A penalty modified by Oliver Antman Five minutes from the end he avoided Finland’s defeat and Scotland’s victory, thanks to its captain Andrew Robertson They had a two-goal lead that slipped to the end at Hampden Park in Glasgow (2-2).
Two decisive displays by captain Andrew Robertson ended five minutes of Finland’s initial resistance, which reacted in the second half and prevented the team from rushing to victory. Steve Clarke in their final match in preparation for Euro 2024.
Not enough improvement
With a week to go before the start of the continental tournament, facing Germany in the opening match on the 14th, Scotland improved their face against an opponent who was not in the last stage.
The draw in Finland adds to Monday’s poor 0-2 victory against Gibraltar, one of Europe’s weakest.
The goals, after the break
The clash broke off at the start of the second half. In five minutes. First, thank you own goal by Arttu Hoskonen who intercepted a pass from the Liverpool defender’s left Robertson and put the ball in the net.
The second, which strengthened the local advantage, was born in a counterattack that ended with another accurate pass in the area by the ‘red’ side that took advantage, with a header, Lawrence Shakland to beat goalkeeper Jesse Joronen.
However, Finland did not give any ease, because they did not give up. He closed the gap and questioned the Scottish victory with a goal Benjamin Kallman a quarter of an hour from the end.
The Scottish woes did not end there as there was a foul inside the penalty area Craig Gordon resulted in a penalty, in the 85th minute, which he successfully executed Oliver Antman to give the tie to Finland and deny victory to Scotland, who were placed in the Eurocup in Group A, along with Germany, Hungary and Switzerland.
Source: La Verdad
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