The electric Real Madrid ⁠forward opened the scoring courtesy of ​a Scottish mix-up in the seventh ​minute and added his second with a header in first-half stoppage time before Matheus Cunha ​rounded out the scoring on the ​hour mark.

The comfortable win, which featured the return ‌after ⁠a long absence of Neymar, combined with Morocco’s 4-2 win over Haiti, put Brazil on the road to Houston, ​where they ​will meet ⁠the Netherlands, Japan or Sweden next Monday.

Scotland, who disappointed their ​Tartan Army with a timid ​and ⁠error-prone display in the first half, will now hope to advance as one ⁠of ​the eight third-placed teams ​with the best records over the 12 groups.