Sa'adda Norway ta farfasa Brazil, wadda ta yi tarihi mafi yawan nasarori a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, da ci 2-0 a zagayen 16 da aka yi a New Jersey, kaɗan sun iya kalubalantar hukuncin mai sharhi na ITV Sam Matterface cewa Scandinavians sun kasance «ƙarfi da za a ɗauka da muhimmanci.» Erling Haaland, wanda ƙungiyar sharhi ta bayyana shi a matsayin «babban katon» dan wasan gaba, ya ci ƙwallaye biyu don tura Norway zuwa kwata-fainal — mafi nisan da ƙasar ta taɓa kai a Kofin Duniya — a dawowarsu ga gasar bayan shekaru 28 na rashin halartar ta.

Jimlar Haaland a wannan gasar yanzu ta kai ƙwallaye bakwai. Dan wasan gaba na Manchester City da abokan wasansa na Norway za su fuskanci England a ranar Asabar, wasan da ba shakka zai sami goyon bayan masoya Scotland, waɗanda an riga an gan su suna musanya kayan Viking da sombreros da suka sa don yin caca da England a wasan da ya gabata da Mexico.

Ba za a yi watsi da ban tsammani ba. Kwanaki 11 kawai kafin nasarar Norway akan Brazil, Scotland ta Steve Clarke an kore ta a matakin ƙungiyoyi ta Brazil kansu, ba tare da kaiwa zagayen 16 ba a dawowarsu da shekaru 28 zuwa Kofin Duniya. Clarke ya yi murabus tun daga lokacin, kuma zargi ya zama mai tsanani — ga 'yan wasa, Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Scotland, da tsarin horar da 'yan wasa.

Labarin ƙasashe biyu

Tsohon dan wasan gaba na England Ian Wright ya ce cewa «wani yana lalata Scotland akan babban sikeli» kuma ya nemi «hangen nesa mai ƙarfin hali fiye da kowa,» yana yin kwatancen kai tsaye tsakanin kwangilar watsa labarai ta ƙasa da ke bunƙasa a Norway da gwagwarmayar Scotland wajen samar da hazikan 'yan wasa na matakin duniya daidai gwargwado. Ƙasashen biyu suna da yawan jama'a kusan daidai, wanda hakan ke sa canjin Norway ya zama mai ban mamaki fiye da haka.

Farkon sake farawa na Norway ya fara bayan shekaru na rashin cancanta zuwa manyan gasa tun Euro 2000. Hukumomin ƙwallon ƙafa sun latsa maballin farawa tun daga farko — suna zuba jari mai yawa a horar da masu horarwa, filayen wasan wucin gadi, da Makarantar Ƙungiya ta Ƙasa (NTS) da aka kafa a 2013, an tsara ta don gano da haɓaka hazika daga ko'ina cikin ƙasar. Tsakanin 2016 zuwa 2025 kaɗai, an gina sabbin filayen wucin gadi 539 kuma an sabunta wasu 586.

A kwatankwaci, Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Scotland ta sanar a watan Nuwamba cewa tana rufe makarantun aikin ta — waɗanda suka kasance tun 2012 — BBC ta bayar da rahoto cewa yanke shawara ya kasance wani ɓangare saboda rashin hazikan 'yan wasa masu fitowa. Mai taka leda na tsakiya na Napoli Billy Gilmour da mai tsaron gefe na dama na Everton Nathan Patterson suna wakiltar fitattun kayayyakin tsarin.

Haaland da tsara NTS

Daga cikin 'yan wasa 26 a cikin tawagar Kofin Duniya ta Stale Solbakken, 17 sun buga wasa a manyan gasar Turai huɗu a kakar da ta gabata — Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, da Serie A. Da yawa daga cikinsu, ciki har da Haaland da kyaftin din Arsenal Martin Odegaard, sun fito daga shirin NTS. Kawai dan taka leda na tsakiya na Rangers Thelo Aasgaard — wanda ya girma a tsarin Liverpool — da Haaland kansa ne ba a haife su a Norway ba. Ashirin da biyar daga cikin 'yan wasa 26 sun girma a ƙasar Norway.

Yana da adalci a yarda cewa Haaland yana ɗaga matakin Norway sosai. Idan ba shi ba, matsayin ƙasar a cikin ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya zai bambanta sosai. Amma kayan aikin da ke tallafawa tawagar yana nan na gaske ba tare da la'akari da shi ba.

Rawar Bodo/Glimt a juyin juya hali

A matakin kulob, Bodo/Glimt ya zama ɗaya daga cikin labarun da ake tattauna mafi yawa a ƙwallon ƙafa na Turai. Bayan faɗuwarsa daga babban gasar Norway a 2016, kulob din da ke Arctic Circle ya sake gina kansa daga mara komai ya zama kulob na Norway na farko da ya kai kusa da ƙarshe na manyan gasar Turai — yana fuskantar wanda ya lashe Europa League da Tottenham Hotspur — kafin ya kai matakin kireji a UEFA Champions League a kakar da suka fara buga gasar. Kawai 'yan wasa huɗu na ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Norway suna buga wasa a gasar ƙasa a yanzu, uku daga cikinsu suna da hannu tare da Bodo/Glimt, wanda ake kira Superlaget — Babban Ƙungiya.

A kwatankwaci, Clarke ya zaɓi 'yan wasa takwas daga Premiership a cikin rukuninsa na ƙarshe, tare da wasu goma da ke kulob din Premier League da Serie A. Bakwai ba su shafe kowane ɗayan shekarunsu na farfajiya a Scotland ba.

Yayin da binciken maye gurbin Clarke ke gudana, misalin Norway yana tada tambaya da ke wuce dabaru da 'yan wasa: ko Scotland ba ta buƙatar sabon koci kawai ba, amma babban canjin tsara game da yadda ake tsara wasan, samun kuɗi, da haɓaka shi a kowane matakin.