Everything is against Scotland at Euro 2024 – except one key factor
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Everything is against Scotland at Euro 2024 – except one key factor

The Independent  

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The feeling after Scotland deservedly qualified for Euro 2024 was Clarke’s side could build on that tournament, especially as the Group A draw the Tartan Army received appears slightly more favourable than three years ago. open image in gallery Clarke leads Scotland to a second major tournament in 26 years And yet one win, against Gibraltar, the second-lowest ranked team in Europe, is all Scotland have managed since qualifying for the Euros. McGinn and McTominay remain Scotland’s biggest threats from midfield, with Bristol City forward Tommy Conway and New York Red Bulls winger Lewis Morgan, both drafted in as injury replacements, completely untested as attacking options. Clarke has become the unlikely face of Scotland’s resurgence, the man who speaks exclusively in low, gentle tones sending the Tartan Army off to Germany for their biggest party in a generation.

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