Scott McTominay scored twice as Scotland claimed a well-known 2-0 victory over Spain at Hampden Park in Euro 2024 qualifying on Tuesday, whereas Croatia gained in Turkey.
Steve Clarke’s Scotland gained their opening match in Group A 3-0 towards Cyprus on Saturday however usurped that end result with a surprising efficiency towards three-time European champions Spain.
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It was their first victory over Spain since 1984 and doubtless their greatest end result since beating France in 2007.
“The supervisor stated earlier than getting on the bus for the stadium: ‘This is your likelihood to create a legacy as a Scotland participant’,” stated McTominay.
“These are the type of nights in 20-30 years you keep in mind as a participant. When you watch again the sport you say I used to be there. It’s what the sport is about.” Manchester United midfielder McTominay gave the hosts a dream begin by slotting dwelling Andrew Robertson’s cutback within the seventh minute.
Ryan Christie went near a second earlier than Joselu, who scored twice on his debut towards Norway on the weekend, hit the crossbar for Spain.
Scott McTominay bagged a double for Scotland of their gorgeous win over Spain. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
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Lyndon Dykes missed a golden likelihood to double the Scots’ benefit in first-half added time, however dinked the ball over the bar after racing via on purpose.
McTominay made no such mistake six minutes after the restart, although, drilling dwelling a fantastic left-footed volley after wonderful work from Kieran Tierney.
Spain piled on late stress however didn’t create many clear-cut probabilities as Scotland held on to the delight of a raucous crowd in Glasgow.
The loss is a severe early setback for brand new Spain coach Luis de la Fuente who took over from Luis Enrique following a World Cup last-16 exit to Morocco.
“It’s clear that the 2 probabilities they’d they put away and we tried, we hit the woodwork twice, we had lots of probabilities, above all within the first half,” Spain midfielder Rodri instructed Teledeporte.
“We have to enhance these lapses, and these items that price us towards these groups.” Scotland are high of a tough Group A that additionally contains Erling Haaland’s Norway and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s Georgia.
FULL EURO 2024 QUALIFYING RESULTS
George 1-1 Norway
Wales 1-0 Latvia
Romania 2-1 Belarus
Switzerland 3-0 Israel
Kosovo 1-1 Andorra
Turkey 0-2 Croatia
Scotland 2-0 Spain
