Scotland's sad situation: 9 times out of the group
Marta Suárez
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Scotland and Tunisia, in the logical position of the World Cup, have both been eliminated from the boys' group. This is the guarantee that Scotland have been knocked out of their group only 9 times since the 1930s. This time, with 48 teams participating, team expectations were high. Scotland's first win against Haiti in 36 years. But, after losing 0-3 to Brazil and then looking forward to the rest of the group matches, Scotland again suffered a poor result. Mark Renton's famous line, "I haven't felt this way before", sums up this situation very well. In this match, Scotland considered themselves unfair favourites, leading Rod Stewart to sing: "Ole Ola, we're going to bring the world cup here".
After Scotland, Tunisia, who became the first African team to record a 3-1 win against Mexico, have also been unable to do anything in their three matches since. This time, they scored just 2 goals and conceded 12 goals.
Iran was also eliminated in their group 7 times, they managed only 3 wins, but the win against USA in 1998 was historic. This time, Iran also saw itself out by doing badly.
In all these cases, Scotland and Tunisia have proven their position that they always get out of the group.
