FIFA World Cup: How the Scots can cope with the swelling

How Scotland approach the match under the circumstances will also be a factor.

The game against Haiti was a nervy affair, with both sides fairly regularly conceding balls to their opponents.

Scotland had just 46% of the ball against the weakest side in the group, with the same numbers as Morocco and Brazil, but keeping the ball was a priority in the heat and humidity.

In the 1982 World Cup in Seville, Graeme Souness captained Scotland against Brazil.

“The problem when you’re playing in the heat is that sooner or later someone is going to penalize you if you keep the ball going,” he told the BBC.

“And I felt now, in the second half (against Haiti), when we had that lead, we should have been better at that. Don’t give the ball away. Good players don’t give it away.”

Former Scotland striker Stuart McCall believes Clarke could sacrifice one striker to strengthen his midfield and add more movement and control.

“I think they’ll take Lawrence Shankland out and add another midfielder,” he told BBC Scotland.

“That would allow Ryan Christie or Kenny MacLean to sit alongside Lewis Ferguson and Scott McTominay to play as a No 10.”

The humidity is interrupted for 22 minutes in each half and a An important talking point at the World Cup So far, Scotland’s purpose for landing and landing.

At last summer’s Club World Cup in the United States, some teams, like Bayern Munich, left their substitutes in the air-conditioned dressing room during the first half rather than getting too hot on the bench.

One way or the other, the conditions must be weighed both in the game and in the event.