FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 : SCOTLAND VS BRAZIL – 24/06/2026 (PHOTO – VINICIUS JUNIOR CELEBRATES)

IT WAS A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTING NIGHT FOR SCOTLAND, BUT NOT UNEXPECTED (BY ANYONE), GIVEN THAT BRAZIL STAND 5TH IN THE FIFA WORLD RANKINGS, AND SCOTLAND 41ST.  (EVEN THEIR FANS, WHO HAVE HAD AN ABSOLUTE BLAST ALONG THE WAY, WERE HOPING FOR A 0 – 0 DRAW AT BEST!)  SCOTLAND MADE AN ENERGETIC 448 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 7 CORNERS, AND 11 SHOTS WITH 5 ON-TARGET, BUT NO GOALS ON THIS OCCASION, AND MADE A COUPLE OF DAFT ERRORS, AS BRAZIL WERE EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANISED, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, WITH A ROBUST VINICIUS JUNIOR HOT-ON-THEIR-HEELS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MATCH! BUT THEY TRIED THEIR VERY BEST!  IT WAS A VERY PHYSICAL  MATCH, WITH SCOTLAND MAKING 10 FOULS, AND RECEIVING 1 YELLOW CARD, AND BRAZIL 11 FOULS, WITH 2 YELLOW CARDS, WITH SUCH HIGH STAKES AT PLAY.  BRAZIL MADE 602 PASSES, WITH A 93% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 54% POSSESSION), AND 21 SHOTS WITH 6 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 3 SUCCESSFUL NETTINGS FROM VINICIUS JUNIOR WITH A BRACE AT 7 MINS., AND 45 + 3 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, AND MATHEUS CUNHA AT 60 MINS!  SO, AFTER 90 MINS. ALL THE EXCITEMENT ENDED IN A 3 – 0 WIN TO BRAZIL, WITH AN EXTREMELY HAPPY BRAZILIAN CROWD RESPONDING TO VINICIUS JUNIOR AND MATTHEUS CUNHA’S CELEBRATIONS WITH GLEE, AND SCOTTISH FANS WHO WERE A LITTLE MORE DESPONDENT THAN BEFORE, BUT STILL HOPING THAT SCOTLAND WILL PROGRESS AS ONE OF THE EIGHT BEST THIRD-PLACED SIDES.   (IT IS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO TAKE AWAY THEIR HAPPY, HOPEFUL SPIRIT!)   AND TO ANY EX-FOOTBALLER PUNDITS, WHO THINK IT’S OK TO HAUL SCOTLAND OVER-THE-COALS FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE, DON’T DO IT.  TRY AND PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES INSTEAD, AND THINK BACK TO THE TIMES WHEN YOU HAVE MADE MISTAKES!  THEIR FANS ARE STILL PARTYING, AND IT WAS BRAZIL, AFTER ALL!

WORLD CUP 2026 – SCOTLAND VS BRAZIL – 24/06/2026

SCOTLAND PLAYER’S AND COACH SPEAK AFTER THE SCOTLAND VS BRAZIL MATCH

SCOTTISH FANS LOVE A PARTY!