Disaster Index: 8.1 Entry: Fan-Team Divergence: Terminal Phase Cause: Scotland's supporters delivering a tournament-standard performance in the stands while the team fails to survive the group stage, creating a split record the country will have to file in two separate columns. Category: Structural Evidence: A mess registered against Brazil. Elimination or near-elimination from the last 32 now the operative scenario. The fans, by independent assessment, superb. The team, by the same assessment, dismal. Both things are true at the same time and the country has no established procedure for handling the combination. Historical precedent: 1978. The supporters arrived in Argentina ahead of the team. The team then arrived and played as though they had not agreed to come. Affected parties: Supporters who prepared correctly. Steve Clarke. Anyone who will be asked, at some point in the next fortnight, whether it was worth it. Immediate outlook: The campaign is not technically over. It is over in the way that matters. What remains is administrative.