{"id":16133,"date":"2026-01-27T09:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16133"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:41:32","slug":"what-are-scotlands-world-cup-preparations-looking-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=16133","title":{"rendered":"What are Scotland&#8217;s World Cup preparations looking like?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Haiti and Brazil have not kicked a ball since the World Cup draw was made, but Scotland&#8217;s other group opponents Morocco have very much been in action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hosts of the recent Afcon tournament, Morocco suffered heartbreak in a final defeat by Senegal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c70ljednyl6o\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">a game so dramatic<\/a> it made this season&#8217;s Scottish Premiership look normal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eventual winners Senegal walked off and refused to play when Morocco were given a stoppage-time penalty, which was then missed by Real Madrid&#8217;s Brahim Diaz when he attempted a Panenka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There was also trouble after the game, and even a ruckus in the media room. Now Morocco, who reached the last eight of the 2022 World Cup, will look to heal their bruises this summer in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite the chaos, the quality of their football again shone through, according to former Scotland winger Pat Nevin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They are a joy to watch,&#8221; he told BBC Radio Scotland. &#8220;They are very open, but they have adapted a bit since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They not only have quality players, but they are getting to the business end of competitions, although this one ended bizarre-like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cpqyx89yn4xo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haiti and Brazil have not kick&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}