Secure a point against Brazil, and Scotland’s national team can indulge themselves with some mutual backslapping. Lose by two, three or four goals to the five-time world champions, and players will slink off the Miami pitch and return to their North Carolina training base to wait and wonder.
Four points from Group C will be enough to claim a place in the last 32 of the World Cup finals for the first time ever. There is also a scenario where a thumping from Brazil could still secure qualification, followed by a sheepish apology to fans.
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