Scotland 0-1 Morocco — World Cup

World Cup
Scotland
0
Final
1
Morocco
Full time

The Ghost of Saint-Étienne Wears Red

Twenty-eight years of waiting, only to watch the same north African ghost steal Scotland’s historic moment.

Under the towering lighthouse of , Scotland’s grandest dream of reaching the knockout stage dissolved. ’s men needed only a positive result to shatter their eternal group-stage curse, but Mohamed Ouahbi’s had other plans. In a tense, suffocating rematch of their infamous 1998 encounter, Morocco’s relentless press choked the life out of John McGinn and Andy Robertson. A single, lethal blow sealed the 1-0 defeat, leaving the to weep into their saltires once more as Morocco leapfrogged them in the standings, proving that some history simply refuses to be rewritten.

— and get this
The victory extends Morocco's unbeaten run in World Cup group-stage matches to six games, setting a new all-time African record.
Morocco maintains a perfect historical record against Scotland, with two wins from their only two meetings in senior international football.