Patterson And Scotland Suffer World Cup Defeat To Brazil

Nathan Patterson played 81 minutes as Scotland suffered a 3-0 defeat to Brazil in Miami and finished third in World Cup Group C.

The result leaves Scotland waiting to find out their World Cup fate, with only the top eight third-placed finishers across the 12 groups advancing and the majority of groups still to play out their fixtures.

Scotland, who have Everton Assistant Manager Alan Irvine and former forward Steven Naismith in their coaching staff, knew victory against Brazil would take them through to the World Cup knockouts for the first time in their history.

But Steve Clarke’s side got off the worst possible start when Vinicius Jr intercepted a loose backpass from Scott McKenna just seven minutes in and rounded Angus Gunn to finish.

Vinicius Jr thought he had made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute only for VAR to spot a foul from the Real Madrid winger as he won the ball off Jack Hendry just outside the box. But Vinicius would get a second moments before the break as he headed in a cross at the back post.

Scotland looked threatening early in the second half, with Patterson denied a strong shout for a penalty not long after the restart, but Matheus Cunha put the result beyond Clarke’s side on the hour with a close-range finish.

Idrissa Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye return to World Cup action for Senegal on Friday in their final group game against Iraq (8pm BST), before Jordan Pickford and England round off their group stage games against Panama on Saturday (10pm BST).

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