Bring on Neymar - Hendry relishing prospect of facing Brazil

Jack Hendry came up against Neymar playing for Club Brugge [Getty Images] Jack Hendry says he'll "look forward to" coming up against Neymar should Brazil's superstar forward make his first appearance of this World Cup on Wednesday - and the Scotland centre-half believes his previous experience of playing against him will stand him in good stead. The Santos 34-year-old, who has scored 79 goals in 128 appearances for Brazil, has not played for the five-time champions at this tournament due to the calf injury, but head coach Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed he is fit to play against Scotland in Miami on Wednesday. And Al-Ettifaq 31-year-old Hendry insists he will be ready for the challenge. "I'll have no problem," he said. "Obviously he was out in the league I was in. I'm quite comfortable coming up against Neymar. It should there be a really good battle and if he does play then I'll look forward to it. "Obviously I think he got injured out in Saudi, he did get his ACL, which was unfortunate. I would have loved to have played against him more." Hendry also faced Neymar while he was playing for Club Brugge in season. "I played against him twice I think in the Champions League when he was at Paris Saint-Germain, so that was good test," he recalled. "Obviously the front three at that time were with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. That's not a bad front three, so it was a good experience and l learn a lot from playing against those top-calibre players, so I look forward to it. "You need to concentrate throughout the game playing against these calibre of players because, the second you switch off, they can punish you. "Brazil have got an amazing history and we obviously want to disrupt that on Wednesday and I think, if there's a nation to play to get to the next round, we want to do it against these type of teams, so it's going to be a great spectacle."