There are but a handful of Scottish players who actually know what it feels like to come up against the might of Brazil on the big stage. Even fewer have actually celebrated a victory. No, really. It’s true.Ok, so it may have been at Under-20 level, but ahead of Wednesday’s clash with the World Cup’s most successful nation, we’ll take any positive omen going.Especially when one of the men in that team which recorded Scotland’s first — and only — win over the Selecao at any level during the prestigious Toulon tournament back in 2017 will be looking to maintain his winning record against the same opposition in Miami this week.Anthony Ralston made history for Scotland that summer, but it would be another three months before the teenager would make a proper name for himself. Against a Brazilian, as luck would have it.As a fresh-faced 18-year-old, Celtic right-back Ralston was given the thankless task of keeping tabs on a chap by the name of Neymar Jr in a Champions League group stage encounter at Parkhead.The same Neymar who’d just become the world’s most expensive signing after making the £200million move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. A nice straightforward first start in Europe’s premier competition for Ralston, then. Anthony Ralston went toe-to-toe with Neymar on his Champions League debut for CelticThe teenager wasted no time in letting the samba superstar know he was there, clattering him from behind with a couple of minutes on the clock. Then again shortly after. Then again for good measure.Not a bad way to settle any early nerves, if indeed there were any.Needless to say, Ralston was quickly put back in his place as Neymar ghosted in behind him on the 19-minute mark before dinking over the onrushing Craig Gordon to put the French side in front.Neymar was at the heart of PSG’s second as well, rising unchallenged at the back post to head across goal for Kylian Mbappe to sweep home before Edinson Cavani’s penalty killed the contest before the interval.The Uruguayan would add another to his tally late on after Mikael Lustig’s own goal to hand Celtic their biggest-ever home European defeat.The game is remembered in these parts, however, not for the visitors’ quite masterful display, but rather for the ding-dong battle between Ralston and Neymar.Images of the Celtic man laughing in the face of his counterpart after crunching through him for the umpteenth time remain iconic to this day.Now, whether Neymar was truly rattled by the youngster is up for debate. He did, after all, raise three fingers in Ralston’s direction at 3-0 and blow him a kiss to rub it in. Ralston had his hands full against Morocco captain Achraf Hakimi on Friday nightThe fact he registered a goal and an assist in the first 40 minutes also add to the strong case that he wasn’t particularly perturbed, even if he did refuse to shake hands at full-time.Perhaps things will be chummier between the pair when they meet again in Florida later this week.The selection of Neymar for this World Cup certainly raised a few eyebrows, although — somewhat ironically — not those of Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti, who was willing to look past the 34-year-old’s recent injury troubles to give him one more crack at lifting the most famous trophy in football at what will likely be his last appearance on this stage.The Santos forward hasn’t booted a ball in anger since the middle of May, and wasn’t even in the matchday squad for Brazil’s opening draw with Morocco or subsequent 3-0 win over Haiti. In fact, he didn’t even bother travelling with the team in order to focus on his rehab, a move which prompted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to compare the former Barcelona star to a ‘remote worker’.But with Raphinha set to be rested after pulling up with a hamstring problem against the Caribbean side, Neymar might be given the chance to prove his manager right and prove everyone else wrong. And that could set things up for a Ralston rematch.Now, the smart money would be on Aaron Hickey being brought back in to deal with whoever lines up on his side of the pitch, but you never quite know what Steve Clarke is thinking. His team selection against Morocco on Friday night caught most people off guard — albeit not anyone playing for the opposition, sadly. Neymar is in line to feature for Brazil against Scotland after recovering from a calf injuryRalston came on for Nathan Patterson against the North Africans and acquitted himself well. The thought of going toe-to-toe with Neymar — or even Vinicius Jr — isn’t going to spook him.Hickey is still searching for peak fitness after missing most of last season through injury for Brentford, and is unlikely to play the full 90, meaning Ralston — even if he doesn’t start — could potentially be called upon at some stage as part of either a four or five-man defence.There’s no point in Scotland trying to play Brazil — even this mind-numbingly dull version — at their own game. It might sound archaic, but the truth is that restricting the space and getting in about them is the way to go.Ralston’s style is…uncompromising, let’s say. But do you know what? That might be exactly what we need.Neymar, you’ve been warned…