Steve Clarke na kusa sanar da tawagar farko ta maza ta Scotland da za ta buga FIFA Kofin Duniya a cikin shekaru 28, inda za a buga wasan buɗe Ƙungiya C da Haiti ranar Lahadi, 14 ga Yuni da 02:00 BST a Boston.
Nasarar da suka samu a jere, la'akari da kwallaye huɗu biyu kan Curacao da Bolivia a lokacin shirye-shiryen, ya haifar da ƙarfin gwiwa mai girma — da kuma tsammanin ƙarfi cewa Clarke zai riƙe tsarin hare-harensa na 4-4-2 a cikin ƙalubalantuwa ta farko ta gasar.
An sa ran Shankland da Adams a gaban wasa
Yana kama Lawrence Shankland da Che Adams sun tabbatar da wuraren ɗaukar mataƙi biyun bayan sun haɗa kai sosai kan Bolivia, inda dukansu suka zura kwallo ranar Asabar. Tsohon ɗan wasan Scotland Kenny Miller ya yi imani cewa haɗin gwiwar za ta ci gaba.
"Clarke ya buga wannan tsarin a wasunan shirye-shirye biyu. Yana da ma'ana kuma ya dubi haɗin gwiwa daban-daban a ciki. Wasannin ranar Asabar na Shankland da Adams — da kuma gaskiyar cewa dukiyyansu sun ci kwallo — yana nufin zan yi matuƙar mamaki in ba su biyu ba su fara."
Tambayoyi game da tsaron baya da mai tsaron raga
Kyaftin Andy Robertson da Aaron Hickey sun yi kama da tabbatattu a matsayin bayar bakar hagu da dama, yayin da ana sa ran Ƙanar Ben Gannon-Doak da ɗan tsakiya Scott McTominay — idan lafiyarsa ta bada damar — su fara wasa.
A tsakiya, Ryan Christie da Lewis Ferguson na iya yin fafatawa don wuri na ƙarshe idan kyaftin Aston Villa John McGinn ya koma cikin tawaga. An yi tsammanin mai tsaron raga Angus Gunn zai fara wasan bayan ya buga cikakkun mintuna 90 kan Bolivia.
Layin baya na tsakiya ya kasance mai ɗan damuwa; Scott McKenna, John Souttar, Grant Hanley, da Jack Hendry dukkansu sun sami mintuna a wasan abota guda biyu da suka gabata, suna barin Clarke da yanke shawara a layin baya.
Muhimmancin fara da kyau
Maki uku tare da bambancin kwallaye mai kyau na iya zama isasshenta don tabbatar da cancantar zuwa zagaye na gaba, kuma Scotland sun san muhimmancin doke ƙasar da ta yi ƙarancin matsayi a ƙungiyarsu.
Duk da haka, bai kamata a ƙasƙantar da Haiti ba. Kasar Caribbean ta nuna iyawarta ta kai hari ta hanyar doke New Zealand 4-0 a shirye-shiryen Kofin Duniya.
Scotland suna ɗauke da shahara ta yin rauni lokacin da tsammanin ya ƙaru kan abokan hamayya masu dacewa, amma ƙwararrun aikin kwallo na baya-bayan nan da ingantaccen nasara kan ƙungiyoyin matsayin kama-da-su sun cika imani a cikin masoya Tartan Army.
