Scotland

On the upcoming game against Morocco, Scotland striker Lyndon Dykes said: "Confident. It's going to be a difficult game game like every game in this difficult tournament, but we're in high spirits and all looking forward to it.

"We need to take every game as it comes and embrace them. They're going to be difficult, but I believe in my team and myself. I'm sure everyone else does as well."

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It has been positive vibes only from the Scotland camp, especially after the win over Haiti, even if the display was unconvincing.

That is no different today, it seems, with Lyndon Dykes.

The result was clearly the priority, which is understandable, but that level of performance again would make things very challenging against Morocco on Friday.

Scotland

On what it was like coming on from off the bench against Haiti in Scotland's opening game of the World Cup, Lyndon Dykes said: "Amazing. Obviously it’s a big game for us and when I came on I just wanted to try and impact the game and help us get the win.

"It was a great performance because we got the three points."

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Lyndon Dykes has arrived!

Just the six minutes late, we'll take that.

Scott McKenna would certainly offer Scotland more pace in the backline.

Looking at Morocco's goal against Brazil on Saturday, they might need that!

The Dinamo Zagreb centre-back also provides a bit of balance, given he is left footed.

However, Grant Hanley and Jack Hendry were among Scotand's better performers against Haiti, so it could prove to be a difficult area to get into for the former Aberdeen defender.

Jane Lewis
BBC Sport Scotland in Charlotte

After a down day for the Scotland players on Monday, they’ve been back out on the Charlotte FC training pitch and there's a boost for head coach Steve Clarke.

Defender Scott McKenna has joined in with the rest of his team-mates for the first time since they arrived here in North Carolina.

That’s a welcome sight for Clarke and his backroom staff as he ponders his approach for the Morocco match on Friday.

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Meanwhile, we have been looking at the bizarre rise of Scotland's unofficial anthem.

The sight of tens of thousands of Scotland supporters belting out 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' at Boston Red Sox's famous Fenway Park was one of the most wonderfully bonkers moments of this World Cup.

So how did a 1977 hit from Spanish disco duo Baccara become part of the Tartan Army soundtrack?

It's a tale of an Aberdeen defender, a baby being born, a stag do in drag and an amateur pop video.

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You should have an option to 'watch live' at the top of this feed, with the hope that Lyndon Dykes will be seated by about 17:30 BST.

Feel free to watch and listen to the Scotland striker while we provide the best of his quotes on this feed.

Lyndon Dykes' status as a Scotland starter has started to wane in recent times, but the striker's return of 10 goals in 52 caps makes for impressive reading.

The big forward has his critics, but he switched his international allegiance to the Scots and a crucial time and has been a vital part of a team that has now made three tournaments.

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Will Dykes return to the starting line-up to face Morocco in Boston on Friday night?

It's fair to say Lawrence Shankland did not make the kind of impact he would have hoped for against Haiti alongside Che Adams, and there is an expectation that Steve Clarke will revert to a lone striker to beef up the midfield against the Moroccans.

Former Scotland winger Neil McCann suggests Lyndon Dykes is best suited to the role.

"He gets knock-downs, he holds it up for Scott McTominay and John McGinn to get beyond," he said.

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So that's all of this evening's games previewed, shall we head to the Scotland camp?

Striker Lyndon Dykes will be on media duties shortly. We will bring you the latest from that here as it happens.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport journalist

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When they face world champions Argentina in their final group match on 27 June, it may be Jordan's own World Cup final.

But it will also be the deserved destination after decades of dreams, changing strategies, near misses and surprising managerial appointments – including two English football stalwarts.

Jordan are one of four nations making their debut at the 2026 World Cup, with the country mad about football but lacking the success to match.

This first appearance on football's biggest stage has been a long time coming.

Yes, Jordan have benefited from the World Cup becoming a 48-team tournament, but qualification still has to be earned - just ask Italy.

For a country of just over 11 million people – 0.7% of the population of China, a continental rival who will not be at the World Cup – to reach their debut World Cup is no mean feat for Jordan.

"This achievement comes after years of hard work from players and the Jordan FA," said Sellami, after the team's place in the final was made certain with a 3-0 win over Oman.

"This historic qualification is for all the people who believed in us."

