Shiga Scotland a Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta FIFA ta 2026 ta ƙare, kuma ta ƙare ta hanyar da ta fi kowace takaici. Manajan Steve Clarke ya yi murabus ranar Asabar bayan fita na ƙungiyar daga gasar, yana rufe wani mulki na shekaru bakwai wanda ya kai Scotland zuwa muhimman gasa guda uku ba tare da taɓa kaiwa matakan kawar ba.

Yanayin da ya biyo bayan ficewa ya faɗi duk labarin. Scotland suna duba sakamakon Philadelphia, Atlanta, da Kansas City, suna addu'a cewa Ghana ta doke Croatia da kwallaye uku bayyananne, cewa DR Congo da Uzbekistan su yi daidai, ko kuma sakamakon da wani wuri ya taimake su zauna. Babu abin da ya faru.

Gasar ta alkaluma marasa jin kai

Alkaluma na gaskiya ba su yi jin kai ba. Scotland ta ci kwallo ɗaya kawai a wasanni uku na rukuni. Elijah Just, ɗan wasan New Zealand ɗan asalin Motherwell, ya ci kwallaye uku shi kaɗai a wannan gasar. Jonathan David na Canada ya sami matsayin expected goals mafi girma fiye da dukan ƙungiyar Scotland.

A wasanni uku, Scotland ta samar da rabin lokaci biyu na gasar ainihi — rabin lokaci na biyu akan Morocco sa'ad da suka yi matsi na akai-akai, da kuma rabin lokaci na biyu akan Brazil sa'ad da suka ƙarshe gwada mai tsaron raga, ko da yake suna riga suna da kwallaye uku a baya. Wannan ƙaramin amfani ne daga yaƙin wata ɗaya.

Ina abubuwa suka tafi ba daidai ba

An sanya Scotland a rukuni mai ƙungiyoyin da ke matsayi na biyar da na shida duniya, don haka an sa ran nasara ɗaya da kayewa biyu tun farko. Nasarar da suka samu — akan ƙungiyar da ke matsayi na 83 duniya — ta buƙaci juyawa biyu kafin ta ketare layin. Wannan kwallo ɗaya, akan irin wannan takwararta da yake ƙasa da su, ita ce mai yiwuwa hukuncin da ya fi ƙarfi akan gasar su.

Clarke ya karɓi zargi saboda dabaru masu nuna hafifu, amma matsalar asali tana wani wuri. Ƙungiyar an gina ta akan ƙoƙari da ƙudurin nufin — kyawawan dabi'u da ba koyaushe ke bayyana a matakin Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta Duniya ba. Angus Gunn ba zai iya samun wurin farawa tare da Nottingham Forest ba. Nathan Patterson yana fafatawa don samun lokacin wasa tare da Everton. Grant Hanley, jarumi da mai tsauri kamar yadda yake, ba ɗan bayan ciki na ƙasa ta farko ba ne a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa. Aaron Hickey ɗan wasa ne mai kyau da rauni ke dakatar da shi kullum.

Scott McTominay ya isa Amurka dauke da babban fata a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ɗan wasan Serie A don Napoli. Duk da haka, matsalolin Serie A mafi faɗi — Napoli ta lashe wasanni biyu kawai daga takwas a UEFA Champions League a kakar da ta gabata, ta ƙarasa 30 — suna sanya wannan matsayi cikin mahallin gaskiyarsa a matakin duniya. McTominay ya ba da walƙiyar ɗaiɗaikun lokuta amma bai iya sanya kansa akan manyan layin tsakiya da Scotland ta fuskanta ba.

An sanya John McGinn, mai tasiri sosai a Aston Villa, a gefan hagu maimakon wurinsa da yake son a tsakiya. Ben Gannon-Doak, haziki mai ban sha'awa da gaske, ya taka mintuna 150 kawai tare da Bournemouth a wannan kakar kafin gasar. Ryan Christie ya fara wasanni tara kawai na lig tare da Bournemouth. Lewis Ferguson shi ne mai yiwuwa mafi daidaituwa a yau duk da haka ba a tabbatar da shi a farkon jerin sunayen Bologna ba.

Matsalar tsarin da ba za ta tafi ba

Babbar damuwa ita ce abin da ke zuwa gaba. Clarke da kansa ya amince da buƙatar samun 'yan wasa mafi ƙwazo da ƙarfi, amma ƙungiyoyin Scotland na ci gaba da kin baiwa hazikai matasa damar akai-akai a cikin ƙungiyar farko. Scotland ta isa Amurka dauke da ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin tsofaffi mafi yawa a gasar, kuma ana sa ran fitattun 'yan wasa da yawa za su yi ritaya daga ƙwallon duniya. Matsalar bututun 'yan wasa na ci gaba da gina kanta.

Tartan Army, kamar kullum, sun kasance masu ban mamaki — dubun dubatar magoya baya da suka yi tafiya a duk faɗin Amurka kuma suka ba da komai don ƙoƙarin ɗaga ƙungiyarsu. Labarin su ya cancanci a ba da shi. Ƙwallon, abin takaici, ba ya cancanci.

Clarke yana tafiya da gadon da ya cancanci: ya kai Scotland zuwa babbar gasar farko a cikin shekaru 23 sannan zuwa wata biyu bayan haka. Amma an kai iyakar sama, kuma sake gina — ko da zai zama mai zafi — dole ne ya fara yanzu.