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ANDY ROBERTSON MARKED his 80th cap with a sensational stoppage-time winner in Poland to retain Scotland ’s hopes of staying in the top level of the UEFA Nations League .
Scotland hit the frame of the goal through Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominay in an end-to-end first half before Poland levelled in the 59th minute through Kamil Piatkowski’s powerful strike. Scotland are looking for Georgia or Estonia to grab some sort of result away to Czechia and Slovakia respectively on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Northern Ireland saw a two-goal lead disappear in the space of three minutes but a 2-2 Nations League draw with Luxembourg was still enough for Michael O’Neill’s side to earn promotion as winners of Group 3C.
O’Neill made two changes from Friday’s 2-0 win over Belarus in Belfast, one enforced, and together they brought the average age down to 22.2 – Northern Ireland’s youngest starting XI since World War II. Northern Ireland’s midfield pairing of Shea Charles and Ali McCann were again effective in winning back possession, and in doing so set up another chance in the 18th minute, but Price could not stretch to meet Galbraith’s low cross.This time Bradley won possession, Shea Charles swept it forward and, after a neat step over from Dion Charles, Price bent it into the bottom corner of the net with a first-time shot, his fourth goal in his last six and sixth overall for his country.
Bradley’s header from Price’s cross should have been routine for the goalkeeper but Pereira somehow let it squirm past him – giving Bradley the 100th Northern Ireland goal of O’Neill’s two spells in charge.
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