Scotland U17s suffer nightmare Euro opener as Brian McLaughlin's side hammered by Portugal
dailyrecord.co.ukScotland got their Euros Under 17s Finals campaign off to a disastrous start after they were pummelled by Portugal in Israel.Brian McLaughlin's side are the only British nation at the Finals and hopes were high after two fine qualifying campaigns.But they lost a goal in the eighth minute and it was an uphill struggle from there in Lod after trailing 3-0 by the interval.Celtic youngster Magnus Mackenzie netted a fine goal to reduce the deficit, but naive defending when they were trying to chase the game saw the talented Portuguese add two more goals in what was a harsh lesson for the Scottish youngsters, who were outclassed.
Scotland got off to the worst possible start when they went a goal down after just eight minutes. An ambitious overhead kick from Jose Rodrigues was blocked by Manchester United 's Louis Jackson and fell perfectly for Portugal and Benfica starlet Ivan Lima, who lashed the ball into the net past Rangers keeper Jacob Pazikas.
And the young Scots were undone again in the 26th minute when Lima put on the burners to escape from Rangers ' Greig Allen on the left wing and Braga's Rodrigues gave Pazikas no chance.
Scotland were unable to deal with the pace of the Portuguese attack and the third goal wasn't pretty viewing for another Manchester United defender Jack Kingdon.
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