Lawrence Shankland ya nuna ikon dan wasa mai zura kwallo na kyau, Findlay Curtis ya sanar da kansa a fagen kasa da kasa, kuma Scotland ta samu nasara ta 4-1 akan Curacao a filin Hampden Park — amma daren ya ƙunshi duhu da haske a lokaci guda.

Shankland yana nuna cancanta

Duk da yawan kwallayensa a Hearts, Shankland ba kasafai ake ba shi damar fara wasa a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko na Scotland ba. Asabar ta canza tattaunawar. Dan wasa mai shekara 30 ya fara a hankali, yana sauka zuwa ƙasa sosai neman ƙwallon a lokacin rabin farko mai wahala, kafin ya juya rabin na biyu zuwa nuni nashi ta hanyar zura kwallaye biyu masu kyau a cikin yankin hukunci.

Babban koci Steve Clarke bai ɓoye yabo nasa ba: "Kammalawar kwallayensa biyu, hakan shine Lawrence Shankland na gaske," in ji Clarke, yana ƙara cewa tawagar ta yi ƙoƙarin shiga da dan wasan su a rabin farko. Tambayar da ta rage ita ce: shin Shankland zai fara wasa a FIFA World Cup 2026?

Curtis — saurayi ba tare da tsoro ba

Findlay Curtis ɗan shekara 19, wanda ya shafe kakar wasa ta baya ana aro shi a Kilmarnock, ya shigo a matsayin mai maye gurbin wani kuma ya canza yanayin kai tsaye. Kwallonsa mai hankali ta lallausan taɓa ɗaya ta dawo daidaita bayan Curacao sun ci gaba 1-0, kuma daga baya ya samu bugun fenariti da Ryan Christie ya canza zuwa kwallon huɗu.

Manajan Kilmarnock Neil McCann ya yaba hali na ƙwaƙwalwa na dan wasan fiffike na Rangers: "Wannan kwallon tana nuna amincin sa — taɓa ɗaya, ba tare da duba bututun ba domin ya san inda suke, sai ya harba." Curtis na iya ƙalubalanci Ben Gannon-Doak na Bournemouth don wuri a cikin tawagar farko; yanke shawararsa a ɓangaren ƙarshe yana da wahala a kula.

Rauni na baya an fallasa

Kwallonsu ta farko na Curacao, aikin mutum ɗaya mai ban sha'awa na Tahith Chong, ya fallasa rauni da ke maimaitawa a tsarin tsaron Scotland. An kama Scott McKenna a wajen matsayinsa saboda wata kwallo mai nisa, kuma Tahith Chong ya fi John Souttar gudu kafin ya zura kwallo da ƙwarewa. Dukansu masu tsaron gida ne da ake iya dogaro da su, amma iyawarsu ta magance masu kai hari masu sauri da masu kai tsaye za a gwada sosai a kan Morocco da Brazil a FIFA World Cup 2026.

Dom Hyam ya yi kyau a rabin na biyu, ko da yake jan katin Curacao ya sauƙaƙa aiki ga layin tsaron sosai a wannan lokacin.

Cike gurbin Gilmour

Mafi zafi lokacin daren ya zo lokacin da Billy Gilmour ya faɗo yana riƙe da gwiwarsa kusa da ƙarshen rabin farko. Gasar dan wasan mai shekara 24 ta ƙare kafin ta fara, babban raɗaɗi idan aka yi la'akari da wasanninsa 45 na kasa da kasa da kuma kwarewa a Premier League, Serie A, da Champions League.

Sai dai zurfin tsakiya na Scotland yana da gaske. Lewis Ferguson, Kenny McLean, Ryan Christie, Scott McTominay, da John McGinn sun tara wasanni 301 na kasa da kasa tare. Clarke zai buƙaci yanke shawara wanne daga cikin waɗancan biyar mafi kyau wakiltar nutsuwar Gilmour a cikin rawar zurfi.

Ya kamata a kula da Haiti

A kan takarda, nasara ta 4-1 kan tawaga da aka ɗauka matakin ɗaya sama da Haiti ta nuna shirye-shiryen da suka dace ga farkon gasar Scotland a rukuni. Curacao ma sun doke Haiti 5-1 a hanyar cancantar kwanan nan, amma kocin Curacao Dick Advocaat ya yi gargaɗi.

"Haiti, mun doke su 5-1, amma hare-hare biyar ne, kwallaye biyar," in ji Advocaat. "Sun yi hare-hare 20 ba tare da zura kwallon ba. Suna da tawaga mai kyau, a gaskiya." Zai zama hikima ga 'yan wasa da magoya bayan Scotland su riƙe wannan gargaɗi a zuciya yayin da FIFA World Cup 2026 ke kusantowa.