Scotland na tsaye a bakin wani lokaci na tarihi a FIFA World Cup 2026, tana bukata maki guda ɗaya kawai — ko sakamakon da ya dace — don isa zagaye na 32 a karo na farko a tarihinsu. Wasanta na karshe na zagaye na ƙungiyoyi na sanya su fuskantar Brazil a Hard Rock Stadium a Miami, da farawa wasanin a 11:00pm BST.

Abin da Scotland ke bukata

Godiya ga nasararsu akan Haiti, Scotland ba za ta iya kare ƙasa da matsayi na uku a Rukuni C ba. Canjaras da Brazil za ta inganta damarsu sosai na ci gaba zuwa zagaye na 32, kuma manajan Steve Clarke ya san cewa mafi kyawun hanyar samun maki guda ɗaya yawanci shine bin neman uku.

Morocco ana tsammanin za ta doke Haiti a wasan ƙungiyar na biyu, wanda zai bari su da maki bakwai. Idan Brazil ta doke Scotland, bambancin kwallayen zai raba ƙungiyoyin da ke bayan Morocco. Idan Scotland ta guji shan kashi, tarihi yana kiran Clarke da 'yan wasansa.

Ƙarfin farmaki na Brazil

Brazil na zuwa Miami a matsayin jagoran ƙungiya, an ƙarfafa ta da kwallaye biyu biyu daga Matheus Cunha da Vinicius Jr a wasanninsu na farko biyu. Babban koci Carlo Ancelotti, wanda aka naɗa shi shekara ɗaya da ta wuce, ya gina ƙungiya da aka kafa akan ƙarfi da hankali — alamun sana'ar kociyarsa.

Scotland ba ta taɓa doke Brazil a wasan gasa ba. A cikin karo huɗu na farko na wasannin rukuni na World Cup, sun sami maki ɗaya kawai — canjaras mai ƙwallo sifili a 1974 — kafin su sha kashi a 1982, 1990, da 1998. Buƙatan bugu na 2026 ita ce canjawa sosai daga wannan tsarin.

Hanyar Scotland zuwa sakamakon

Ƙungiyar Clarke ta nuna isasshen abu a nasararsu akan Haiti don nuna cewa akwai imani a wannan ƙungiya, duk da haka abubuwan rauni na tsaron baya da rashin daidaito a yankin ƙarshe sun bayyana har ma a nasara. Babbar tambayar zaɓi ita ce ko za a fara da Ben Gannon-Doak na Bournemouth.

World Cup 2026 ta riga ta kawo mamakinta, kuma Clarke na da haƙƙin yin mafarki. Kwallon ɗaya, lokacin haske ɗaya, shisshigin yanke hukunci ɗaya — wannan ne kawai ke raba Scotland da sakamakon da zai sake rubuta tarihin ƙwallon ƙafar su.

FourFourTwo na hasashen nasara ta 1-2 ga Brazil, a sake maimaita sakamakon France 98.