Brazil awaits and Scotland's knockout dream hangs in the balance

Wednesday: Brazil, and a place in the knockout round

Scotland 1–0 Haiti was huge, but now the real test arrives. Your team faces Brazil on Wednesday with a place in the World Cup knockout stage on the line (1) (2) (3). Nothing is clinched yet. Steve Clarke's squad sits on a qualification tightrope, win and you are through, but the margins are razor thin.

Levein: Clarke has a dilemma for Brazil

Craig Levein sees a selection headache coming. The former Scotland manager believes Steve Clarke faces tough calls ahead of Wednesday's match, with the balance between defensive solidity and attacking ambition at the heart of it (2). Against a Brazil side that will dominate the ball, the shape Clarke picks could define the match.

Even a loss could make history, but at what cost?

Tom English at the BBC asked the question a lot of fans are quietly thinking: if Scotland lose to Brazil and still sneak through, does the performance even matter (1)? The Haiti win was nervy, the officiating was a talking point, and the attack has yet to click. History is close. How you get there is a debate that will linger.