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Scotland stay in contention for World Cup, Dutch move closer

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October 14, 2025

Scotland ground out a 2-1 home win over Belarus on Sunday to stay in contention for automatic qualification to the 2026 World Cup, while the Netherlands closed in on securing their berth at the tournament with a win over Finland.

"We know every game from now until the end is so important," Scott McTominay told BBC Scotland after defeating Belarus.

"It's been good in terms of points picked up but we know we've got to be better than what we've shown, everybody does, me included.

"We've got to be at a higher standard than this.”

Che Adams scored the opener for the hosts on the quarter-hour at Hampden Park in an otherwise uninspiring performance by Scotland.

They thought they were due a penalty just shy of the hour for a succession of incidents in the Belarus box, including two calls for a foul and hand ball shouts going both ways, but after a lengthy VAR review the referee declined the home side’s appeals and awarded a free kick out.

Scotland then had VAR to thank on 63 minutes when Evgeni Malashevich's leveller was eventually disallowed for a foul in the buildup on Napoli Serie A winner McTominay.

In a busy sequence for the VAR officials, Adams put the ball into the Belarus net for a second time in the 70th minute, but video replays confirmed the original on-field decision that the Torino man was offside.

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