00:041998 the last time Scotland played in a FIFA World Cup and you have to go back
00:08almost a quarter of a century further for Haiti's previous appearance on this
00:12stage but the wait is over the reality is upon them so lovely evening tonight
00:18you could play play three games in a row compared to what some of the other
00:22teams you're gonna have to do and what you had to endure this afternoon you
00:27might be able to play three games in a row I can absolutely assure you I
00:29wouldn't be able to oh not at my age anymore
00:32Robertson's ball retrieved by Adams who was trying to find a way through
00:36Shanklin's managed to force it back to him there's Robertson again trying to open
00:41things up
00:45the Ganondoke combining well in these early stages for Scotland Ganondoke
00:51routine one for Placide
00:57that was you see Scotland they're trying to overload they're sending Robertson high on
01:01the left free kick despite the screams from Ruben Providence and here is Ganondoke up the
01:10other end for Scotland's and they are coming to join him but Ganondoke is trying to make it but
01:16Tom and A's hit the post plus seed was beaten absolutely was beaten what a really good run
01:25sharp run by Ganondoke
01:30here's Pirro this game has got a beautiful zip to it
01:36Dietzen over the head of Isidore not by much
01:39not by much at all chances at both ends
01:45this is what happens every time Haiti plays
01:50nice little move McTominay times his run perfectly
01:52has Placide beaten he can only sit down really unlucky did everything right
02:02it's all Shea Adams who has brought it down a treat
02:07Ganondoke now
02:11past experience Adams is there and McGinn
02:14and in for Scotland
02:23a goal almost three decades in the making
02:29Scotland are here and they have pressed the go button on their 2026 World Cup
02:44John McGinn with the goal
02:52well maybe some special words by Steve Clark at the water break the really well-timed run
03:01and in one we've won situations he has very quick feet
03:07ducks a little shoulder really good save by Placide at first
03:12and then really unlucky McGinn scuffs his shot deflected in the goal
03:17but this is exactly what Scotland needed
03:19Haiti was just coming into the game they were the ones that were creating the chances
03:23and this is a goal at the absolute right time for Scotland
03:26and this is a goal at the absolute right time for Scotland
03:56really important defensive work goalkeeper defenders
04:02really quick duck of the shoulder
04:05rely on the football coaches there for information the cajoling of this
04:09relatively new group of players many of whom have
04:11only recently pledged their footballing allegiance to Haiti
04:15and the fact that no game can be played on home soil
04:26has it taken cleanly away from him by Bell guards
04:30and charges forward now
04:32the arrows touch
04:34it didn't quite come the way of Providence
04:37good defending from Aaron Hickey
04:39yeah really good cover another good move another good forward link up play by Haiti
04:46he was almost forgotten about that nasty injury and it took him months to get over it
04:52people don't understand all the hard work that goes behind all the
04:55all the tears all the sweat
04:59so sad for players who put so many years of hard work and then they do miss out because of
05:03injury
05:12and they do miss out of injury and they do miss out of injury and they do miss out of
05:12injury
05:122026 in the world cup in scotland see the name billy gilmore
05:15in that category
05:17that's a decent ball shanklin and gannon doak he was the one that reached it
05:22and at the end of it all a scotland corner
05:28just a brilliant cross using the defender defender doesn't get close enough so he can use it to whip
05:33it around it's about an inch too far it's a little bit of a high bounce
05:39purveyor of your uh your goalkeepers brad friedel so i'm sure you remember the name
05:43jim leighton from the late 80s of course 1998 he was their starting keeper correct
05:48it wasn't it was in 86 when he kept that clean sheet
05:53clearance from del croix for haiti
05:56and the ball has fallen nicely for mcgin who could and perhaps should have scored again for scotland
06:05that is one of the best chances of the whole night that's a decent clearance
06:09haiti gets out just a bit unlucky mckinson a great opportunity he just drags it wide
06:16it's almost like the goalie score because he scuffed it into the ground was fortunate on the rebound
06:20that's a glorious chance to go 2-0 up scotland live to regret that maybe
06:27rovidos for haiti trying to find the angle did find the angle
06:34he said all threw everything at it to try and get the crucial touch to well i don't think he
06:40was
06:40trying to pass it to the far post he was definitely trying to curl it around or maybe a cross
06:45shot
06:49see there i mean probably two yards wide look closer from the other angle here you see mcginns drag
06:56she just scuffs it off the toe
07:00the better spells the possession of haiti's second half this
07:06that's a clipping it back out towards casimir
07:10seen plenty of the ball since he's come on he's trying to wriggle his way past ryan christie
07:19experience bell guards john rick the bell guard plows it it grant hanley
07:26he's taken back off mctominay who didn't see providence coming
07:30and providence gets haiti the corner and they have had a recharge to the battery life absolutely
07:36providence went over on the right hand side casimir on the left hand side
07:39causing a lot of problems tried to play the corner quick upsetting the fans that it wasn't allowed
07:46this is a really good spell by haiti i'm starting to create some overloads chris
07:52and the noise levels have just gone up a notch as well i can feel the slight
07:58reverberation of the stand that we're in yeah the haiti supporters feel like something's coming on
08:06moving towards the final 10 minutes providence at the haiti corner
08:10inden dykes with a commanding header to clear yeah good clearance
08:15it's his competitive debut tonight as well
08:18finley curtis what a moment for him not a bad time to make it
08:33it's just wide
08:37franzi pierrot got up brilliantly
08:39and angus gun was worried best chance of the night very good cross
08:44they needed more of those tonight hero's gonna want that back
08:49he had the time he saw where he should head it just got a little too much on it gun
08:55would have been beaten
08:58just a few inches away from what would have been his 35th international goal
09:11the seed crushes one forward again in hope more than anything else and it come to pierrot
09:16who did well just to get a shot away as he was stumbling he did he lost his footing and
09:21just tried to have some acrobatics and get a shot on target which he did unfortunate for him there was
09:27no power in it
09:32it was no power in it
09:3328 year wait does funny things to the minds
09:40scotland have won at a world cup for the first time since 1990
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