Scotland za fuskanci Brazil a daren Laraba a cikin abin da zai iya zama mafi muhimmancin wasa a tarihin tawagar kasa ta maza. Daidai zai isa don kai matakin knockout na wata babbar gasa a karo na farko — kuma har ma da rashin nasara da banbancin kankanin ci zai iya ba su damar fita daga Rukunin C.

Da yawan abin da ke tsaye a kan sakamakon, manajan Steve Clarke yana fuskantar jerin yanke shawara na zabin 'yan wasa da zai iya ayyana shekaru bakwai da ya yi a matsayinsa. Ga mahimman tambayoyin kafin fara wasan a Miami Stadium.

Shin Gannon-Doak ya cancanci fara wasa?

Dan wasan reshen Bournemouth Ben Gannon-Doak ya kasance mafi haɗari a cikin masu kai hari na Scotland a yakin Gasar Duniya 2026. Bayan ya buga mintuna 75 a kan Haiti, ɗan wasa mai shekaru 20 ya shigo a kan cin nasara da Morocco bayan awa ɗaya kuma ya samu mafi yawan tsallake-tsallake — uku — fiye da duk wani ɗan wasa na Scotland.

Clarke ya bayyana damuwa game da gudummawar kare ta tsohon ɗan wasan Celtic, kuma kakar da raunuka suka katse ta sa Gannon-Doak ya fita da ciwon tsoka a kan Haiti, wanda ke nufin yana da wuya ya dore mintuna 90 a cikin zafi na Miami.

Tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Hibernian da Celtic, Scott Allan, yana magana a Scottish Football Podcast, ya yi jayayya mai ƙarfi don shigar da shi: "Sai dai idan Gannon-Doak yana filin wasa, ba ya kama kamar za mu buge layin ƙasa da saka tsallake-tsallake a cikin akwatin."

Hanley ko McKenna a tsakiyar tsaro?

Grant Hanley ne kai tsaye ya yi kuskure kan burin Morocco a minti na 2, inda ya tashi don sa Ismael Saibari a waje, amma maimakon haka ya bari dan wasan ya ketare ya zura. Duk da wannan kuskure, Hanley ya farfado ya yi wasa sosai sauran lokacin da wasan, kuma kwarewarta da kyautarsa ta saman wasan da gogayyarsa sun sa ya zama mai muhimmanci ga tsare-tsaren Clarke.

Idan Scott McKenna ya warke daga matsalar ƙwayar ƙafar sa, zai iya fafatawa don fara wasa. Tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Motherwell da Rangers, Andy Halliday, ya yi jayya don ɗan wasan Dinamo Zagreb a Scottish Football Podcast: "McKenna zai shigo mini saboda ina ganin muna bukatar ƙarin wretafiya a baya fiye da yadda Hanley zai iya bamu."

Allan ya ɗauki ra'ayi saɓani, yana fifita ajiye Hanley tare da Jack Hendry: "Ko da yake ina ganin Hanley ya yi rashin kyau a burin farko a kan Morocco, bayan haka ya yi daidai. Ya farfado sosai ya kare sosai lokacin da tsallake-tsallake suka zo a cikin akwatin."

McLean yana ɗora damuwa don wuri a cikin farkon XI

An kawo Ryan Christie don ƙarfafa tsakiyar wasa a kan Morocco kafin Kenny McLean ya maye gurbinsa a minti na 71'. Allan ya yabawa ɗan wasan Norwich City daraja game da taimakawa Scotland ƙarewa wasan da ƙarfi, yana yabo iyawarsa ta riƙe ƙwallon kuma ya samu hanyoyi zuwa gaba cikin sauri daga shinge mai ƙasƙanci.

"Kenny shi ne mafi yiwuwa ɗan wasan da ya fi kyau wajen ɗaukar taɓa sannan ya nemi saukar gaba cikin sauri," Allan ya ce — wani ƙwarewa da zai iya taka muhimmiyar rawa a kan Brazil wanda ake sa ran ya mamaye riƙe ƙwallon.

Shin wannan wasa ne ga Dykes don jagorantar hare-hare?

Che Adams ya fara dukkan wasannin rukunin biyu a matsayin wanda ke kan hari amma ya taɓa ƙwallon sau uku kawai a cikin akwatin abokin gaba. Ko da yake ƙarancin sabis ya ɗauki wani ɓangare na alhakin, tambayar ko Lyndon Dykes ya bayar da zaɓi mafi dacewa a kan Brazil na samun ƙari.

Halliday ya nuna shakka game da gurin Dykes: "Ban yi imani ba cewa Lyndon Dykes na da gurin don buga a kan layin karshe kuma ya isa ga ƙarshen abubuwa." Amma Allan ya nuna haɗarin saman wasan sa a matsayin wata makami ta dabara idan Scotland ta tilasta buga ƙwallon mai tsawo: "Kana da ƙarin damar dawo da ƙwallon na biyu idan tana tafi zuwa Dykes saboda yana da tsaurin tsawa kuma yana da kyau a sama."

A kan Morocco, Dykes ya ci ɗaya daga cikin fadace-fadacen sararin sama huɗu bayan ya shigo a matsayin maye gurbin Adams — Adams bai ci kowane daga cikin uku ba. Zaɓin Clarke a gaba na iya zama mafi mahimmancin yanke shawara na yakin Scotland a Gasar Duniya 2026.