Scotland ta tashi zuwa Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA, tana hawan jirgin sama a safe ranar Lahadi zuwa sansanin horarwa a Florida — bayyanarsu ta farko a gasar tun shekarar 1998.

Babban koci Steve Clarke ya yi magana da 'yan jarida a Filin Jirgin Sama na Glasgow kafin tashi, yana nuna burinsa ga kamfen din. «Wannan shi ne karo na uku da wannan ƙungiya ta shiga gasar kuma muna son zama ƙungiyar Scotland ta farko da ta kai mataki na knock-out,» in ji shi. «Da fatan za mu nuna ɗan ƙwarewa a gasar kuma mu sanya wannan bazara ta kasance mai tunawa.»

An cire Gilmour saboda rauni, Fletcher ya shigo maye gurbinsa

Bikin ban kwana ya kasance cikin baƙin ciki saboda raunin da ya addabi ƙungiyar. Billy Gilmour, ɗan wasan tsakiya na Napoli, ya samu rauni a lokacin nasarar abokantaka ta Asabar akan Curacao kuma an cire shi daga jerin 'yan wasan 26.

An kira Tyler Fletcher, ɗan shekara 19 na Manchester United, don maye gurbinsa. Clarke bai ɓoye tausayinsa ga ɗan wasan da rauni ya addabi ba. «Kowa yana baƙin ciki saboda Billy,» in ji babban koci. «Yana mutuwa a rai lokacin da ya faru a kowane lokaci a yayin kamfen, amma faruwarsa a wasan ban kwana yana da wahala musamman.»

Scotland ba ta shiga Kofin Duniya tun gasar Faransa ta shekarar 1998. Ƙungiyar Clarke yanzu tana ɗauke da begen al'umma, tana neman ba wai kawai kawo ƙarshen wannan daɗaɗɗen babu ba, har ma ta wuce fiye da yadda kowace ƙungiyar Scotland ta taɓa yi — ta ketare mataki na farko.