Scotland's John McGinn says his "scuffed" goal which downed Haiti in their World Cup opener leaves him "beaming with pride".
John McGinn's goal was enough as Scotland beat Haiti 1-0 at the Boston Stadium to record their first win at a World Cup for 36 years.
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Scotland claimed their first World Cup win since 1990 as they beat Haiti 1-0 in their Group C opener thanks to John McGinn's first-half goal.
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John McGinn scored the game’s only goal as Scotland sealed a vital win in their opening game of the World Cup
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This all proved rather difficult to evaluate as the dust settled. Scotland’s fifth win at a World Cup finals should have been a cause for epic celebration. Victory over Haiti meant this is a team not guaranteed to receive a bloody nose against lesser nations after all. More than 10,000 days after limping out of the World Cup in France, Scotland returned to …
