FIFA World Cup: Vinicius Junior quits having fun and leaves Scotland… but are they out?

From the beginning, we’ve been watching the game, yes, but we’re doing the crazy thing about it all. We turned elsewhere to see what all this meant in the grand scheme of things.

Ahead of the game on Wednesday, Scotland were sitting relatively comfortably among the best third-placed teams in the competition.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s win over Qatar dropped Scotland to third place. Brazil’s dominance further undermined them. Down and down they went, their buffers completely removed, only to get more and more obsessed with results elsewhere in the coming days.

Back to Charlotte, North Carolina they go on Thursday; Battered and nervous, unsure of their future in this tournament, if they have one.

As it is, The prediction They play Mexico on Tuesday – a shot at redemption or another trip to the torture chamber?

This can turn on itself, of course. Other teams will have more to say about this in the coming days.

Scotland is sweating on a place in the last 32. Now they live in a no man’s land, looking at the fate of Senegal and Ecuador, Curacao and Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and others.

There was something inevitable about him. Until Bolivia earlier this month, Scotland had never beaten South American opposition, having beaten Brazil in 10 attempts 50 years ago. They came together and created moments but it was too little, too late.