Kyaftin din ƙungiyar Scotland Andy Robertson ya bayyana matsayinsa a cikin ƙungiyar 'yan wasa 26 ta Steve Clarke domin Kofin Duniya a matsayin «babbar lokaci da ba za ka yarda ba», yayin da 'yan wasa mafi gogewa na Scotland ke shirye don rubuta tarihi a Kofin Duniya na FIFA 2026.

Ƙungiyar ta tashi zuwa Amurka a ranar Lahadi, inda Tartan Army suka saka su bankwana a filin jirgin Glasgow, a matsayin karo na farko da Scotland ke shiga Kofin Duniya tun shekarar 1998 — jira da kusan ya kai shekaru uku. Robertson yana da shekaru 4 kawai a ƙarshen karo da ƙasarsa ta shiga gasar.

Kafin fara wasannin hukuma, Scotland za su fafata da Bolivia a New Jersey ranar Asabar a wasan ƙarshe na shiri, sannan za su tafi sansanin horo a North Carolina.

Lokaci da Robertson ya ƙi barin kansa ya yi tunaninsa

An sa ran Robertson zai jagoranci Scotland a wasan farko na Ƙungiya A da Haiti a Boston a ranar 14 ga Yuni, sannan a gāba da Morocco da Brazil — waɗannan waɗannan za a buga a Gillette Stadium da Miami bi da bi.

Duk da cewa ana sa ran zai zama kyaftin, dan wasan hagu ya yarda cewa ya kiyaye ji a duk tsawon lokacin shirye-shiryen.

«Ni da nake taka ƙafa a filin wasa wasan farko? Ban riga na bar kwakwalwata ta kai can ba tukuna. Ba ni son kallon gaba sosai. Zan rayu a wannan lokaci idan na sani cewa dare kafin da rana ta wasa sun zo,» Robertson ya gaya wa Sky Sports News.

Dan wasan ɗan shekara 32, wanda shi ne na biyu a jerin 'yan wasa mafi yawan caps a tarihin Scotland bayan Sir Kenny Dalglish, ya kuma bayyana cewa ya aika da sako a cikin ƙaramin ƙungiyar hira ta abokansa mafi kusanci lokacin da an sanar da ƙungiyar.

«Na ce kawai: 'wa ya san cewa dukkanmu za mu tafi Kofin Duniya tare, mu waɗanda muka taka wasa tun yara ƙanana kuma muke bin juna yana shekaru 11 da 12?' Ya kasance abin alfahari na gaske domin ba sauƙi ne a samu isa Kofin Duniya ba,» ya ƙara da cewa.

Lokutan duhu sun sa wannan dama ta fi daɗi

Robertson ya yi tunani a kan tafiyar wahala da Scotland suka yi tun Faransa 1998, yana amincewa cewa zafi na rashin nasara ya ƙarfafa haɗin kan ƙungiyar.

«Mun sha wahala, mun sami lokutan duhu. Da rigar Scotland a jikin ka, ƙasƙantar da kake yi ita ce mafi ƙasƙanta da za ka sha tare da ƙasarka, kuma ɗaukaka ta fi kowane ɗaukaka domin ka san kana wakiltar al'umma. Amma ina tsammanin shi ya sa ƙungiyarmu ta kasance mai haɗin kai — in ka duba labarin kowane ɗan wasa, duk sun yi kama.»

Wasan farko da Haiti zai fara da karfe 2 na dare ta lokacin Burtaniya a ranar 14 ga Yuni, sannan Morocco da Brazil za su biyo baya a abin da ake tsammanin zai zama mafi wahalar matakin ƙungiyoyi da Scotland ta taɓa fuskanta.

Ƙungiyar Scotland ta Kofin Duniya

Masu tsaron ƙofar: Craig Gordon (Hearts), Angus Gunn (Nottingham Forest), Liam Kelly (Rangers).

Masu tsaro: Grant Hanley (Hibernian), Jack Hendry (Al Etiffaq), Aaron Hickey (Brentford), Dom Hyam (Wrexham), Scott McKenna (Dinamo Zagreb), Nathan Patterson (Everton), Anthony Ralston (Celtic), Andy Robertson (TBC), John Souttar (Rangers), Kieran Tierney (Celtic).

Masu tsakiya: Ryan Christie (Bournemouth), Findlay Curtis (Rangers), Lewis Ferguson (Bologna), Ben Gannon-Doak (Bournemouth), Tyler Fletcher (Manchester United), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Kenny McLean (Norwich), Scott McTominay (Napoli).

Masu kai farmaki: Che Adams (Torino), Lyndon Dykes (Charlton Athletic), George Hirst (Ipswich), Lawrence Shankland (Rangers), Ross Stewart (Southampton).