Dom Hyam ya yi imanin cewa hauhawan Wrexham a ƙwallon ƙafa na Ingila ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen dawowa ƙungiyar Scotland kafin FIFA World Cup 2026.

Mai tsaron baya ya buga wasa ɗaya kawai na ƙasa da ƙasa na babbar matakin kafin ya shiga Wrexham daga Blackburn Rovers a lokacin rani da ya gabata. Yanzu, bayan ƙungiyar ta gama a matsayi na bakwai a Championship — moto na farko na kulob a ɓangaren biyu cikin shekaru 43 — Hyam ya yaba himmar Red Dragons wajen ɗaukaka damarsa a fagen duniya.

"Yana nuna yadda kulob ɗin ya yi kyau a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci," Hyam ya gaya wa BBC Sport Wales. "Ni da Libby [ɗan wasan New Zealand Liberato Cacace] muna zuwa Kofin Duniya. Na tsammanin ƙarshen ɗan wasan da ya wakilci Wrexham a Kofin Duniya shi ne Dennis Lawrence — ya horar da ni a Coventry 'yan shekaru da suka wuce, abin ban dariya ne yadda abubuwa ke kasancewa."

Hakuri ya sami lada a fagen ƙasa da ƙasa

Hyam, mai shekaru 30, ya sami kofin farko na ƙasa da ƙasa a shekara ta 2023 amma ya jira kusan shekaru uku kafin kiran gaba a ƙarƙashin Steve Clarke. Bayyanarsa ta biyu ta zo a kan Ivory Coast a Hill Dickinson Stadium na Everton a watan Maris, kuma ta uku ta zo a nasara ta 4-1 a wasan abota kan Curaçao a ranar Asabar.

"Na ce koyaushe, zan iya sarrafa abin da na yi a fagen wasa da kulob ɗina kawai," in ji kyaftin ɗin Wrexham. "Na yi kyakkyawan kakar wasa kuma yana taimako cewa kulob ɗin ya yi kyau. Jira shekaru kaɗan tsakanin kofuna ya ɗan frustrate ni, amma haka ne ƙwallon ƙafa — ina fatan samu ƙarin."

Ƙalubalen matakin rukuni ga Scotland

Scotland ta koma Kofin Duniya a karon farko tun France 1998, inda ta fuskanci rukuni mai ƙarfi. Scots za su buɗe da Haiti a ranar 13 ga watan Yuni a Gillette Stadium a Foxborough, sannan su gamu da Morocco bayan kwanaki shida a wannan filin. Za su rufe matakin rukuni da gasar kan Morocco da za su fuskance ta a kan manyan zakarun sau biyar Brazil a Hard Rock Stadium a Miami a ranar 24 ga watan Yuni.

Abin ban sha'awa, Scotland kuma ta fuskanci Brazil da Morocco a gasar 1998 — wani daidaiton da Hyam ya same shi mai ban sha'awa. "Akwai ɗan tarihi mai ban sha'awa a cikin wasan Brazil," ya ce. "Za ta zama wasa na tarihi kuma duk muna farin ciki, amma muna da wasanni daidai muhimmanci kafin hakan."

Hyam, wanda ya yi ƙarami sosai don tuna kamfen ɗin 1998, ya ce ya kalli bidiyoyi na tsoffin abubuwa masu tarihi na Scotland a Kofin Duniya. Burinsa, wanda tawagar ta raba, shi ne zama ƙarni na farko na Scotland da ya zarce matakin rukuni. "Kowa na iya gani cewa tsallakewa daga rukuni zai zama babbar nasara," ya ƙara da cewa.

Nema wani abu mafi kyau da Wrexham

A matakin kulob, Wrexham ta rasa damar shiga play-offs na Championship a ƙarshen ranar da ta wuce na kakar wasa ta yau da kullum — sakamako mai zafi bayan ci gaba na ci gaba sau uku da ya kai kulob ɗin daga National League zuwa ɓangaren biyu.

"Ba za mu iya barin matsayi na bakwai a Championship a ɗauke shi a matsayin gazawa ba," Hyam ya ce. "Duk muna takaici, amma manaja Phil Parkinson ya kasance mai gaskiya sosai kuma yana alfahari da ƙoƙarin ma." Tare da wuraren play-offs na ƙarin da za a samar a kakar wasa mai zuwa, Hyam ya jaddada cewa yunwar kulob ɗin bai ragu ba. "Duk muna jin yunwa sosai don ci gaba," ya ce.

Kakar ta biyar na jerin shirye-shiryen tarihi na Welcome to Wrexham ana sakin ta a yanzu haka, kuma Hyam — wanda ya bayyana a cikinta sosai — ya yi imanin cewa wurin Kofin Duniya a Amurka zai ba shirin ƙarin muhimmanci. "Da Kofin Duniya yana Amurka, na tabbata za ta zama babban liyafa ga kowa," ya ce.