Scotland manager Steve Clarke admits his nerves were on edge in the friendly win over Gibraltar, and he also gave an update on a call-up for Tommy…
manager Steve Clarke admits he ‘s**t’ himself when Liam Cooper went down injured in the friendly win over Gibraltar, with the national team head coach on edge after a raft of withdrawals from his squad for the European Championships.
“I s**t myself. Of course I was worried. Every time someone goes down, you get a collision, you stay down. You get some who try to pull the wool over the referee’s eyes, but Liam doesn’t stay down very often. Scotland laboured to break the deadlock against Gibraltar, passing up a series of golden opportunities, and Clarke gave his strongest hint yet that he could look to Conway to give him another option at the top of the field.“I‘ve still got to sit down with John and James and Austin and Chris Woods and just have a little chat through and try to come up with something that will help us now going into this tournament. That’s for tomorrow.
Despite the profligacy of his side, Clarke was pleased enough with the runout on a sticky surface at the Estadio Algarve, particularly after going seven games without a win prior to this friendly.“I don’t think Zander had too many touches of the ball. Maybe a dozen at most. We came here as a training exercise and created a lot of chances.
“I told them not to panic at half time and they didn’t panic. We scored two good goals – well, one good goal, Che’s was a good goal, Ryan’s was a bit scrappy. But it was the kind of goal that was going to open the game up, or a set play.Clarke meanwhile revealed that youngster Ben Doak had been left off the bench in Faro as a precaution.
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