{"id":709982,"date":"2026-06-17T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709982\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:01:13","slug":"world-cup-scotland-news-conference-before-fridays-match-with-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709982\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup: Scotland news conference before Friday&#8217;s match with Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strictly business for Scotland &#8211; McGinnpublished at 17:28 BST<\/p>\n<p>17:28 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0640b6e1-f4af-45a0-9fd4-55203b565508.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Scotland<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After scoring the goal against Haiti which gave Scotland their first World Cup win since 1990, John McGinn says the squad are not getting ahead of themselves as they meet Morocco on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There is a business feel in the camp,&#8221; the Aston Villa midfielder said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We were gutted after Germany [Euro 2024]. I know the fans had a great experience, just being back at a major tournament with fans. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But we left with an emptiness and feeling of could we have done x, y or z differently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;What we did now by winning the [qualifying] group was we had time to prepare properly and in the best possible way. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We\u2019ve left no stone unturned and the staff have been first class. The players are focussed on doing the job in hand. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If we do achieve something special we will celebrate it, but until that is achieved we will purely be on business here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scotland's John McGinn celebrates following the FIFA World Cup Group C match at the Boston Stadium, Foxborough.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/22f66a69-b2d7-4994-8502-02bafa04d9a6.jpg.webp\"  width=\"3405\" height=\"1914\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, PA Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strictly business for Scotland &#8211; McGinnpublished at 17:28 BST 17:28 BST Scotland After scoring the goal against Haiti&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-709982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}