1 hour ago Scotland, who person played astatine each of the past 2 European Championships, booked their spot astatine a World Cup for the archetypal clip since 1998 successful melodramatic manner with an unforgettable triumph against Denmark astatine Hampden Park successful November.
Backed by tens of thousands of fans who had travelled to the United States, John McGinn's deflected onslaught against Haiti earned the country's archetypal triumph astatine a World Cup for 36 years.
That would beryllium Scotland's lone extremity of the tournament.
They mislaid to a second-minute onslaught by 2022 semi-finalists Morocco successful their 2nd match, truthful they entered their last radical crippled against Brazil knowing a gully would astir apt beryllium capable to nonstop them done arsenic 1 of the champion third-placed teams.
However, first-half antiaircraft errors would beryllium their undoing.
They erstwhile again conceded aboriginal erstwhile defender Scott McKenna was robbed of possession wrong his ain punishment area, gifting an opener to Vinicius Jr.
The Real Madrid guardant was denied a 2nd erstwhile the video adjunct referee (VAR) deemed helium had fouled Jack Hendry earlier rolling the shot past Angus Gunn, but conscionable earlier half-time Scotland again gave the shot distant adjacent their ain extremity and Vinicius Jr nodded successful astatine the backmost station to marque it 2-0.
Matheus Cunha extended Brazil's vantage aft half-time and a precocious rally failed to output a reply that would person improved Scotland's extremity difference.
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