Lawrence Shankland says his goal against Finland has dispelled any lingering anxiety as he looks to put his 'big head' to good use once more against…
The striker has had the season of his life at club level, banging in 30 goals for Hearts and sweeping the boards in the individual end of season awards. But an uncharacteristic spell of profligacy in front of goal for his country recently had armchair psychologists and pundits alike pontificating that pulling on the dark blue might just be bringing out the yips in the 28-year-old.
Either way, his goal against the Finns has him in good spirits, and if a similar opportunity knocks in Scotland’s biggest game for 30-odd years, the only thing going through his noggin – he hopes – will be the reverberations of the ball making contact before flying beyond Manuel Neuer.“To be honest, there was more relief as I didn’t know where it was going when it came off my head! I was waiting for the crowd reaction. When they cheered it was a good feeling. It’s nice to be amongst the goals.
“It was about trying to get into positions again. There were a few times the ball dropped, and I wasn’t there. I tried to address it in the second half and thankfully Andy managed to find me. “Could there be more space against Germany? We’ll have to wait and see. If a chance comes, hopefully I can get my big head on it!”
“But you see these tournaments all your life and you see plenty of stuff about the ones from before you came along.“We’ve seen in the past upsets can happen in these games. In tournaments there are always upsets here and there.
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