Scotland ta samu nasara mai tarihi 1-0 akan Haiti a wasansu na farko a Rukuni C na FIFA World Cup 2026 a Boston, inda suka kawo karshen shekaru 36 na jiran lashe wasa a gasar kuma suka hau kan rukuni kafin kamfen da Brazil da Morocco.

John McGinn ya kasance jarumi, ya zira kawai a rabi na farko — burin da ya zama na farkon Scotland a Kofin Duniya tun lokacin da Craig Burley ya zira wa Norway a 1998. Kokarin dan tsakiyen Aston Villa ya isa don ba da maki uku masu mahimmanci a wasan da kocin Steve Clarke ya daɗe yana kiransa a matsayin dole a lashe.

Tunatar Clarke mai girman kai

Clarke ya bayyana motsin rai yayin da yake magana da BBC Sport bayan karshen wasa, yana ba da saƙo na godiya da ƙarfin hali a lokaci guda. Ya ce: "Kowa ya ce lallai ne a lashe wasan — mun lashe wasan. Na ce wa Andy Robertson kawai — lokacin ya yi da za mu lashe wasa a matakin rukuni."

Clarke ya amince cewa ƙungiyarsa na iya yin aiki mafi kyau da ƙwallon, amma ya yi bayyane cewa hakan bai da muhimmanci a gaban sakamako. Ya ƙara da: "A tsaro, sun yi aikin gaske. Da za mu iya zama mafi kyau kadan da ƙwallon, amma wa ya damu — mun lashe." An gwada Scotland sosai ta hanyar ƙungiyar Haiti wadda ta kasance haɗari a dawo ta kai hari, amma tsaron Clarke wanda aka tsara sosai ya tsaya daram har zuwa ƙarshen wasa.

Robertson: mafarki ya cika

Kyaftin Andy Robertson, wanda yanzu yake Tottenham, ya zama kyaftin na farko na Scotland da ya jagoranci ƙungiyar a Kofin Duniya tun Colin Hendry a 1998. Yana magana da BBC Scotland, Robertson ya kwatanta lokacinsa a matsayin ɗaya da shi da abokan wasansa ba za su manta da shi ba.

"Wane ji mai ban mamaki. Yau 'yan wasan sun cika mafarkinsu," ya ce. "Gaskiyar cewa mun samu tafiya filin da waƙar ƙasa tare, hakan ya kasance na musamman sosai. Sannan mu bi shi da nasara, ba za ta iya zama mafi kyau da hakan ba."

Robertson ya yi sauri wajen nuna godiya ga aikin tsaro wanda ya kiyaye kofa ba tare da ci ba. "Babban abu shi ne bayan mun zira ba mu kalli kamar za a ci mana ba, kuma wannan ya zama yabo ga kowane dan wasa da ya tsaya don rayuwarsa a filin," ya ce.

Ferguson da Shankland suna kimanta wasansu

Dan tsakiya na Bologna Lewis Ferguson ya yarda cewa matsin lamba — daga cikin ƙungiyar da kuma daga magoya baya masu tafiya dogayen tafiye-tafiye — ya kasance a bayyane, amma ya ce imani ne ya kai Scotland nasara. Ya shaida wa BBC Sport: "An samu matsin lamba mai yawa a kanmu kuma mun sanya matsin lamba mai yawa a kanmu ma. Muna dogaro ga kanmu kuma muna imani da kanmu. Ina tsammanin za mu iya yin wasa mafi kyau — ƙirƙirar damar karin ayyuka da zira karin kwallaye — amma mun zo nan don aikin yi kuma mun yi hakan."

Dan wasan gaba Lawrence Shankland ya yi murna da ra'ayin, yana lura cewa tsoro ya kasance ba makawa ga ƙungiyar da ke fuskantar Kofin Duniya a karon farko. Shankland ya ce: "Shekaru 28 sun wuce tun mun kasance a Kofin Duniya, kowa ya tunatar da mu hakan. Kana jin matsin lamba kafin wasan kuma wataƙila yana da ɗan tsoro wani lokaci a filin, amma za mu ɗauki kwarin gwiwa daga wannan. Mun fara wasa yanzu kuma mun wuce wannan tsaiko. Mun dandana shi yanzu kuma za mu ci gaba da wasanni biyu masu wahala da suke zuwa."

Da Brazil da Morocco suna tsakanin Scotland da matakin knockout, ƙungiyar Clarke za ta buƙaci gina a kan wannan sakamakon farko — amma a waccan daren ɗaya a Boston, Tartan Army ta yi biki kan dawowar da aka jira tsawon lokaci ga nasara a babbar matakan ƙwallon ƙafa a duniya.