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George Bernard Shaw once described patriotism as “fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it” – not so much love of one’s country, more an extreme form of self-love.

Italia 1990. Stadio delle Alpi, Turin. Scotland vs Brazil. The weather was hot with showers; the ground a fiesta of flags. Outside, the Tartan Army danced in the rain to samba music blaring from a bus. Inside, fans covered their eyes, hardly daring to hope as the game minutes ticked by without a goal. Then, with less than 10 minutes to go, Luis Muller struck, goalkeeper Jim Leighton fumbled and it was (more or less) over. 1-0 to Brazil. Scotland were going home.

The road to Hampden has become a familiar one for most Aberdeen players in recent years but it’s been a tortuous path to the national stadium for their current leading goalscorer, Sam Cosgrove.

In what Hearts manager Craig Levein has described as a rollercoaster season, there is still scope for the Gorgie manager to turn recent criticism on its head as his team gear up for an exciting finish to the campaign.