Tawagar Scotland karkashin Steve Clarke na fuskantar ɗaya daga cikin lokutan mafi muhimmanci na yaƙin Kofin Duniya lokacin da suka buga da Morocco a Boston ranar Jumma'a da 23:00 BST, bayan sun ci Haiti da maki uku a wasansu na farko.

Ja-da-ko zai isa kusan tabbatar da wuri a matakin knockout — wani abu Scotland ba ta taɓa cimma a gasar manyan kulob ɗin ba. Nasara za ta tabbatar da cancanta gaba ɗaya kuma ta ceci ƙasar wasan ƙungiya na ƙarshe mai tada jijiyoyi da Brazil a Miami ranar Laraba mai zuwa.

Tsaro na huɗu ko na biyar?

Kiper Angus Gunn bai sha wahala sosai ba da Haiti kuma yana kama da zai riƙe wurinsa. Babbar tambaya tana kewaye da tsarin tsaro. Mai tsaro Scott McKenna ya rasa wasannin Haiti saboda rauni amma ya dawo cikin gwagwarmaya, yana ɗaga yuwuwar canzawa daga tsaro na huɗu zuwa na biyar.

Tsohon ɗan wasa Andy Halliday ya ce a cikin Scottish Football Podcast cewa yana tsammanin gabaɗaya canjin tsari: "Ina tsammanin za a yi ko dai 4-5-1, ko kuwa mun tafi tsaro na biyar wanda Steve Clarke ya yi amfani da shi sau da yawa. Ba na tsammanin muna iya ba Morocco ɗakin da muka ba Haiti kuma muna tsammanin samun sakamako mai kyau."

Shin Christie zai dawo cikin farkon?

Clarke ya bayyana ficewa Ryan Christie daga wasan Haiti a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi wahalar yanke shawara da ya taɓa yi a harkar zaɓi. Tare da Scotland suna fama da riƙe ƙwallon — musamman a rabin na biyu — ɗan wasan tsakiya na Bournemouth na iya dawowa.

Scott Allan, tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Hibernian da Celtic, ya goyi bayan dawowar Christie a cikin Scottish Football Podcast: "Ina tsammanin Ryan Christie ya zo don kuzarinsa kawai. Ba za mu iya ci gaba da rasa ƙwallon ta hanyar da muka yi da Haiti da tawaga kamar Morocco ba."

Wane zai jagoranci layin gaba?

Lawrence Shankland ya iso gasar yana cikin kyakkyawar yanayin zura kwallaye bayan wasan abokantaka da Curacao da Bolivia, amma ya wahala da Haiti tare da Che Adams. Halliday ya ba da shawarar cewa Shankland ne ya fi wahala daga cikin su biyu, wanda ya sa shi ya zama mafi yuwuwa ya fita daga farkon.

Che Adams ya kasance ɗan wasan da Clarke yake so, kamar yadda yake da Lyndon Dykes, wanda ke ba da zaɓi na ƙarfi a matsayin ɗan wasa guda ɗaya na gaba. Har ila yau an ambaci George Hirst na Ipswich Town a matsayin zaɓi na ban mamaki idan Clarke yana son ƙarin motsi a layin gaba.

Tsohon ɗan wasan Scotland Duncan Ferguson, yana magana da ITV Sport, ya yi gardama cewa ana buƙatar barazanar farmaki ta baya gaba: "Watakila zan kawo ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasan mafi sauri, watakila Hirst misali, wanda yake da ƙarin motsi fiye da shi. Ba za mu iya zaune ciki kawai muna jiran bugun kusurwa ba."

Da wuri a mataki na knockout yana kusa da kama, zaɓuɓɓukan Clarke da daren Jumma'a na iya tabbatar da ko Scotland zai rubuta sunansa a tarihin gasar manyan kulob ɗin a karo na farko.