Scotland sun fita daga Kofin Duniya 2026 bayan da Croatia ta doke Ghana da 2-1 a Rukunin L, wanda ya kawo karshen duk wata fata ta ci gaba. Tawagar Steve Clarke ba za ta iya cancanta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin na uku guda takwas da ke ci gaba zuwa zagayen knockout ba.

Wannan labari ne na saba ga Scotland — fita a zagayen rukuni a babban gasar. A Kofin Duniya tara da gasar Turai guda huɗu, ba su taɓa wuce mataki na farko ba.

Kamfen ɗin cike da bege da zafi

Scotland ta dawo Kofin Duniya na farko tun 1998, bayan ta samu cancantar shiga ta hanyar ban mamaki tare da nasara mara misali a kan Denmark a Hampden Park a watan Nuwamba da ya gabata. Dubban dubban magoya baya sun yi tafiya zuwa Amurka, kuma gasar ta fara da kyakkyawar fata.

Raɗin John McGinn da ya buge ƙarfe ya ba Scotland nasara ta 1-0 akan Haiti — ƙungiyar da ke ƙasa da sauransu a rukunin — wanda ya kawo karshen jira na shekaru 36 don lashe wasa a Kofin Duniya. Wannan zura kwallo ita ce kawai ta Scotland a duk gasar.

Hasara ta 1-0 a hannun Morocco, wanda ya kai wasan ƙwaf a 2022, ta biyo baya a wasan su na biyu. Scotland ta fuskanci Brazil a Miami, tana sani cewa canjaras na iya isa don su ci gaba a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyin na uku mafi kyau.

Kurakurai masu tsada a hannun Brazil

Wasan da Brazil ya lalace a rabin farko. An kwace wa mai tsaron gida Scott McKenna ƙwallon a cikin yankin hukunci nasa, kuma Vinicius Jr ya hukunta wannan kuskure don bude ci. Hukuncin VAR ya hana ɗan wasan Real Madrid zura kwallo ta biyu, bayan an yanke cewa ya yi kuskure a kan Jack Hendry kafin ya wuce ƙwallon a gabanin Angus Gunn.

Daidai kafin ƙarshen rabin farko, Scotland ta sake rasa mallakar ƙwallon a kusa da gidansu, kuma Vinicius Jr ya tura ta da kai a ƙarfen baya don sanya maki 2-0. Matheus Cunha ya ƙara ta uku bayan hutu, kuma matsin lamba na Scotland a ƙarshe bai samar da komai ba — inda suka kare na uku a Rukunin C da maki uku da bambancin kwallaye na -3.

Tabbatar da fitar

Clarke da wasu daga 'yan wasansa sun riga sun yarda bayan hasara a hannun Brazil cewa shiga cikin 32 na ƙarshe ba zai yiwu ba. Sakamakon da sauransu suka samu, ciki har da nasarar Ecuador ta dawowa daga baya a kan Germany, ya rage damar Scotland ta ci gaba zuwa kashi 5.26 cikin dari kawai tare da ƙungiyoyi shida da ba a kammala ba. Nasarar Croatia a kan Ghana ta share saura ta ƙarshe ta bege.

Scotland, waɗanda suka shiga gasar Turai ta ƙarshe guda biyu, suna barin Amurka bayan nuna wasu taɓarbarewar ingancin su — amma a ƙarshe sun yi asara saboda rauni na tsaro da zaluncin zagayen rukuni na Kofin Duniya.