Scotland's World Cup hopes dim after defeat to Brazil

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Scotland will now play the waiting game. The trouble is, as they hang around to discover whether a place in the last 32 can be secured as among the leading eight third placed teams in this World Cup, it is legitimate to question the point of it all. Scotland’s on field contribution to this tournament has been pitiful. Defeat to Brazil can and should happen. The ragged nature of Scotland’s output in Miami, the utterly punchless nature of their play – again – until desperation set in means they should enter the knockout phase with red faces should that come to pass. Steve Clarke’s men have been outscored by Haiti in Group C plus New Zealand, Iran and Cape Verde elsewhere. Continue reading...

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Scotland need help from elsewhere to reach last 32 Clarke: ‘I think we’re going home’ Scotland’s head coach, Steve Clarke, and the captain, Andy Robertson, fear the country’s World Cup journey is over after a chastening defeat to Brazil in Miami. A 3-0 loss for the Scots means they are clinging on to one of the eight places in the last 32 made available to teams finishing third in the section. Scotland have three points and a goal difference of minus three. For Clarke, this will not be enough as this team seek to be the first from Scotland in history to progress to the knockout phase of a major tournament. “I think we’re going home,” said Clarke. Continue reading...

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John McGinn said Scotland’s players fear they are heading home after a 3-0 defeat to Brazil in their final World Cup group game in Miami. Only the eight best third-placed teams advance to the last 32 and at the final whistle, Scotland sat sixth in that table with 10 groups still to be completed, having followed up the 1-0 win over Haiti in their opening game with two defeats.