Scotland’s John McGinn celebrates scoring their first purpose with Aaron Hickey and Lewis Ferguson on June 14, 2026.
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Scotland defeated Haiti 1-0 on Sunday (June 14, 2026) of their first FIFA World Cup win in 36 years. The one purpose within the match, scored by John McGinn within the twenty seventh minute, made the wind circulation in the direction of Scotland’s aspect.
Aston Villa captain McGinn fired in with the help of a deflection simply earlier than the half-hour mark on the Gillette Stadium simply outdoors Boston, which was stuffed to its 64,000 capability with a majority of Scottish followers.
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They’ve travelled to america in massive numbers to observe Scotland’s first World Cup marketing campaign since 1998, and have been in a position to rejoice a uncommon victory on the event as they go prime of Group C.
It’s Scotland’s first win at a World Cup since a 2-1 defeat of Sweden in Italy in 1990, and a primary victory at any main event in 30 years, since Euro 96.
Aside from this match, the opposite match on Sunday is Australia vs Türkiye (Group D). One other match late within the night time will probably be Germany vs Curacao (Group E).
(With inputs from AFP)
