Scotland's miserable World Cup is officially over and the Tartan Army are heading home after Croatia defeated Ghana on Saturday night. A chastening 3-0 defeat at the hands of Brazil‚ which followed on from a nervy win over Haiti and an uninspiring 1-0 defeat to Morocco‚ had Steve Clarke and his players resigned to heading home at the first opportunity. That has now been mathematically confirmed as wins for Belgium‚ Bosnia & Herzegovina‚ Croatia‚ Ecuador‚ Senegal‚ as well as precious points for Iran‚ Paraguay and Sweden‚ meant that Scotland finished as one of the four worst third placed teams.

An astonishing row erupted live on air between BBC colleagues after Scotland's dismal 3-0 defeat by Brazil at the World Cup‚ with the country's hopes of remaining in the tournament hanging by a thread. After defeating Haiti 1-0 in their opening game‚ Scotland suffered back-to-back defeats against Morocco and Brazil to leave them on three points and minus three goal difference‚ hampering their chances of going through as one of the best third-place teams. With Scotland now staring down the barrel of a likely World Cup exit‚ emotions were high as BBC colleagues Neil McCann and Tom English clashed during a feisty on-air spat that lasted over four minutes.

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IAN LADYMAN IN BOSTON: There is always a point when simply being at a World Cup is no longer enough‚ whoever you are and whoever you play for. The thrill of qualifying was real for Scotland - they haven't been at this party since 1998 after all - but some things never change in sport and one of them is that defeat still feels like failure. This is where Scotland stand now. On that knife-edge between real achievement and numbing disappointment. To go home at the first juncture after opening the tournament with a victory over Haiti would feel wrong somehow.

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BRAZIL 3-0 HAITI - OLIVER HOLT IN PHILADELPHIA: Brazil coasted to a comfortable 3-0 victory over World Cup minnows Haiti at Lincoln Financial Field on Friday evening to breathe confidence into a campaign that had got off to a stuttering start with a 1-1 draw against Morocco. Two first half goals from Matheus Cunha and a third from Vinicius Jr on the stroke of the interval lifted Carlo Ancelotti's side to the top of Group C. They will play Scotland in their third game in Miami on Wednesday. Cunha had been preferred to Brentford forward Igor Thiago and scored a fine second goal‚ hitting a fierce left foot shot high into the roof of the net.

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The Hell's Kitchen star‚ 59‚ is an avid Scotland fan and donned a home strip as he gave a few words of encouragement to Steve Clarke's side. Scotland will face Haiti in their opener at the Gillette Stadium in the early hours of Saturday morning‚ with the game to kick off at 2am BST. The game has been billed as a must-win‚ with matches against Africa Cup of Nations winners Morocco and international super giants Brazil to come.

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The Caribbean nation's shirts had featured soldiers lifting up the nation's flag to mark them winning independence from France in the Battle of Vertieres in 1803. But rules prohibit any 'political‚ religious‚ or personal messages or slogans' on kits and Haiti must therefore stump up a new jersey just three days before they play Scotland.

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