Gilmour suffered a knee injury in Saturday;s warm-up match against Curacao ...
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Smallest nation to reach a World Cup will be guided by the oldest coach in Dick Advocaat ...
Ecuador were drawn in Group E and will face the Ivory Coast (June 15), Curacao (June 21) and Germany (June 25).
They build them tough up in Queensland, but there will probably always be a part of Lyndon Dykes which will never get over the cruellest of hands the football Gods dealt him two years ago.
Gilmour suffered a knee injury in the friendly against Curacao and was ruled out of the tournament ...
The midfielder picked up a knock in the friendly win over Curacao at Hampden Park on Saturday ...
The manager admitted he is "100 per cent worried" after the Napoli midfielder went down clutching his right knee against Curacao.
Given the boos which rang out during the friendly defeats in March, a World Cup send-off at Hampden against the Caribbean minnows of Curacao looked like a potential banana skin for Scotland.
Thank heavens Lawrence Shankland found his shooting boots just before the hour and gave 10-man Curacao what for.
Scotland got the World Cup send-off Steve Clarke so badly wanted as an excited Hampden crowd cheered their heroes to a 4-1 win over the island nation of Curacao.