Twitter Reacts to Scotland's Hilariously Horrific Defeat to Lowly Kazakhstan
Twitter erupted in a chorus of mocking tones as Scotland slumped to a hilariously humiliating defeat against lowly Kazakhstan.
The Scots, who are 40th in the FIFA World Rankings, were ultimately beaten 3-0 by the team 77 places below them in their first clash of UEFA European Qualifying Group I, in what was, by that metric, their second easiest game of the lot, behind perennial rear-bringer-uppers San Marino.
The inciting incident for this collapse could be traced back as far as you like, but the most recent harbinger seemed to be the enforced no-show of Liverpool talisman Andy Robertson...due to a dental emergency. Essentially, it was already hilarious before kick off.
Before we head right into the lions den of this shambolic showing, let's provide some context as to the relative quality of their opponents. Sure, we know they're ranked 117th in the world, but what does that mean. Well, this:
Now, that doesn't scream prestige. But then neither do the names Yuriy Pertsukh and Yan Vorogovskiy, but Alex McLeish's side still found it within themselves to make them look like world-beaters within the first ten minutes.
It was the former who opened the scoring inside three minutes, with a rifled shot into the net. And, seven minutes later, Vorogovskiy had stretched his foot out to meet a David Silva-esque pass (at least according to Gordon Strachan in the Sky Sports studio), sneaking the ball past Scott Bain to extend the lead.
Cue a crisis, and lots and lots and lots of 'Borat' jokes:
But those heady days of being just 2-0 down didn't last for long. No, no, no. No sooner had the Scottish lads trotted out to the pitch for the second period had Baktiyar Zaynutdinov risen highest to meet a (presumably Kevin De Bruyne-esque) cross to make it three. T H R E E.
Now, make no mistake, there are few international fan bases more accustomed to depressing losses than the Tartan Army, but even this felt like a new low.
So, what now for this tattered Army of Tartan? Well a drastic stitch up job, with just a two-day turnaround on the cards before they visit San Marino on Sunday in another heavyweight clash, where we'll see whether that beer has been replaced with a fresh, more embarrassing one.
So, who's the San Marino Borat?
