Ryan Christie believes Scotland want to regulate their targets and mindset if they’re to progress to the later phases of the World Cup.
Scotland certified for the World Cup for the primary time since 1998 with a 1-0 win over Haiti and moved to the highest of Group C after Brazil drew with Morocco.
On Friday, Steve Clarke’s facet face Morocco on the Boston Stadium and want simply three factors to seal their place within the spherical of 32. They’ve by no means made it previous the group stage.
In keeping with supercomputer Opta, Scotland have an 80.7% probability of progressing to the finals and a 15.3% probability of ending prime of their group.
Christie is assured Scotland can obtain a end result towards Morocco, however insists they want the proper mindset to take action.
Requested if Scotland might beat Morocco, Christie stated: “After all. I feel you must suppose that approach, particularly after the primary end result towards Haiti.”
“We’re attempting to not get too far forward of ourselves, however on the similar time we’ve bought to take some confidence out of it and trip the wave slightly bit.
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“Now we have to maintain these numbers (targets conceded) as little as doable and do our half after we get the possibility to wreck them.
“Even enjoying within the World Cup was a dream come true, however I’ve to shortly regulate my targets and regulate my mindset.
“Not solely are you content to be right here, however you need to proceed creating and pushing the bounds. The director has at all times saved my toes on the ground.”
The one earlier assembly between Morocco and Scotland was within the group stage in 1998, with Morocco successful 3-0, their largest victory on the World Cup so far.
Scotland have gained eight of their final 11 aggressive matches (D1 L2), together with 5 of their final six (L1).
The one crew to beat them on this match is Greece, who gained 3-0 within the Nations League in March 2025 and 3-2 within the World Cup qualifiers in November 2025.
Nonetheless, Morocco have misplaced simply one in all their final six World Cup group stage matches (W2 D3) towards European opponents – a 1-0 defeat towards Portugal in 2018.
