɗewa na Lahadi.

Labarin lafiya kafin Haiti

Clarke ya tabbatar da cewa Scott McTominay ya warke daga ciwo na ciki kuma yana samuwa don wasan farko. Amma Scott McKenna zai rasa wasan da Haiti sakamakon rauni.

Darasi daga takaicin Euro

Scotland sun sha wahala a wasannin buɗewa a Euro 2020 da Euro 2024 — sun sha 2-0 da Czech Republic da kuma 5-1 da Germany bi da bi. Clarke ya amince cewa waɗancan sakamako sun yi masa nauyi.

"Ban ji daɗin gasar biyu da suka gabata ba," ya ce, kafin ya yi magana kan kowace kawo ƙarshe. "Ta Germany mai sauƙi ce — kada a yarda a ci kamar haka. Ta Czech Republic kuwa ta bambanta kaɗan — wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne wanda bai yi mana sa'a ba kawai."

Clarke ya jaddada cewa wasan da Germany ya fi ba da takaici daga cikin biyu, domin Scotland ba su kai matsayinsu na ainihi ba. Yana ƙudurin sa Lahadi ta zama daban.

Girmamawa ga Haiti

Abokan hamayyar su na wasan farko ma suna dawo wa Kofin Duniya na farko tun 1974, kuma Clarke ya yi hankali wajen nuna irin ƙalubalen da suke wakilta.

"Su ma aluma ce mai girma. Za su kasance a nan da kashi 100 cikin ɗari na sadaukarwa, kamar mu ma," ya ce. "Mun san cewa suna da ƙarfin da zai iya haifar mana da matsaloli a filin wasa. Dole ne mu magance waɗannan matsalolin, sannan mu kawo mafi kyawun wasan mu idan muna da ƙwallon."

Clarke ya ƙara da cewa idan Scotland suka yi wasa kamar yadda suke iya, yana da yakinin suna da duk damar fara kamfen ɗinsu da nasara.