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Scotland look to bury ghosts from the last time they played Morocco at the FIFA World Cup
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Scotland head back into World Cup action tonight looking to build on their opening game performance and get closer to reaching the knockout stages.
The Scots' 1-0 win over Haiti was the perfect start for Steve Clarke's men.
With that result in the bag, they must now try to muster points against the group's stronger-looking teams in Morocco and Brazil.
No Scottish side has ever progressed from a group phase at a major tournament, but there's a feeling the 2026 group has enough to make history for the nation.
First, they'll have to do something they couldn't do the last time they were on the World Cup stage: take points off the Moroccan team.
38 years ago, Craig Brown's Scotland went into their final group match at France '98 needing a victory to advance to the Round of 16.
They had narrowly lost to Brazil to open the tournament before earning a point against a talented Norway side, but they fancied their chances against the Africans.
Unfortunately, it didn't go to plan. Goals in either half from Salaheddine Bassir and Abdeljalil Hadda put Morocco in a commanding lead before the Scots were reduced to ten men when Craig Burley saw red for a professional foul.
By the time Bassir added a third five minutes from time, the Tartan Army's World Cup dream was over once again.
Now, nearly four decades on, can the 2026 side banish the memories of that defeat and achieve something no Scotland side has ever done previously?
Scotland vs Morocco
The goal that sealed the win for the Africans at France '98
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