Scotland captain Andy Robertson to play for former teammate Diogo Jota at World Cup

[p]After [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/scotland/fZRU25WH/"]‌Scotland[/a] sealed World Cup qualification in November, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]‌Robertson[/a] had said his thoughts immediately turned to ‌Jota, who died aged 28 in a ‌car accident last July.[/p][p]On Monday, Robertson shared a message from Rute Cardoso as part of FIFA's 'Letters That ‌Unite' feature.[/p][p][b]"[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diogo-jota/lr5I22zF/"]Diogo[/a] often spoke of you, ⁠of the friendship ‌you built, the battles you fought together, the challenges, ​the laughter, the conversations about football and about dreams,"[/b] the letter read.[/p][p]"The World ​Cup was one of those dreams, a dream that the two of you nurtured side ⁠by side with ​the same passion with which you took to the pitch.[/p][embed guid="5f0f843e-6050-47a5-b8ad-c78081263e88" url="https://x.com/JacobsBen/status/2064037760433053826" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"When I heard your words and learnt what you felt on that day when ‌Scotland qualified for the World Cup after so many years of waiting, I realised that Diogo never truly left the pitch.[/b][/p][p]"By achieving that moment and securing your place at the World Cup, you won’t be going alone; you'll be taking his dream with you too."[/p][p]After reading the letter, Robertson said Jota would be ‌at the front of his mind when ​he leads Scotland at their first World ‌Cup in 28 years.[/p][p][b]"I'm not only just playing for me, I'm playing for both of us," [/b]he added.[/p][p]Scotland open their Group C campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/haiti/nk4v10Z1/"]Haiti[/a] in Boston [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/haiti-nk4v10Z1/scotland-fZRU25WH/?mid=QBBoaW63"]on ⁠June 13[/a] before taking ⁠on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]‌Brazil[/a].[/p]