Nasarar Scotland mai ban sha'awa akan Denmark da ci 4-2 a bara ta tabbatar da dawowarsu zuwa Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA a karon farko tun 1998 — kuma ga ɗan wasan ƙafa Ryan Christie, wannan wasa ya kasance mafi girma da ya taɓa gani, har da duk wasannin da ya taba buga.

"Mutane da yawa sun yi magana da ni bayan wasan," Christie ya shaida wa FourFourTwo. "A Bournemouth, abokan matar ta waɗanda ba su san komai game da kwallon kafa ba sun ce suna kuka suna kallo. Ya yi kama ya wuce iyakar wasanni."

"Ba za ka iya rubuta wannan ƙarshe ba ko da ka gwada," ya ƙara da cewa. "Ina gaya wa mutane cewa shi ne mafi kyawun wasa da na taɓa gani kai tsaye — kuma na buga cikinsa! Ya kasance abin ban sha'awa sosai a kasance wani ɓangare na shi. Sun kasance uku daga cikin mafi kyawun kwallaye da Scotland ta taɓa ci."

Kwallaye uku da suka shiga tarihi

Wasan Hampden ya samar da uku daga cikin kwallaye da suka shiga cikin tatsuniyoyin kwallon kafa na Scotland. Scott McTominay ya buɗe a rabi na farko da bugun akrobatik mai ban mamaki, sannan Kieran Tierney ya harba babban bugun nesa mai ban sha'awa a cikin lokaci na ƙari. 'Yan mintoci bayan haka, Kenny McLean ya lura da Kasper Schmeichel ya fita daga layin kofar sa ya kuma kammala da ƙarfin hali daga tsakiyar filinsa, yana darajar dare mai ban mamaki.

Sa'ad da aka roƙe shi ya zaɓa tsakanin kwallaye uku, Christie ya nuna zuwa ga fasahar akrobatik ta McTominay — ko da yake ya yi sauri ya yarda da abin da ya biyo baya. "Dole ne in zaɓi na Scott McTominay, saboda hatta gwada wani abu kamar haka ya kasance abin wauta gaba ɗaya," ya ce. "Amma Kieran Tierney ya buga ƙwallon haka ƙarƙashin matsin lamba — ƙwallo mai ɗauka yana zuwa gareka — sannan Kenny McLean ya sa ƙara kan saman daga layin tsakiyar filin. Ya kasance abin ban mamaki."

Dare da aka gina akan hadin kai

Ga Christie, sakamakon ya zarce walƙiya na mutum ɗaya sosai. Scotland ta sha wahalar da'omi na rashin nasara tun bayar da karshen shigan Kofin Duniya, ta cancanci Euro 2020 da Euro 2024 karkashin manaja Steve Clarke, kafin ta tabbatar da matsayi a babbar mataki na kwallon kafa a duniya.

Christie ya yi tunani yana cewa: "Ya kasance kamar ƙaddara a kwallon kafa. Lokacin da kake da ƙungiyar 'yan wasa masu haɗin kai haka, kuma suna shirye su yi aiki tuƙuru domin juna da ƙasarsu, yana taka rawa a faruwar waɗannan abubuwa. Ka shuka ka girba."

"Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun dare ga kwallon kafa ta Scotland," ya kammala, "kuma ina da babban alfahari da na kasance wani ɓangare na shi."