George Hirst ba ya iya kame murna sa bayan tabbatar da wurinsa a cikin tawagar Scotland ta FIFA World Cup 2026 — ko da yake labarin ya lalata bugun golf na sa'a-sa'a kuma ya ƙara ɗora masa zaman hot yoga masu wahala.

Ɗan wasan gaba na Ipswich Town mai shekara 27 ya amince cewa yana da tsoron gaske game da ko za a zaɓe shi. A ƙarshe, babban kocin Steve Clarke ya ambace shi a cikin ɗan wasan gaba biyar da aka zaɓa don gasar.

"Ina matukar farin ciki," in ji Hirst. "Na sami labarin mintuna 45 kafin sauran duniya. Na kasance ina wasan golf a Portugal tare da wasu abokai a lokacin, ina da bugun birdie sai na ƙare da double bogey. Ba zan iya kame murna ta ba, ko a filin golf."

"Tun ina yaro, mafarkin da nake yi shi ne zuwa Kofin Duniya — kuma zan gode wa kocin wannan dama har abada."

Tattaunawa ta gaskiya da tuƙin aiki

Hirst ya bayyana cewa Clarke ya yi masa magana da gaskiya a lokacin sansanin ƙasa da ƙasa na watan Maris, ba tare da barin wata shakka a zuciya game da abin da ake buƙata ba. Ya rama ta hanyar gama kakar Championship da ƙarfi, inda ya zira ƙwallaye 11 don taimaka wa Ipswich su zo matsayi na biyu da kuma tabbatar da komawa Premier League nan take.

"Akwai duniyar da zan kasance cikin tawagar, akwai kuma duniyar da ban kasance ba," in ji Hirst. "Ban kasance mai sauƙin rai game da wannan gaskiyar ba. A ƙarshen kakar wasa, manufata ita ce in yi duk mai yiwuwa a Ipswich in nuna dalilin da ya sa na cancanci kasancewa a cikin jirgin."

Hirst ya fara wasanni 25 na lig kuma ya shigo a matsayin wanda ya maye gurbin dan wasa sau 17 a tsawon kakar. Ya zira ƙwallo ɗaya a wasanni takwas na ƙasa da ƙasa tun ya fara bugawa ƙasa a bara.

Hot yoga da zafin gasar

A matsayin shirye-shirye don gasar da za iya zama mai zafi ƙwarai, Hirst ya kaddamar da kansa cikin zaman hot pod yoga — duk da cewa bai da son zafin rana.

"Ina yi duk zaman hot pod yoga na, ina ƙoƙarin saba da zafi wanda ba ni da babban son gare shi," in ji shi. "Ba zan iya kame kaina ba, kame murmushi na, kame kaina daga nuna yadda nake farin ciki da kasancewa a nan."

Gasar neman gurbi

Hirst ya haɗu da Che Adams, Lyndon Dykes, Lawrence Shankland, da Ross Stewart a layin gaba wanda Clarke ya kafa don Kofin Duniya na farko na Scotland tun 1998 — shekaru 28 na rashin kasancewa a manyan matakai na ƙwallon ƙafa.

"Wataƙila dukkanmu muna da ƙarfin daban-daban kaɗan," in ji Hirst. "Ni ina kawo gurin gudu can gaba. Ina da tsawo ma. Zan kasance a can, shirye don a kira ni duk lokacin da hakan ya zo, ko minti ɗaya ko mintuna 90."

"Kuna fafatawa don abu ɗaya guda, amma dukkanku kuna son shiga. Zai zama gasar da take da lafiya sosai, wanda koyaushe abu ne mai kyau. Ina fata zan yi atisaye da kyau, sami mintoci a wasannin abokantaka, in bai kocin abu da zai tunani."