The national coach of Scotland, Steve Clarke, assured this Thursday, after the 2-0 defeat at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville against Spain (2-0) in the qualifying match for Euro 2024, that the goal was not allowed for them in it’s that time. mark and with a 0-0 draw “changed the dynamic of the match”.
“I think the team played very well and we are sad about the failure, because we came to qualify and we have not achieved it,” highlighted the Scottish coach in the press room of the Sevillian stadium, where he insisted on regretting that goal that hopefully 0 -1.
“At first you think it’s a goal, but when they told the referee to look at it, I saw that he was going to disallow it. It was a moment of confusion, if it had been offside, very fair, or a foul. , but in anything the goalkeeper wouldn’t stop it,” he said of the game in which Scott McTominay scored after taking a lateral free kick that went straight in.
Clarke added that “it’s not worth continuing and the team will move on.”
“We came here to show that we are a good team and Spain know that we are a good team. This was the first missed opportunity and now we have another,” said the Scottish coach, reiterating that they is “failed” but that they will overcome it.
“One of our challenges is to come here and be competitive against one of the best teams in Europe,” said Clarke, who noted that Spain had improved since they lost 2-0 in Glasgow in March, and adding that “that night in March was in Scotland and tonight is in Spain.”
The coach also highlighted the emergence of Granada winger Bryan Zaragoza and said “he has a lot of talent. In Spain you are very lucky because you have a lot of good players and this is another one.”
Source: La Verdad
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