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I had actually forgotten until reading up on this that Harry Redknapp briefly took charge of Jordan in 2016.

The former Spurs and West Ham manager accepted the role on an interim basis for two crucial World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Australia.

His side won their first game 8-0 but suffered a 5-1 defeat to the Socceroos which extinguished any hopes of reaching the 2018 tournament.

"They were on a different level to us," said Redknapp after the match.

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Jordan are not in this World Cup to make up the numbers.

Their counter-attacking style is well suited to tournament football and they have have dispatched teams with greater pedigree in the past few years to reach both the Asian and Arab Cup finals.

The nucleus of this squad have played together for a number of years and they scored a national record of 32 goals during the qualification campaign.

Unfortunately, their star striker Yazan Al-Naimat is out after suffering a serious knee injury in December. The target man scored nine goals in qualifying and head coach Jamal Sellami says he "cannot be replaced".

Rennes winger Musa Al-Tamari is the only member of this squad playing in a major European league. He has occasionally been dubbed 'the Jordanian Messi' and will have a chance to meet the legend himself at the end of June when they face Argentina in the group stage.

Standing at 205 cm (6ft 9in), Austria goalkeeper Florian Wiegele is the tallest player at the World Cup.

He is 44 cm (around 17 inches) taller than the shortest player, Cesar Yanis of Panama, who is listed by Fifa as 160 cm (5ft 3in).

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Austria will return to the World Cup after a 28 year hiatus against debutantes Jordan.

This will be their eighth World Cup appearance, with their best result a third-place finish in 1954.

But four years into the transformative tenure of experienced head coach Ralf Rangnick, 'Das Team' have loftier ambitions than simply being this summer's great entertainers.

The experience of David Alaba, Marko Arnautovic and Konrad Laimer - some of the nation's greatest ever players - could be crucial in clutch moments.

They have numerous high-quality options in midfield. RB Leipzig's Nicolas Seiwald is a superb anchor, while Marcel Sabitzer offers a goalscoring threat behind the striker.

But they are short of elite attackers and the injury that ruled out Christoph Baumgartner has deprived them of a potential source of goals in this tournament.

Helen Willetts
BBC Weather

Sea fog has been plaguing local coasts and that makes a June day feel cool ahead of Austria v Jordan at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium.

But aside from the low cloud in coastal areas, the weather is set to be fair and warm well into the evening for the late kick-off.

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BBC Sport journalist

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Algeria are a team that, on their day, are wonderful to watch. They have attacking talent in spades, ranging from the old hand Riyad Mahrez to the emerging Ibrahim Maza.

Vladimir Petkovic, the ballsy Bosnian who worked wonders with Switzerland, places a strong emphasis on fitness and is eyeing up second place in the group.

His usual 4-2-3-1 set-up invites full-backs Rayan Ait-Nouri and Rafik Belghali to attack with speed while two deeper midfielders sit in to protect a centre-back pairing that lacks pace, although a flatter 4-1-4-1 approach is also possible.

The Fennecs (Desert Foxes) advanced from the group stage in their previous World Cup in 2014. They might not replicate their fierce rivals Morocco's run to the semis in 2022, but don't be surprised if Algeria turn a few heads this summer.

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At Germany 2006, 18-year-old Lionel Messi became the youngest player to play and score for Argentina at a World Cup finals.

In 2010, Messi blanked as the World Cup campaign of Diego Maradona's Argentina ended in quarter-finals defeat by Germany.

Messi captained Argentina to the final at Brazil 2014. They lost to Germany, again, but Messi was awarded the Golden Ball.

In Russia in 2018, Messi scored once as Argentina progressed to the round of 16, when they were knocked out by France.

Qatar 2022 would be the pinnacle of Messi's World Cup career (so far?). He became the first player to be awarded the Golden Ball twice as he scored seven goals to help Argentina to win their third World Cup trophy.

Messi's long-term rival Cristiano Ronaldo could also register his sixth World Cup finals appearance when Portugal face DR Congo tomorrow but the fixture scheduling means that it's Messi who gets the chance to be that historic first player...

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Jose Manuel Lopez, who plays for Palmeiras, is the first Brazil-based player to be called up for an Argentina World Cup squad in 20 years.

Who were the last two, I hear you ask?

Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, who were both at Corinthians.