Steve Clarke has expressed hope Scotland can end their five game winless run against the Netherlands in their first Euro 2024 warm-up match.
IT is 21 years now since Scotland’s hopes of reaching the Euro 2004 finals in Portugal were ended by an ignominious 6-0 mauling at the hands of the Netherlands in Amsterdam.But any Tartan Army footsoldier who is old enough to remember the play-off second leg defeat – or, worse still, who had the distinct misfortune to be present in Johan Cruyff Arena when it happened – will still be a little on edge before the two countries meet at the same venue this evening.
Supporters of a certain age will, despite the rousing triumphs over Cyprus, Georgia, Norway and Spain which Andy Robertson and his team mates have recorded in the past 12 months, be apprehensive as their heroes take to the field at the scene of one of their most infamous losses.
“The two games which disappointed me the most were the two draws at the end of the qualifying campaign because if we want to get to where we want to get to you have to look to go to Georgia and win and you have to beat Norway at home having beaten them away. “It would have been nice to finish with a good points total in the group even though we couldn’t finish top it would have been nice to finish on the same points as the Spanish.
“They are top opponents who are comfortable on the ball and who will move the ball,” he said. So you have to defend well and you have to work well. Similar to what we might face in the summer.
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