Scotland ta ƙare kakar gida da nasara mai ban sha'awa, tana doke Curacao masu 'yan wasa 10 da ci 4-1 a wasan ƙarshen gida a Hampden Park kafin tafiya zuwa FIFA World Cup 2026.

Nasarar ba ta zo ba tare da damuwa ba — Curacao sun fara zura kwallo a minti na 17, kuma ɗan wasan Napoli Billy Gilmour ya fita yana cizon ƙafa kafin hutu — amma masu gida sun ƙarfafa kansu ta hanyar daidaitawa daga Findlay Curtis, kambun Shankland biyu, da daga baya penalti ta Ryan Christie.

Farkon girgizar Curacao

Baƙin ba su yi kama da ƙanƙanta ba a kwata na farko na wasan. Tahith Chong na Sheffield United ya karɓi ƙwallon a layin tsakiya, ya yanke cikin John Souttar, ya turawa ƙwallon ƙanƙane ya buge ginshiƙin daga nesa a minti na 17, ya yi shuru Hampden.

Scotland suna neman amsawa sa'ad da wasan ya juya a minti na 38. Dan wasan Curacao Jurgen Locadia an kore shi saboda gwiwar hatsari kan Aaron Hickey, yana rage baƙin zuwa 'yan wasa 10. Amma mintuna biyu bayan haka, Gilmour ya fadi yana riƙe da gwiwarsa bayan ya buga wucewa ta yau da kullun. Dan wasan Napoli an maye shi da Curtis mai shekara 19.

Curtis da Shankland sun juya yanayin wasan

Curtis bai yi jinkiri ba. Da taɓarsa ta farko ya sarrafa ƙwallon, da ta biyu ya harba harbin ƙafar hagu zuwa kusurwar nesa don daidaita ko kaɗan kafin hutu — zura kwallo mai hankali da ta daga taron jama'a tare da canza yanayin wasan gaba ɗaya.

Scotland ta dawo bayan hutu tana da ƙarfi sabon. A minti na 59, Shankland ya bude lissafinsa daga wasan da aka shirya sosai a horo. Mintuna hudu bayan haka, ya haɗu da abokin harbi Lyndon Dykes kafin ya harba ƙwallon zuwa kusurwar nesa don zura kwallonsa ta shida ta ƙasa da ƙasa.

Curtis ya ci gaba da tsanantawa daga gefen hagu kuma ya sami penalti mai jinkiri bayan Sherel Floranus ya farfashe shi a cikin akwatin. Shankland ya riga ya fita, saboda haka Christie ya tashi ya canza penalti don zura kwallonsa ta goma ta ƙasa da ƙasa a minti na 81, yana rufe maki.

Damuwa game da lafiya kafin Kofin Duniya

Ƙungiyar Steve Clarke za su tashi zuwa Amurka Lahadi don shiga farkon Scotland na FIFA World Cup tun 1998. An ba 'yan wasa da yawa na farko — John McGinn, Scott McTominay, Lewis Ferguson, Kieran Tierney, da Che Adams — hutu na ƙarin bayan ayyukan kulob ɗin mako jiya, yayin da ake tsare da Ross Stewart na Southampton a hankali saboda rauni a gwiwa.

Lafiyar Gilmour yanzu ita ce babbar damuwa kafin wasan farko na Scotland a rukuni da Haiti a Boston a ranar 14 ga Yuni. Za su fuskanci Morocco da Brazil a wasannin da suka rage — ƙasashe biyu da ke cikin manyan 10 a duniya.

Don mahallin, abokan hamayya a ranar Asabar su ma za su rubuta tarihinsu: Curacao, karkashin jagorancin Dick Advocaat tsohon koci na Rangers mai shekara 78, suna a matsayi na 82 a duniya kuma za su zama ƙasar da yawan jama'a mafi ƙanƙanta — kusan 150,000 — da ta taɓa shiga FIFA World Cup. Suna matsayi ɗaya sama da Haiti a jerin ƙasa da ƙasa.