Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Shaun Maloney akpọọla ọgụ Scotland na-alụ na ngwụcha oge asọmpi na Ireland 'colossal' ma kwe nkwa na ụmụ nwoke Gordon Strachan nwere ike ịhapụ Dublin na isi ihe atọ ọzọ dị mkpa n'ụzọ Euro 2016. Maloney bụ dike n'igbu goolu mgbe mba abụọ ahụ zutere n'ọnwa Nọvemba gara aga na Parkhead, Maloney kwenyere na nrụgide ga-adị oke mgbe mba ndị Celtic ga-agbagha maka ịlaghachi na Aviva Stadium na June 13. Ndị Scots nọ ugbu a n'ọnọdụ nke atọ na Group D, otu isi n'azụ ndị isi Poland, otu ihe na ndị mmeri ụwa Germany na isi abụọ n'ihu ndị Irish. Scotland nọ ugbua n'ọkwa nke atọ na Group D mgbe ha meriri Gibraltar 6-1 n'ụbọchị Satọde. Ọ bụ ihe na-agba ume nke ukwuu na-emeghe egwuregwu ise na mkpọsa nke ruru eru ka Scotland na-achọ iru mba mbụ nnukwu finals kemgbe 1998 World Cup na France. Ma Maloney na-ekwusi ike na ndị otu Strachan nwere ike ijide mmeri nke ga-akwụsị olileanya Ireland nke iru France n'afọ ọzọ ma ọ bụrụ na ha weghachite ụdị ha megide ndị Irish ọnwa anọ gara aga. Agbanyeghị, ọ kwetara na Scotland meriri 3-1 n'ụlọ ha na England ụbọchị anọ ka e mesịrị dị ka ihe ncheta ịghara ikwe ka ụkpụrụ ndị ahụ daa. <unk>Egwuregwu Ireland na June ga-adị oke egwu,<unk>ka Maloney kwuru, onye na-egwuri egwu ugbu a na Chicago Fire na America's Major League Soccer. Scotland enweela mmeghe egwuregwu ise na-agba ume nke ukwuu na mkpọsa nke iru eru. <unk>Nrụgide dị n'akụkụ abụọ ga na-arị elu ka anyị na-abịarukwu nso. Ma echere m na anyị nwere ike ịga ebe ahụ ma merie egwuregwu ahụ. <unk>Otú ọ dị, anyị ga-ama na anyị nwekwara ike tufuo ya ma ọ bụrụ na anyị adịghị mma dị ka anyị dị na egwuregwu ndị na-adịbeghị anya. <unk>Lelee egwuregwu anyị na Ireland n'ọnwa Nọvemba na egwuregwu Poland mgbe anyị dọtara 2-2. Anyị kụrụ nke ọma ma nweta nsonaazụ. <unk>Ma lee anya n'egwuregwu ndị England, mgbe anyị na-agbapụ ntakịrị. Ndị ka anyị mma meriri anyị. <unk>Ya mere, anyị ga-ama nke ọma ihe mere anyị ji tinye onwe anyị n'ọnọdụ a na ihe anyị kwesịrị ịnọgide na-eme.<unk> Maloney na-ekwusi ike na ike Scotland ịnagide nrụgide dị ukwuu tupu egwuregwu mbụ Ireland...
Scotland na-achọ iru agba nke ikpeazụ ha kemgbe asọmpi Iko Mbaụwa nke afọ 1998. N'oge a, ha nọ n'ọkwa nke atọ n'otu D mgbe ha meriri Gibraltar 6-1. Scotland ga-ezute Ireland n'ọgbọ egwuregwu Aviva dị na Dublin n'abalị iri na atọ nke ọnwa Juun.