’This Is Vini’S Team!’ Brazil Cruise Past Scotland As Vinicius Junior Scores Brace | Espn Fc

Over in Miami, there was a big game on as Brazil hosted Scotland. But it was all about Brazil as an early mistake from Scott McKenna. Saw Vinnie Jr. open the scoring with just seven minutes on the clock. He then got his second shortly after, before Mateus Cunha added a third after the break, sending Brazil fans everywhere into absolute pandemonium and his job done and done in style for Carlo Ancelotti and his men as they sign off the group stage with a big 3-0 win over the Scots. Elsewhere, Morocco took on Haiti in Atlanta. Now, this was quite the entertaining game. They played out quite an entertaining win over the Haitians. But the CONCACAF side put up quite the fight as the game was locked at 2-2 at one point, thanks to quite the stunner from Haiti's Isidore. But in the end, Morocco got some late goals and the African side was able to seal a 4-2 win. So here's a look at the Group C standings after group action. Brazil and Morocco level on points in the end, but the Brazilians will top the group as Morocco go through. As for Scotland, well, they will be hoping for a miracle if they want to finish as one of the best third place teams at this World Cup to go on to the round of 32. But let's talk about Brazil now. Vinnie Jr. once again coming up big year again for Brazil. Three man of the match performances scoring in all three group games for Brazil. This is what we wanted to see from someone who really has to be the X factor for Carlo Ancelotti. Yeah, we all hope that Brazil step by step will get into this tournament. I mean, they started with a tie, obviously, and nobody was really happy and said, OK, they struggle a bit. But no, I said in the beginning, it's OK to tie the first game. And then it took care of business. And now I think that that performance today against Scotland, even if it's not the best, best Scottish side now, but they still had a lot to play for. You know, they wanted to go further. They wanted at least, you know, a closer result than three nil. I mean, they gave him a gift away like right in the beginning that Vinicius then took and said, OK, one nil after six or seven minutes. But throughout the game, you could see that this team is maturing. You could see that step by step, they're clicking. And and there's something growing with that Brazilian team. And obviously, it's not by coincidence that at the end and the last 15, 20 minutes, a certain Neymar comes on as well, you know, and plays his part. It doesn't do much, but he's back. He's back, which is a big message, you know, after three years, you know, after the horrible injury that he had. So I think Brazil is on a good track. I think now we take them a little bit more serious than in the first game. And overall, it's what we expected that they win that group. And obviously, Morocco looks sharp as well in that group, which we also knew from the last World Cup. I think for Scotland, it's going to be difficult to get through as one of the third place teams because they have a goal difference of minus three. They have three points, but it will be very, very tricky if they can go through with that goal difference. Yeah, as you're going to say, JJ, it was quite the sight for sore eyes to see Neymar back on for Brazil. It wasn't for very long, but of course, it was a big statement that he is at least well enough to play. What did you make of him? Yeah, I think it's it's good for football, right? He's he's one of the big stars at this tournament. And he he was out with a long time injury. And even that Angelotti then took him to the squad and brought him over. I think you were able to see it in Brazil, how emotional the people were. And to bring him on today, it was just a signal, like you can set to the fans, to the to the team, to himself, like, hey, he's here. He's a part of this team. And and I think he will show his quality. He will, like Jürgen said, they needed to come into this tournament. They had a little bit struggled, a little bit problems in the beginning. Today, Scotland helped them to get into the to the to the game. And and clearly, we all know the individual quality they have was just a matter of time when they're when they're coming and showing up. And and everybody now in the tournament knows, OK, Neymar, he's here. And the Brazilian team finally arrived, too, with a clear three difference against Scotland. Kirk, what do you make of them? Of Scotland? They're terrible. Scotland, Brazil, Scotland. Well, let me just I can't believe Scotland's even in this position. So it was more about what Scotland's in this position because they beat Haiti and unjustly. I think Haiti deserved a little bit more in that game. But they're here and it is what it is. But they made it very easy for Brazil. What can you make of this Brazilian performance with Scotland and the team that they had in front of them? Make of it what you will. Individual performances that go off that Scotland was given away goals. Vinny Junior, this is the Vinny Junior you want to see after a. Very difficult two years at Real Madrid, where many in the press were turning a narrative of Vinny's, the bad apple. You know, he's the one that's spoiling the team, and it should be a Vinny versus Mbappe type of narrative. And and here we are in the World Cup, just like everybody thought it'd be. Lionel Messi, five goals leading the Golden Boot race. And here comes Mbappe. Here comes Erling Haaland. And here comes Vinny Junior, all tied with four behind him. He's proving now that he is where he should be among the world's best. This is what the best players do. The best players in the world pick the biggest platforms to come up and show up. And this is what he's doing. A goal in consecutive games, all three games. And when Rafinha goes down, there needs to be a leader to step up. Neymar's coming back. But this is Vinny's team. This is Vinny's team now, and that's what he's showing everybody. So I couldn't be happier that we're seeing the Vinny Junior that we saw a few years ago. That was for my money, Ballon d'Or over Rodri. We're seeing him now in the World Cup. And Carlo Ancelotti is going to need it. Well, and Ancelotti is the perfect person to probably get that out of Vinny Junior. And I think we're going to see, as Juergen said, this Brazilian side kind of grow as this tournament progresses. But also, what was Scotland doing? Not much. I mean, I mean, Scotland even melting away in that. But maybe with a minus one goal difference, you give yourself a chance. But you go into a game, JJ watching the game and we're going, why is Scotland trying to play against Brazil out of the back? What are they doing? Go direct. Do your strengths. Harass them. Just try to take them out of a rhythm. Instead, let's throw the ball in the middle and say, you play and we'll play. And let's see who wins.