Scotland 0-3 Brazil: Vinicius Unplayable, Three Goals Conceded, Now the Agonising Wait

[DecentBloke]

Scotland lost 3-0 to Brazil in Miami and now face the agonising reality of waiting to discover if their goal difference is good enough to sneak through as one of the best eight third-placed teams. Vinicius Junior was simply unplayable. He had the ball in the net three times in the first half with VAR chalking one of them off for a foul in the build-up. His actual goals came from punishing McKenna's mistake inside seven minutes and a brilliant header just before the break. Matheus Cunha added a third after Bruno Guimaraes opened the angle. Scotland's xG was 1.13 compared to Brazil's 4.46 which tells you everything about the balance of the match. McTominay almost pulled one back late on but Alisson made himself big. Scotland's tournament record reads: beat Haiti, lost to Morocco, lost to Brazil. Three points. Goal difference of minus two. Whether that's enough depends on results in every other group finishing with a third-placed team. The wait is brutal.

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[LuckySentinel]

Minus two goal difference after three matches means Scotland need several other third-placed teams to have worse records. Possible but not comfortable

[Marcus95]

Vinicius was on another level. That first half display against McKenna and Hendry was frightening to watch

[Reacher Quarry]

The VAR disallowed goal probably saved Scotland's blushes. 4-0 would have made the goal difference situation even worse

[Quiet Glacier]

McTominay almost scored late which would have changed everything. Alisson's save might have ended Scotland's tournament

[Blake_73]

Brazil topped Group C with seven points. Morocco second on six. Scotland and Haiti fighting over third place scraps

[BigDog]

The expanded format giving Scotland a genuine chance of going through on goal difference is exactly why 48 teams exists

[Undertaker_EU]

Ancelotti's Brazil look genuinely dangerous. Vinicius and Cunha in front of Guimaraes. That's a proper team

[EntangledOne]

Scotland's campaign will be remembered fondly despite this result. First World Cup since 1998. They won a match. They competed

[Hitman04]

The goal difference calculation is brutal. Scotland need to check results from groups they weren't even in

[Northernah]

Clarke's team gave everything. They just played Brazil who are probably winning this tournament