Scott McTominay keeps Scotland’s Euro 2024 dream alive as battling point sets up date with destiny – 5 talking points
dailyrecord.co.ukA shootout in Stuttgart awaits for Scotland after a battling 1-1 draw with Switzerland kept alive their hopes of Euro 2024 knockout football.It was a fervent yet nervy atmosphere in Cologne, and a thoroughly engaging first half that went from ecstasy to agony for the Tartan Army.
They got the start they'd dreamed of when Scott McTominay's strike, with the help of a Fabian Schar deflection, hit the back of the Swiss net and sent them delirious.
But we only do things the hard way in this country. A stray Anthony Ralston backpass let Xherdan Shaqiri in to score his customary tournament screamer, and it could have been even worse when he had it in the net for a second time moments later, but Angus Gunn's blushes were spared by the offside flag.
Bologna's Dan Ndoye kindly let us off with one, turning Kieran Tierney on the edge of the box and firing wide just before the hour mark, but there was no relief for the Arsenal star whose bad landing left him needing a stretcher to leave the pitch.
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