Gemmill’s kids dump boys from Brazil for a famous win
SCOTLAND beat Brazil for the first time at any level in the Toulon Tournament yesterday.
Greg Taylor’s stunning goal handed the youngsters a deserved and famous win.
The Scots had previously faced the South American superstars 10 times and had yet to taste victory.
But Scot Gemmill’s kids produced a brilliant display against a Brazilian side who were so thoroughly smothered by the hard-working Scots, they failed to muster a single shot on target.
Scotland, who had lost their opening game to Czech Republic, now face Indonesia on Tuesday with a chance of reaching the semi-finals.
Gemmill hailed a magnificent display from his kids against the nine-times winners of the tournament.
He said: “I’m so proud of the players. We challenged them before the game to execute our game plan and they did it chance in the 25th minute when Kyle Magennis released Burke, who again sprinted clear. But, with just keeper Phelipe Megiolaro to beat, the Red Bull Leipzig starlet was denied by a fine save by the Gremio shot-stopper.
But Scotland stunned the South Americans with a thoroughly-deserved goal four minutes before the interval
Burke collected the ball on the left wing, made progress in the box before he spotted a run being made by Taylor. He produced a quite stunning finish into the top of the net, Brazilian-like in its quality, to seal a glorious win.
Scotland (4-2-3-1) – Ruddy ( Wolves); Ralston (Celtic), Iacovitti (Nottm F.), McCart (Celtic), Taylor (Kilmarnock); Wilson (Kilmarnock), Sammut (Chelsea) (McCrorie, Rangers 62); Magennis (St Mirren) (Holsgrove, Reading 62), Frizzell (Kilmarnock) ( Thomson, Celtic 80), Wighton (Dundee); Burke (RB Leipzig) (Hardie, Rangers 70).