The Scottish team will play in the next edition of the Nations League among the 16 best teams on the continent after confirming promotion to League A on Tuesday by drawing 0-0 against Ukraine in Krakow (Poland) in a clash in which the British They shone as before in defence.
If last Wednesday in Glasgow Steve Clarke’s men appealed to their greatest intensity to beat the Ukrainian team 3-0, this Tuesday in Poland, where Ukraine was forced to play their home games because of the war, they let themselves in defense.
A good defensive work that made it possible for Scotland to hardly receive clear scoring opportunities and where the legs of the Scottish defenders always appeared the figure of goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
Gordon, key to 39 years old
Hearts’ veteran goalkeeper, who turns 40 next December, prevented the Ukrainian’s victory by clearing in the 49th minute a long shot from Mykhailo Mudryk that seemed destined for goal.
Stops that allowed Clarke’s men to confirm promotion to the first category of a Nations League started by the Scots in its first edition, played in the 2018/19 academic year, in the Third Division, League C. Now they have completed their second ascent. in three editions.
Source: La Verdad
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