Steve Clarke ya yi murabus ɗin matsayinsa a matsayin kocin Scotland bayan an tabbatar da fitar ƙungiyar daga FIFA Kofin Duniya 2026 a daren Asabar. Rashin nasarar Ghana 2-1 a hannun Croatia ya tabbatar da ƙaddarar Scotland, kuma an sanar da tafiyar Clarke a cikin sa'a guda bayan sakamakon.

A cikin wata wasiƙa ta buɗe da ya rubuta wa masu goyon bayan Scotland, Clarke ya yabi 'yan wasansa:

"Mafi shafar zuciya a cikin wannan barka-da-warhaka ita ce ta 'yan wasana, waɗanda ba tare da su ba da ba mu samu waɗannan tunawa da muka tara tun 2019 har yanzu. Sun cancanci dukkan yabo da ƙauna da suke samu kuma gaskiya ne girmamawa ce a kira ni kocin su. Na gode don karbar ni kuma ina miku sa'a na magajina."

Clarke ya jagoranci Scotland zuwa Kofin Duniya na maza na farko cikin shekaru 28 — babban nasara a tsawon shekaru bakwai da ya yi a kan gaba. Duk da haka, gasar kanta ta tabbata mataki mai girma sosai ga Scots.

Yadda gasa ta Scotland ta gudana

Scotland ta fara gasar da nasara 1-0 a kan Haiti — nasararsu ta farko a Kofin Duniya tun 1990 — kuma ta ɗan jagoranci ƙungiyarsu bayan Brazil ta zana 1-1 da Morocco. Amma duk da samun damar ƙara bambancin ƙwallayen su a kan ƙungiyar da ke matsayi na 83 a jerin FIFA, ba su sami ƙarin ƙwallo ba.

Daga nan sai ta sha kashi 1-0 a hannun Morocco, inda aka ci ƙwallon yanke hukunci bayan sakan 70 kawai. An sami takaddama game da ƙulle-ƙulle da aka nema don John McGinn da Scott McTominay waɗanda alkalin wasa ya ƙi. Koda kuwa, bayan wannan faduwa, damar Scotland ta kai kusan kashi 70 cikin ɗari na tsallakewa zuwa matakin gaba.

Yaƙin neman su ya ruguje a wasan ƙarshe na ƙungiyarsu, faduwa mai ban mamaki 3-0 a hannun Brazil wanda ya bar su a matsayi na uku a Ƙungiya C da bambancin ƙwallo mai muni. "Mun ba su ƙwallayen da mun ba su wasan da suke so. Nayi takaici," in ji Clarke bayan wasan. "Ina tsammani muna komawa gida."

Scotland na bukatar Ghana ta doke Croatia da aƙalla ƙwallo uku don kiyaye wani bege na tsallakewa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyi takwas mafi kyau na matsayi na uku — wani sakamako da ya zama maras yuwuwa. Sa'ad da Ghana ta faɗi 2-1 a hannun Croatia, mafarkin Scotland na isa matakin fita daga gasar Kofin Duniya a karo na farko a tarihinsu ya ƙare.

Gagarumin raguwa a damar tsallakewa

Kafin fuskantar Brazil, ana ƙiyasin damar Scotland ta tsallakewa da kashi 70.7 cikin ɗari. Bayan faduwa 3-0, wannan adadi ya sauka zuwa 42.7 cikin ɗari. Da safe na Juma'a ya isa, ya faɗi zuwa kashi 5.2 cikin ɗari, kuma nasarar Senegal mai armashi 5-0 a kan Iraq ta ƙara rage shi zuwa kashi 1.4 cikin ɗari. Nasarar Spain a kan Uruguay ta ba da ɗan ɗagawa, amma zanen Iran da Egypt ya dawo da yiwuwar zuwa kashi 0.07 cikin ɗari — adadin da bai kai komai ba.

Nazari: nadama da iyakoki

Mai rahoto na Sky Sports News Luke Shanley ya nuna cewa Scotland za ta ɗauki nadama daga wannan gasar, inda ya nuna cewa kurakurai na mutum ɗaya a lokuta masu muhimmanci sun yi nauyi a kan Morocco da Brazil. "Haushi yanzu yana game da rashin ci gaba — ina tsammani za a samu nadama," in ji shi.

Mai nazarin Sky Sports Kris Boyd ya kasance fiye da sarari game da kalubalen tsarin kwallon ƙafa ta Scotland. "Akwai matakan kwallon ƙafa, game da iyawar jiki, girma da sauri. Ba mu da hakan. Ba mu da shi don yin gogayya a matakin ɗaukacin ƙasa," Boyd ya ce, yana ƙara da cewa har ma 'yan wasa masu muhimmanci kamar Scott McTominay da John McGinn suna aiki ƙasa da matakan da suka saba da su a kulob ɗinsu Napoli da Aston Villa bi da bi. "Muna da kaɗan a matakin manyan ƙungiyoyi, amma kaɗan da ba su kai ba. Kuma wannan tsallen na iya zama mai girma sosai."