Scotland vs Israel LIVE score and goal updates from the Nations League clash at Hampden Park

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Scotland shirts, of course they did.But even though Steve Clarke and his players flirted with the notion of dragging us to a new kind of rock bottom last night, eventually they escaped from Olomouc having dodged the bullet to end them all.By the skin of their teeth. Not that scraping a win against a third, maybe even fourth-rate Czech Republic side is anything to feel good about.

Steve Clarke insists his side were on a "hiding to nothing" as they scraped a 2-1 win against the Czech Republic in the nations league. Jakub Pesek opened the scoring for the makeshift hosts who had to call up a range of uncapped domestic players after the entire first team and coaching staff were forced into coronavirus quarantine.

Steve Clarke's international ambitions. But these are not normal times.

Steve Clarke 's side are in Olomouc on Nations League duty to face a Czech Republic side served a grim reminder of the fragility of the game's current existence.The entire squad involved in Friday's win over Slovenia have been placed into Covid-19 quarantine and an entirely new contingent has been hastily assembled in its place.Only defender Roman Hubnik and striker Stanislav Tecl have caps to their name, but have spent four and two years out of the picture, respectively.It creates a hugely unusual scenario for Scotland and Clarke will demand nothing but professionalism from his players in a match they are now fully expected to win.Friday's 1-1 draw against Israel was frustrating but the Scots have now been presented with an ideal

Steve Clarke has taken a crash course in the Czech league in the last 48 hours after an entirely new squad was drafted in to get the match on amid coronashambles. The group has gone from a who’s who to a who’s he, but one of the conscripts will not need any introduction to Scotland.

Celtic sought assurances their players are not at risk of getting coronavirus. SFA president Rod Petrie and chief executive Ian Maxwell did not join the
 travelling party as boss Steve Clarke and his players flew out for the tie in Olomouc.

Steve Clarke and his Scotland players might want to go back into hibernation after Friday’s draw with Israel.The Hampden stalemate was exactly that - stale - and even a promising debut for Lyndon Dykes did little to fire the optimism of the Tartan Army ahead of next month’s Euro Championship play-off against the same opposition.Clarke’s side have another chance to impress against the Czech Republic reserves tonight after UEFA insisted the covid-struck Czechs must honour the fixture.But Gordon Hendry, Ochiltree, said: “After watching the team struggle against Israel and the expression on Steve Clarke’s face, it took me back to the Berti Vogts days where it was difficult to even watch Scotland play.

Scotland side being so poor. And the former international boss has insisted the team's ongoing misfortune can't simply be the fault of managers.

Nations League game on Monday night was in serious doubt with Czech officials ready to call it off. But UEFA have ordered them to fulfil the tie against Steve Clarke’s side - even if they have to change their entire squad and staff.

Scotland will face in the Nations League tomorrow night.His plans and preparation for the clash in Olomouc have been thrown into chaos after it emerged the Czechs will pick a new squad and COACH for the game.On Friday night, they wanted it called off due to Covid-19 fears after a staff member tested after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus.

Scotland may have left the empty national bowl thinking themselves hard done by.Steve Clarke’s side did look comfortable for long spells and had taken a lead before half-time when Ryan Christie netted from the spot. On the other, so rapidly did it all begin to fall apart in a head-scratching second half performance Clarke may have made it back to the team bubble wondering if he’d just witnessed the start of his own international unravelling.

Ryan Christie put the home side ahead from the spot in the final minute of the first half, but Eran Zahavi's goals after 73 minutes meant Steve Clarke's side had to settle for a point. It leaves Scotland sitting third in Group M, with the Czech Republic leading the way on three points.

Nations League walkover as the Czech Republic announce they will not play Monday's fixture.Following the 1-1 draw with Israel, Steve Clarke 's men were due to face their second fixture in Olomouc.However, with two players quarantined after testing positive for coronavirus and Slavia Prague threatening to withdraw their players, the Czechs have announced they will not fulfil the fixture.A statement said: "Although the Czech national team defeated Slovakia 3-1 on Friday, the second match in Olomouc against Scotland will not take place in September."The international break is over, the squad has been disbanded."The reason is a conflict between the assigned medical professional and the head of the Czech FA."There is great concern that the virus

Steve Clarke felt the back-three acquitted themselves well against Israel, but admitted there were things to be learned from the Nations League draw. The home side went in front at Hampden through Ryan Christie's penalty in the final minute of the first-half, but a 73rd-minute strike from Eran Zahavi meant Clarke had to settle for a 1-1 draw.

Steve Clarke's side failed to make it four wins on the bounce.The national team took the lead at Hampden through Ryan Christie's emphatic penalty, but struggled to break the visitors down in open play.And they were made to pay in the second half as Eran Zahavi lashed in a right-footed half-volley to leave plenty of questions ahead of the Euro 2020 play-off next month.Clarke opted for a 3-5-1-1 formation, with Kieran Tierney playing at left centre-back with Andy Robertson ahead of him.His side dominated the opening stages in terms of possession, with the Israeli threat limited to dead balls.Scotland struggled to create any clear cut chances though, and should have fallen behind shortly before the break.Scott McTominay, playing in an

Kieran Tierney wants to bring his English success to the Scotland set-up. Tierney starred during an FA Cup run in which the Gunners downed Manchester City and Chelsea in the Wembley semi-final and final.

