Begen Scotland na ci gaba daga Rukuni C a Gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA na nan a raye — amma da wuyar gaske. Ana bukatar sakamako da yawa su faɗa gefensu, kuma masoya masu tafiya suna jiran makomar su da damuwa.

Damuwar ta karu kafin masoya su bar filin. A Rukuni A, South Africa ta ba South Korea mamaki, suna barin Koreans a matsayin uku da maki uku amma da babbar bambancin kwallon zura fiye da tawagar Steve Clarke. Da takwas na mafi kyawun uku suna ci gaba zuwa zagaye na 32, Scotland yanzu suna matsayi na bakwai a tsakanin waɗannan ƙungiyoyi — kuma uku ne kawai daga cikin rukunoni 12 da aka kammala.

Masoya suna auna zaɓuɓɓukansu

Idan Scotland suka ci gaba, akwai wurare uku masu yiwuwa. Komawa Boston don fuskantar masu nasara na Rukuni E — mai yiwuwa Germany — ranar Litinin, 29 Yuni (21:30 BST). Wasa da Mexico a Mexico City da 02:00 BST ranar Laraba, 1 Yuli. Ko ƙaramin damar fuskantar mai nasara na Rukuni I, ko dai France ko kuma Norway, a New York/New Jersey Stadium ranar Talata, 30 Yuni (20:00 BST).

Dave Watson, mai gabatarwa a podkast na No Scotland No Party, ya riga ya yi ajiyar jirgin dawo gida bayan wasan ƙarshe na rukuni. Ya gaya wa BBC Scotland cewa yanzu yana son tafi New York ranar Alhamis ya zauna ya jira sakamakon.

Ba kowane masoya yana da wannan sassauci ba. "Ubana yana da jirgi na komawa gida ranar Juma'a," in ji Callum daga Linwood. "Yana komawa aiki, amma ni na bar aikina na sayar da motata don zuwa nan, don haka ba zan koma gida yanzu ba. Zan zauna in ga abin da zai faru."

Alan Horsburgh yana fuskantar wataƙila mafi rikitarwa a cikin matsalolin kafa-da-kafa. Yana tafiya daga Orlando zuwa Reykjavik kafin ya koma gida Copenhagen, ya bayyana yadda zai shafe awa biyar na tafiya da bas daga Miami yana nazarin "daban-daban permutations miliyan takwas" don sanin ko Scotland za su ci gaba da inda za su iya buga wasan. Yana yin la'akari tsakanin komawa gida ko amfani da air miles don kawo matarsa — shiri wanda zai yi kyau sosai idan zuwa Boston, ba haka ba idan ya zama Mexico City.

Wasu suna ɗaukar hanyar da ta fi sauƙi. Ian Greenwell daga Bathgate ya ce yana komawa gida amma zai dawo idan Scotland sun ci gaba. Leslie Higgins, wanda ke zaune a Connecticut, ya ce wasan a Boston zai zama da wuya sosai ƙungiyarsa ta yi ƙin sa — ko da yake ya yarda cewa karar kuɗi ta sha ɗuri sosai.

Farashin ci gaba da bin Scotland

Ga masoya da za su bar Miami ranar Lahadi, mafi arha na tafiya zuwa Boston ya kai kusan £261 ciki har da jakar. Ana iya samun tafiya zuwa filin jirgin saman JFK a New York da ƙasa da £17. Mexico City abin ne daban — tafiya kai tsaye tana kai £433 na awanni uku da rabi na tafiya, yayin da hanya mai tsayawa Denver take ɗaukar fiye da awanni 13. Masauki a duk biranen uku yana ci gaba da riƙe farashin da masoya suka saba da shi cikin mako biyu da suka wuce.

Jagora ga wuraren da za a iya zuwa

Boston shi ne zaɓin da aka fi sanewa. Scotland sun buga wasanninsu biyu na farko na Rukuni C a can — da Haiti da Morocco — a filin da ke ɗaukar mutum 64,000 wanda ke kusan awa ɗaya daga tsakiyar birni. Otal-otal, baa, da rumfuna suna gefen George River, kuma ga masu son hutu daga kwallon ƙafa, Fenway Park yana karɓar wasan ɗan takara tsakanin Boston Red Sox da New York Yankees ranar Lahadi.

Mexico City tana ba da shahararren filin Azteca — wurin "hannu na Allah" na Diego Maradona da kuma wuri na karshen wasan 1970 da 1986 — da ɗaukar mutum 83,000 bayan kwanan nan sake gini. Tsayin mita 2,200 sama da matakin teku na iya zama ƙalubale, ko da yake ƙarancin zafi na iya ba da diyya.

New York/New Jersey shine mafi tsada a zaɓuɓɓukan. MetLife Stadium a East Rutherford yana ɗaukar fiye da masoya 78,000 kuma zai karɓi karshen wasan watan mai zuwa. Tafiya zuwa da dawowa daga Penn Station zuwa filin tana kai $98. Scotland sun riga sun buga a yankin — nasararsu akan Bolivia ta faru a ƙaramin Sports Illustrated Stadium.

Duk wannan yana jin kamar hasashe a yanzu. Amma Tartan Army, kamar koyaushe, ba ta shirya dawo gida ba tukuna.