Scotland 1-3 Croatia: RECAP | Scotland out of Euro 2020, bottom of Group D| Perisic header and Modric curler silence Hampden| McGregor equalised with Scotland's first Euro goal after Vlasic opener
History was waiting for Steve Clarke and his team with the national side never having passed the opening stage of a major mens’ tournament before – and it all came down to 90 minutes on the southside of Glasgow.
Friday night’s draw with England at Wembley was big – but this had even more at stake.
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Hide AdIt hadn’t been easy after a rocky opening to the European Championships and a home defeat to the Czech Republic. The England result was a boost but then Billy Gilmour’s covid test result after some midfield heroics in the Auld Enemy clash threw a second spanner in the works for Steve Clarke, who already had to cope without another ex-Rangers youth John Fleck for the same reasons at the pre-tournament training camp in Spain.
But it all came down to Hampden and Croatia and The Scotsman was be in the ground bringing you all the action and reaction from Hampden and all the pre-match build-up – and with a match of such magnitude… there was plenty of that.
Follow the live blog below for real-time as it happened match action and reaction.
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Scotland v Croatia: RECAP
Key Events
- CROATIA 3 (Vlasic 16, Modric 61, Perisic 77) SCOTLAND 1 (McGregor 41) - ht 1-1
- 🇭🇷 Croatia finish second and progress to the knock-out stages
- 🏴 Scotland eliminated from Group D
- 🏴: Marshall, McTominay, Hanley (McKenna 31), Tierney, O’Donnell (Patterson 83), Robertson, Armstrong (Fraser 68) , McGregor, McGinn, Adams (Nisbet 83), Dykes.
Euro 2020 video preview
Specialist football editor Mark Atkinson was joined by Alan Pattullo, Joel Sked and Barry Anderson to preview tonight’s game
Pundit’s view
Neil McCann, BBC ScotlandI fancy Dykes and Adams to really perform tonight. We can go wide and if we get those boys service, I think we’ll score.
Is this it?
Could this be the line-up that Steve Clarke selects without Billy Gilmour?
He’d have started, but a change has to be made...
Is this the Scotland team to face Croatia without Billy Gilmour?
Selection issues are coming thick and fast for Steve Clarke in these European Championships after Kieran Tierney’s ‘niggle’ now he has Billy Gilmour’s covid case to deal with.
How we got here...
What a night it was in November. When it mattered.
No penalties tonight but it’s a one-off again now - and a win is all that’s needed...
Time’s ticking
90 minutes away from the biggest 90 minutes for Scotland’s man in more than a generation....
Reasons to be cheerful
The nerves are kicking in, so thanks Joel, we needed that.
The Scotland v Croatia record which should encourage fans ahead of crucial Euro 2020 clash
Scotland will play one of their biggest games in many a year when they face Croatia at Hampden Park on Tuesday evening.