'Think we're going home' - Clarke & McGinn rue Scotland mistakes
Scotland will have to wait until potentially the early hours of Sunday to find out if their World Cup campaign will continue, but midfielder John McGinn suspects that is "unlikely" and head coach Steve Clarke suspects they are "going home".
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"It's unlikely [that we qualify] but we'll wait and see."
— John McGinn , Athlete
"We made it difficult for ourselves, that's it."
— Steve Clarke , Athlete
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Scotland will have to wait until potentially the early hours of Sunday to find out if their World Cup campaign will continue, but midfielder John McGinn suspects that is "unlikely" and head coach Steve Clarke suspects they are "going home".
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