An gwada jijjigan Scotland amma a ƙarshe suka kwantar da hankali godiya ga kwallon da John McGinn ya ci tilo, wanda ya kawo nasara ta 1-0 a kan Haiti a wasansu na farko na FIFA Kofin Duniya — nasara ta farkon Scotland a Kofin Duniya cikin shekaru 36, kuma ta biyar a tarihinsu a gasar.

Ƙungiyar Steve Clarke yanzu tana kan gaba a Rukuni C, matsayi da da alama zai yi kamar mafarki ga masu sha'awa da suka saba da shekaru masu yawa na rashin nasara. Duk da haka, ko a cikin darajar wannan babbar nasara, tambayoyi sun riga sun taru game da abin da ke jiran su.

Nasara nasara ce

Tsohon dan wasa mai kai hari na Scotland James McFadden ya yi sauri wajen sanya sakamakon cikin mahallinsa da ya dace. "Wasan bai yi ban sha'awa ba, amma nasara ce a Kofin Duniya," in ji shi. "Scotland ba sa cin nasara a wasanni da yawa a Kofin Duniya. A haƙiƙa, Scotland ba sa buga Kofin Duniya da yawa, don haka ina tsammanin wannan abu ne mai girma sosai."

McFadden ya ƙara da cewa sakamakon ya kasance wajibi gaba ɗaya. "Dole ne mu ci wasa don ci gaba da fatan fita daga rukunin. Ba kome yadda muka yi shi, mun gama aikin kuma hakan shi ne kawai abin da ke da muhimmanci."

Wannan nasara a wasan buɗe ido — ta farko a Kofin Duniya cikin shekaru 44 — ta ba Scotland damar gaske ta kai zagaye na 16 a karon farko a tarihinsu. Tare da ƙungiyoyi 32 daga cikin 48 suna ci gaba, maki ɗaya a kan Morocco ko Brazil zai isa kusan tabbas don tabbatar da ci gaba.

Tambayoyin dabara kafin Morocco

Clarke ya yi amfani da masu kai hari biyu a kan Haiti, amma 'yan wasa da yawa na tsohon Scotland sun yi imanin wannan tsarin zai canza don sauran wasannin Rukuni C. Tsohon kyaftin Scott Brown yana sa ran Ryan Christie ya shiga cikin jerin sunayen farko kuma ƙungiyar ta koma ɗan wasa mai kai hari ɗaya.

"Ina tsammanin Ryan Christie zai fara wasanni biyu," Brown ya ce. "Ina tsammanin za mu koma zuwa ɗan wasa mai kai hari ɗaya kuma za mu yi tsami a tsakiyar filin."

Neil McCann ya yarda cewa ɗan wasa mai kai hari ɗaya shi ne amsawa, kuma ya zabi Lyndon Dykes don wannan rawar. "Yana karɓar ƙwallon da aka buge, yana riƙe da ita don Scott McTominay da John McGinn su zarce," in ji McCann.

Pat Nevin ya wuce haka, yana jayayya cewa Clarke ya kamata ya sauya zuwa baya uku don sarrafa harin Morocco mai ruwa da tsaki da sauri. "4-4-2 ba ya dace da mu, tsakiyar filin an bar shi buɗaɗɗe gaba ɗaya," in ji Nevin. "Morocco sun yi ruwa da tsaki sosai kuma suna da sauri a kai hari. Baya huɗu a kan abin da suke da shi yana da wahala."

Hanya da ke gaba

Kamfen ɗin cancantar Scotland an gina shi a kan tsage sakamako da ƙoƙari — abin da McGinn da kansa ya kira "wasanni masu wahala" — a kan Greece da Belarus. Scotland za su buƙaci wani abu mafi kyau a kan Morocco da Brazil, ƙungiyoyin da aka sanya su matsayi na bakwai da shida a duniya bi da bi.

Morocco da Brazil sun yi daidai 1-1 a rana ta Asabar, wanda ke nufin rukunin ya kasance buɗaɗɗe gaba ɗaya. Bambancin ƙwallon Scotland na iya zama mai yanke hukunci, gaskiyar da ba za ta ɓace wa masu sha'awa da suke tunawa da fita cikin zafi a shekara ta 1974, 1978, da 1982.

Tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya Charlie Adam ya bayyana yanayin tunani da gaskiya. "Mu ne ƙungiyar uku mafi kyau a rukunin, haka lamarin yake. Za mu buƙaci zama mafi kyau da ƙwallon, musamman a kan Morocco. Amma muna magana game da juriya, zuciya mai ƙarfi — muna da wadataccen wannan, kuma za mu buƙace shi don wasanni biyu masu zuwa."

Ginshiƙin nan ne yanzu. Scotland sun guje wa mafarkin rashin nasara a wasan farko, kuma gilashin rufin ramin zagayen 16 bai taɓa zama kusa da fashewa haka ba.