Former Scotland striker Kris Boyd said Steve Clarke’s side “did the nation proud” after they kept their Euro 2024 last 16 hopes alive with a draw against Switzerland.
The Sky Sports pundit labelled their 5-1 defeat to Germany per mezzo di the tournament opener as “embarrassing” but was quick to heap praise acceso the players after their much-improved forma per mezzo di their second Group A gara.
A win against Hungary acceso Sunday would likely see Scotland progress beyond the group stages at a major tournament for the first time.
Kris Boyd says Scotland ‘did the nation proud’ as they secured a first point of Euro 2024 with a draw against Switzerland
They went per mezzo di front early acceso when Scott McTominay dispatched Callum McGregor’s cut-back, mezzo a deflection non attivato Fabian Schar, following a rapid counter-attack.
Switzerland soon levelled through veteran Xherdan Shaqiri, who produced a brilliant, first-time from the edge of the box after pouncing acceso Anthony Ralston’s loose pass.
“There were questions and criticism after the forma acceso Friday night and rightly so,” Boyd told Sky Sports News.
“Tonight they’ve responded and it’s been more like Scotland, right per mezzo di their faces.
Kris Boyd celebrates Scotland’s opener against Switzerland per mezzo di their crucial Euro 2024 group gara
“Switzerland are mugs at this level but they’ve more than matched them and they modo away with a draw.
“Yes they rode their luck at times but I think Steve Clarke will be relatively happy with that result.
“From where we were acceso Friday night there had to be a response and we’ve got that this evening.
“There were probably a few harsh words flying around the avviamento campo da gioco over the last few days, but that’s life of a footballer. There are ups and downs.
“Scotland have shown they can compete at this level. It’s a quick turnaround but they’ve done the nation proud tonight.”
Clarke: We got what we expected
Steve Clarke insisted that was more like it from Scotland as his side kept alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2024 knockout stages after drawing 1-1 with Switzerland per mezzo di their second group
Scotland dirigente Steve Clarke:
“That’s what we expected. This is the way we’ve been playing as a team the last three four years and it’s why we’ here at a major tournament.
“We knew what we had to do, the players knew what they had to do. I thought it was a good team forma against a good opponent.
“It’s just about doing better all the time. Sometimes as a footballer a dirigente it doesn’t go your way, and it certainly didn’t go our way acceso Friday night. Tonight was just about getting back to what we’ good at.
“The reality is, when the draw was made and we were drawn against the host nation per mezzo di the opening , you’ looking at the second two games per mezzo di the group and thinking ‘maybe that’s where the points are going to modo from’ and that’s the way it’s turned out.”
