Beckham's supersized wine glass steals the show as Scotland fall to Brazil

Sir David Beckham inadvertently became one of the talking points of Scotland’s World Cup group-stage clash with Brazil on Wednesday night, after cameras caught the Manchester United legend drinking from a supersized glass of red wine in the stands at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.

The England icon cut his usual stylish figure as he watched from the seats, but it was the sheer scale of his wine glass that sent social media into a spin. “David Beckham with a fishbowl of red wine,” one fan posted, while another wrote: “Did everyone see David Beckham take the biggest swig of red wine from the biggest glass ever?” With temperatures in Miami soaring well past 30°C, a third fan questioned the choice entirely: “Red wine a mad choice in that humidity from David Beckham.”

On the pitch, Scotland endured a difficult evening against Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil side. An early defensive error from Scott McKenna gifted the five-time world champions the opener, and Vinicius Jr. doubled the lead before half-time. Manchester United forward Matheus Cunha added a third after the break to seal a comfortable victory.

The result leaves Scotland’s hopes of reaching the knockout stages in serious jeopardy. Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn was candid in his post-match assessment, acknowledging the scale of the task now facing his side.

“It’s the way I feel now,” McGinn said after the final whistle. “It’s not the way you want to go out either. We’ll probably hurt tonight, hurt tomorrow and then just keep our fingers crossed.”

“If we go into the last 32, if we get a miracle, we’ll need to be better, we know that. If you don’t take care of the ball in the big moments and you make mistakes, you get punished — that’s club or international football.”

McGinn admitted the defeat was largely self-inflicted, adding: “I don’t think overall they opened us up too many times, it was sort of self-inflicted mistakes and I think the scoreline was a fair one. We need a lot to go our way. We will hope, but what we do need to be if we manage to get through is be a lot better.”