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Scotland lose 1-0 to Morocco in World Cup

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Jenny has a round-up of the match. Pictures from BBC Sport.

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Scotland faced Morocco in their second game in the group stages of the World Cup.

Just over a minute into the game Morocco's Ismael Saibari scored, putting them 1-0 up.

Although Scotland fought hard and created chances, they weren't able to equalise.

But after beating Haiti in their first game, they could still win a place in the knockout rounds if there's a good result against Brazil in Miami on Wednesday.

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Scotland won 1-0 over Haiti in their first game in the group stages

Morocco are ranked as the sixth best team in the world and are also winners of the Africa Cup of Nations, so this game was always going to be tough.

Many Scotland fans were also frustrated not to get two second-half penalties after John McGinn and Scott McTominay went down - but the referee waved their calls away.

The Tartan Army are still optimistic, with one young Scotland fan telling BBC Sport Scotland: "I thought it was going to be way more, like 3-0. It's actually a really good result."

They'll need to draw or at least avoid a heavy defeat, against five-time winners Brazil to make it to the knock-out stage of a World Cup for the very first time.