This time it simply had to be all business following that embarrassing face-plant of a false start in Munich last Friday night. Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time.
More info IF you’re going to brag about being the life and soul of the party, then first you really have to turn up for it. Sure, Scotland may have been fashionably late to this tournament. Even so, the entrance they made here in Cologne last night was as bold, as brazen and as breathtaking as Steve Clarke could have wished for following that embarrassing face-plant of a false start in Munich last Friday night.
And even though ultimately it was only enough to snatch a point from the Swiss, it means they’ll still be right there, on the dance floor, when Group A reaches its climax on Sunday in Stuttgart. Scotland have arrived at Euro 2024 at last and if this is the way they mean to carry on, this summer could be heading into the wee small hours after all. Scott McTominay got it all started with an opening goal just 13 minutes in, with it then followed by a gargantuan and heroic effort until the very last kick.
At times, after Xherdan Shaqiri’s opportunistic equaliser, the tension was almost unbearable and Scotland also suffered the agony of losing Kieran Tierney to a potentially tournament-ending injury. But still they soldiered on, carrying the fight, just as they did throughout the qualifiers to get here. Truly, t.