Scotland 1 Israel 0 I expect this to be a tight contest.Most games we've seen behind closed doors have had a real training-game feel about them and Scotland's first appearance without the Hampden roar could make for a tepid affair.Israel have lost their last two outings, against North Macedonia and Poland, while we are on a three-game winning run under Steve Clarke and I expect us to extend that, but only just.I can't see us keeping a clean sheet - we haven't done so since November 2018 away to Albania when you exclude the absolute gimmes against San Marino - so there might be some nervy moments.But I think the attacking threat in midfield from in-form stars like James Forrest and Ryan Christie will give us enough to get past the visitors,

Nir Bitton and Hatem Elhamed gave a tactical briefing ahead of Friday's clash with Scotland. The pair, along with Hibs goalkeeper Ofir Marciano, are intimately familiar with Steve Clarke 's squad.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Livingston boss Gary Holt says he’ll be ‘tremendously proud’ if former striker Lyndon Dykes makes his Scotland debut this week.The Australian-born forward became Livi’s record transfer sale just a fortnight ago when he moved to Queens Park Rangers for a fee that could rise to £2.5million.And following an impressive stint in West Lothian — as well as a tug-of-war between Scotland and Australia — the striker could line up in navy blue for the first time at Hampden on Friday for the Nations League clash with Israel.Steve Clarke’s men then follow that up three days later with an away game against the Czech Republic.Following a meteoric rise at

Nations League slip-ups.Steve Clarke 's side host Israel as the road to World Cup 2022 qualification begins at Hampden.The Scots take on the Israeli's in a one off clash in their quest to qualify for next summer's delayed Euros, but must first tackle them in Group B2.While Scotland still face a semi-final against Israel in the play-offs for Euro 2020, they will first tackle them in Group B2.Clarke's men also face Czech Republic and Slovakia as they step up to the second strata of Nations League group after promotion from the third tier based on their last campaign.They play six matches across their group over September, October and November with the group winners guaranteed a World Cup play-off spot.We know our opponents well after facing

Kenny McLean backed the 
controverial star to the hilt.The Sheffield United striker has come under fire for pulling out of Steve Clarke’s squad for the upcoming Nations League openers, only to play for the Blades in a friendly against Derby two days later.But McBurnie took to social media in an attempt to explain the background to his appearance.He said: “Nobody is more frustrated than me at having to withdraw from the Scotland squad for this double-header.

Oli McBurnie has attempted to clear up the mystery surrounding his absence from the squad while playing for his club side.The Sheffield United star played 45 minutes of a pre-season win over Derby County despite pulling out of the group to face Israel and Czech Republic in the Nations League.Both Steve Clarke and Chris Wilder have backed the frontman over his appearance and McBurnie has now issued his own statement as he looks to end the controversy.He was criticised by some supporters who felt he wasn't showing the national team the respect it deserved ahead of the games.But he insists it was the manager's decision for him to pull out of the squad and work on his fitness at the Blades instead of heading off for Scotland duty.He said:

Oli McBurnie featuring in a Sheffield United friendly despite withdrawing from the Scotland squad. The striker sparked anger on Tuesday night as he featured in a bounce game against Derby County just days after being declared unfit to feature in the crucial Euro 2020 play off against Israel.Scotland boss Steve Clarke moved to quell the fury by insisting he and Blades manager Chris Wilder were in agreement over how McBurnie's recovery should be handled.

But Ryan Jack and Callum McGregor stumbled across some kind of chemistry almost a year ago, the last time Steve Clarke was able to do his work as Scotland’s matchmaker in chief.Granted, a couple of meaningless victories over Cyprus and Kazakhstan at the end of a campaign which had already hit the rocks, is hardly the stuff of Mills and Boon.

Oli McBurnie for playing in a pre-season friendly for Sheffield United. The striker played for 45 minutes for the Blades against Derby County and it angered many Scotland fans on social media after he pulled out of the Scotland squad.

Oli McBurnie stepped off the bench as the mystery over his Scotland future continued. The 24-year-old pulled out of the Scotland squad earlier this week with an apparent foot injury, but was named on the bench for Chris Wilder's men during a pre-season friendly.

Oli McBurnie in a friendly despite the Sheffield United striker pulling out of the Scotland squad. And he insists that Steve Clarke had already agreed that it was better for him to stay at Bramall Lane and continue his recovery from a foot injury than head on international duty.The Blades gaffer insists it was obvious he still wasn't properly fit and that there was a huge difference between playing a pre-season friendly to build your fitness on a return from injury - and giving it your all for your country.It was a similar story for Republic of Ireland striker David McGoldrick after he was left out of Stephen Kenny's squad due to injury but he didn't play.He said: “Oli is still not properly fit.