Scotland tana shirye-shiryen fuskantar ƙalubale mafi girma a yakin FIFA World Cup 2026 ta hannun Morocco — wasan da zai iya tantance burin ƙungiyar Steve Clarke a gasar.

Tsohon ɗan wasan kasa da kasa na Scotland Charlie Adam ya shiga tare da masu gabatarwa Rick Edwards da Lloyd Griffith a cikin Football Daily don kimanta girman ƙalubalen da ke tafe. Nazarin Adam kan wasan ya nuna yadda sakamakon zai iya zama mai matuƙar mahimmanci ga ƙungiyar Scotland mai sha'awar tabbatar da kanta a dandali na duniya.

Ainihin masu fafatawa da sake-sake bayan zagaye na farko

Ɗan jarida ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ɗan Jamus Raphael Honigstein, yana magana daga Santa Monica, ya ba da nazari mai zurfi game da wasannin zagaye na farko na matakin ƙungiyoyi — yana rarrabe tsakanin ainihin masu fafatawa da lakabi da ƙungiyoyi da aka yi farin ciki da su ko aka yi watsi da su bayan wasa guda ɗaya.

Ɗaya daga cikin tambayoyin da suka fi muhimmanci da Honigstein ya magance ita ce ko Spain na cikin haɗarin fita da wuri bayan jankali da Cape Verde. Sakamakon ya girgiza gasar da yawa suka tsammanin Spain za ta yi rinjaye a cikinta, yana tada tambayoyi masu tsanani game da haɗin kai da juriya na ƙungiyar.

Matsayin Portugal ma ya shiga ƙarƙashin madubi. Yayin da muhawara kan damar su ta ci gaba, tambayar da ta daɗe game da Cristiano Ronaldo ta zama tsakiyar hankali: shin zai iya ƙarshe zira kwallo a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya don ƙara ta cikin rikodinsa na duniya mai ban mamaki? Ronaldo, ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na kowane zamani, ya shiga babbar filin wasa na wasanni na duniya sau da yawa ba tare da zira kwallo a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ba — giɓi a cikin tarihin da ya cika da nasarori.

Yabo ga gudanarwar ƙungiyar Tuchel

Honigstein kuma ya yabi hanyar Thomas Tuchel na gudanar da ƙungiyarsa, yana jaddada ikon kociyan wajen sarrafa halaye daban-daban da kiyaye haɗin kai a cikin ƙungiyar a lokacin gasar mai wahala. A cikin gasar cike da lokuta masu tsanani, an zaɓi salon Tuchel mai natsuwa a matsayin babban ƙarfi.

Ɗan jaridan kuma ya yi tunani kan rikitarwa ta lojistika na rufe Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya mai yaɗuwa a ƙasashe uku masu masaukin baki — ƙalubale da ba a taɓa ganin irinsa a wata bugu ta baya ta gasar ba, yana buƙatar tafiya marar ƙarewa da daidaitawa daga ɗan jaridu da masu watsa shirye-shirye.

A halin da ake ciki, Rick Edwards da Lloyd Griffith sun kawo lokaci mai sauƙi ta hanyar raba ƙwarewarsu ta sayayya a Beverly Hills — haduwa da alatu wanda, a cewarsu da kansu, ya zama mai ƙasƙantar da kai fiye da yadda suke tsammani.