Australia's Scottish-born star Harry Souttar has admitted he is already struggling with the heat after the Socceroos became the first side to arrive for the World Cup.
Scotland kick off their campaign in less than a month's time in the USA, where they will play against Haiti, Morocco and Brazil. Steve Clarke's side will first go to Florida for a training camp after they face Curacao later this month.
Australia are already in Florida, and Leicester City ace Souttar - brother of Scotland defender John - has already admitted he is struggling to acclimatise. He said: "The one thing is the heat adjustment, the climate adjustment.
"As you can probably see, I’m absolutely sweating standing in the 30-degree heat here.
"That side of training makes it a little bit difficult. But to get out a month and a bit earlier, before the first game and get us acclimatised, it’s going to stand us in really good stead.
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"Again, getting all the lads, seeing all the lads around the hotel, just being like one big family really, like it always has been in camp, laughing and joking and feeling relaxed with each other.
"But the one thing about this group, and it always has been, is when it’s time to get serious, it gets serious. Everyone knows, when they step over that white line, it’s business. And yeah, I think that’s a really good strength of our squad.
"Life outside the pitch is really good. I have got a really good group around me in terms of family and friends and stuff, and obviously my fiancé as well. So that side of things made it a whole lot easier.
“We’ve almost got a month and a half after our season’s finished, and we can kind of train as a group and work as a squad on game plans and in different game situations and training."
