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Scotland boss Craig Levein insists his side will learn some valuable lessons from their 2-0 friendly defeat against Brazil.
Rising teenage star Neymar bagged both goals as the South Americans dominated proceedings from start to finish.
But Levein praised the effort of his hard working troops who refused to roll over.
He said: “One thing is for certain – we won’t have any tougher friendlies than that.
“I was looking forward to playing against Brazil as much as anybody.
“I think we can play better and anyone who watches our players knows that.
“But for me this week has been about getting the players together and developing a team mentality. That showed today and we have to take into account the quality of the opposition.
“There is always a thought in the back of your mind when you are playing against the quality of opposition that we played against today that we might get turned over. But that didn’t happen.
“I was really pleased by the way the players stuck at it and worked their backsides off. I’m sure they have learned an awful lot as I did.”
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Levein added that he was not surprised by the performance of Neymar, who rightly claimed all the plaudits after an impressive display.
He said: “We knew about him beforehand.
“People were saying before the game that they were weakened because they had to bring in Neymar as back up. Well we don’t know if that is weakening any team.
“It’s not just the quality of the players – you have to give Brazil the credit for pressing the match.
“They pressed higher up the field than previously, they didn’t give our defenders any time at all to settle and play the ball to the midfield.
“So for me their athleticism equals their technical ability.”
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