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Double play! The European powerhouse narrowly defeated: 4 games unbeaten + 3 consecutive wins, Manchester United’s old player scored

The first group match of the World Cup European Qualifiers begins, Scotland faces Belarus at home. Scotland remained undefeated in the first three group matches, first drawing 0-0 with Denmark, the strongest opponent in the group, and then defeating Belarus and Greece. This time against Belarus again, Scotland, which has home field advantage, is bound to win. As a result, Scotland defeated Belarus again, completing a double play and unbeaten in 4 games!

Scotland arranged a 4231 formation for this game. Che Adams is at the front. The attacking combination of Ben Doak, McTominay and McGinn worked together. McLean and Gilmore formed a defensive midfield double. The back four of Ralston, Jack Hendry, McKenna and Robertson started. Gunn serves as the starting goalkeeper. Scotland's starting lineup is worth a total of 139 million euros. The total value of the Belarusian starting lineup is only 7.45 million euros.

Scotland scored the first goal in this game. In the 15th minute of the game, Hendry passed the ball to Che Adams in the frontcourt. After Che Adams stopped the ball, he passed the defensive player around him and shot low, and the ball went in! The linesman flagged offside. However, VAR confirmed that there was no offside and the goal was valid. Scotland takes the lead. It was the only goal of the first half.

In the 63rd minute of the second half, Marasevich outflanked and pushed the goal in the penalty area. With the intervention of VAR, the referee went to the sidelines to watch the replay and determined that the foul came first and the goal was invalid. In the 84th minute, Scotland scored again. Robertson made a pass from the left, and McTominay stopped the ball in the middle of the penalty area and scored with a low shot. In stoppage time, Kuchko helped Belarus get a goal back, but to no avail. In the end, Scotland defeated Belarus 2-1 and won three consecutive games.

In this game, Scotland had a ball possession rate of 55%, took 12 shots, 6 were on target, and scored 2 goals. Belarus had many opportunities, with 22 shots, 10 more than Scotland, but only 3 shots on target and only 1 goal scored. Manchester United's old player McTominay performed well. He took 2 shots, scored 1 goal, had 2 steals and 1 interception. Che Adams also had a wonderful performance, scoring 1 goal in 3 shots. Although Ben Doak did not score a goal, his performance on the offensive end was extremely active, with a game-high 6 successful dribbles.