Yana hutawa tare da 'yan wasan sa a otal ɗin ƙungiyar a tsakiyar Charlotte, Ryan Christie ya yi abin da miliyoyin magoya baya suka yi ranar Talata da yamma — ya zauna ya yi mamaki da Lionel Messi. Mai taka leda a tsakiyar filin Bournemouth da Scotland ya kalli hat-trick ɗin Messi a kan Algeria, ya kuma manta da na ɗan lokaci cewa shi kansa ɗan wasa ne na kwararru.

"Idan ka huta kaɗan, ka zama mai kallo kawai," Christie ya ce. "Kallon Messi da irin waɗannan abubuwa, abin mamaki ne sosai a kallo. Yana da girma kuma na wani fari ne, da gaskiya. Ina ƙarami, ina bauta wa Messi, don haka tunanin cewa yanzu kana buga wasa a irin wannan mataki da shi abu ne mai daɗi sosai, musamman a shekarun da yake ciki."

Talata ta kasance yamma ta sanarwa a wannan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Messi ya zira kwallaye uku, yayin da Kylian Mbappe da Erling Haaland kowanne ya zira biyu — manyan sunaye na gasar sun yi shelar kansu da ƙarfi. Gasar ta bayyana kamar ta tafi wata matakin.

Mafarki da Christie bai yi ƙarfin yin sa ba

Ga Christie, tunanin shiga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ya kasance kamar kara tunanin mafarki da ba zai yiwu ba. Yana girma, manufarsa ita ce wakiltar Scotland — hakan ya isa. Taron Turai ya ji kamar nesa; Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya bai taba shiga zuciyan sa ba.

"Ban taba tunanin buga wasa a Taron Turai ba, balle ma Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya," ya furta. "Ban kalli Scotland a babban taro ba, don haka a zuciyana hakan ba zai yiwu ba — kuma watakila shi ya sa, bayan duk waɗancan shekarun, lokacin da muka sami wannan dare a Serbia, ya taba zuciyata sosai."

An yi sha'ani da yadda Christie ya yi kuka bayan Scotland suka sami cancantar shiga babban taro na farko cikin tsararraki ƙarƙashin Steve Clarke. "Hawaye sun fito ne saboda hakan yana ji kamar mai nisa sosai gare ni da wasu ɗan'uwana," ya ce. "Saboda haka, kasancewa a nan yana yin wannan abu mai ban mamaki ne. Kowa yana da wannan ji na buga wasa a mataki da idanun dukkan duniya suna kallo."

Morocco ta tsaya tsakanin Scotland da tarihi

Bayan ya fito a matsayin madadin dan wasa a wasannin farko na Scotland da Haiti, Christie na iya samun damar fara wasa lokacin da suka fuskanci Morocco a Boston ranar Juma'a. Scotland na shiga a matsayin ƙaramin ɗan takara, kuma ba za a iya ɓoye girman ƙalubalen ba — Morocco ƙungiya ce mai haɗari sosai a wannan gasar.

Christie, mai shekaru 31, ba shi da ruɗu game da abin da yake jiransa. Ya san Scotland ba za su mallaki kwallo ba ko hana Morocco daga ƙirƙirar dama gaba ɗaya. "Muna buƙatar kiyaye waɗannan lambobi ƙanana gwargwado sannan mu yi namu ɓangaren lokacin da muka sami damar ciyar da su rauni," ya ce. Duk da haka, ya dage cewa nasarar Scotland ba abu ne na waje da yiwuwa ba. "Ba shakka. Ina tsammanin dole mu yi tunani haka — musamman bayan sakamako na farko da Haiti."

Maki ɗaya zai tabbatar da matsayin Scotland kusan a zagayen knockout. Nasara za ta mai da su masu tarihi.

Christie na gina don dogon lokaci

A wajen filin, Christie kwanan nan ya sanya hannu kan sabuntawar kwangilar sa ta Bournemouth wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa 2029. Yana cikin zaman lafiya kuma yana buga wasa da kwarin gwiwa — kuma gwanancen Messi a shekara 38 yana tuna wa Christie cewa wannan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta farko ba lallai ce ta ƙarshe ba.

Ya kalli 'yan wasa a England suna ci gaba da yin aiki mafi ƙwarewa a cikin shekarun talatin ɗin su na ƙarshe. "Wasu suna kusa da ƙarshen shekarun talatin da kuma suna ɓata da kyan gani kowace mako," ya lura.

Clarke ya yi magana akai-akai game da cewa kowane memba na ƙungiya yana da rawar da zai taka, ko mintuna uku ne ko casa'in. Christie ya karɓi wannan falsafar. "Kowa yana ɗaukan hakan kuma yana yin nansa har yanzu," ya ce.

"Buga Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya mafarki ne da ya cika, amma dole ka gyara manufofinka da tunaninka da sauri," Christie ya ƙara da cewa. "Manaja ya ci gaba da matsa lamba." An cika mafarki ɗaya. A Boston ranar Juma'a, Christie yana neman wani.