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.
Goalscorer Nikola Vlasic has been substituted for Croatia.
Earlier Borna Barisic also came on with the score still 2-1 and Croatia progressing.
90 - Regulation
Regulation time is up and it has been a fairly comfortable evening for Luka Modric and co, on reflection.
Scotland have barely threatened in the second half after McGregor’s lifeline.
Elsewhere
England won 1-0 to take top spot in Group D
Two goal advantage gives Croatia second place on goals scored over the Czech Republic who also progress in third.
Scotland Knocked Out
Scotland knocked out of Euro 2020 after 3-1 defeat by Croatia at Hampden
Scotland were unable to banish 67 years of hurt in major tournament finals as they crashed out of Euro 2020 at the hands of a markedly superior Croatian side at Hampden on Tuesday night.
PLAYER RATINGS
How the Scotland players rated in Croatia defeat and Euro 2020 exit
Scotland succumbed to Croatia and finished bottom of Group D after a 3-1 defeat at Hampden to be eliminated from Euro 2020.
ANALYSIS
Scotland without Billy Gilmour: Analysing how midfield fared shorn of Chelsea talisman
The match preamble included the unfurling of massive Croatia and Scotland shirts.