There was a time when every Scottish defender ate a child for breakfast, and before training he cracked nuts with his head, but those times are gone, it seems, and now the centre-backs dressed in dark blue, no matter how much they sing at the top of their voices The Flower of Scotland, which tells how their ancestors sent the proud Edward II of England and his army away, is no longer what it was. What happened with the English king happened in the 14th century, and in the 21st century, the toothless defenders with a tortured appearance gave way to boys with neat beards and well-cut hair, who tenderly hold the hands of the children with whom they jump onto the field, and if necessary, they would help the little old ladies cross pedestrian crossings.
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Angus Gunn,
Grant Hanley,
Jack Hendry,
Kieran Tierney,
Anthony Ralston,
Andy Robertson,
Callum McGregor,
Billy Gilmour,
John McGinn,
Scott McTominay,
Ché Adams,
Scott McKenna (Kieran Tierney, min. 60), Kenny McLean (Billy Gilmour, min. 78), Ryan Christie (John McGinn, min. 89) y Lawrence Shankland (Ché Adams, min. 90)
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Yann Sommer, Ricardo Rodríguez, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schär, Granit Xhaka, Silvan Widmer, Michel Aebischer, Remo Freuler, Rubén Vargas, Dan Ndoye, min. 74), Fabian Rieder (Rubén Vargas, min. 74), Leonidas Stergiou (Silvan Widmer, min. 85) and Zeki Amdouni (Dan Ndoye, min. 85)
Goes 1-0 min. 12: McTominay. 1-1 min. 25: Shaqiri
Referee Ivan Kruzliak
Yellow cards Ricardo Rodríguez (min. 30), McTominay (min. 50), Scott McKenna (min. 67), McGinn (min. 70), Vincent Sierro (min. 85)
Today’s Scottish defenders, unlike those of yesteryear, believe they are ball artists, instead of workers in a tackle company, and they try to leave their area with the ball under control, but it seems that doing those things is not It is in their nature, and in the end, either they give it to Switzerland, which with its not too intense pressure lets it be known that it does not mind living off the gifts of the Scots, or they pass it, already in desperation, to their goalkeeper Gunn, yes, does not mess around and bursts the ball without caring too much that it is filled with sensors that even indicate the ambient temperature.
McTominay of Scotland celebrates the first goal of the match. Andreea Alexandru (AP)
But that saving pass does not always arrive, because despite believing themselves to be artists, Scotland’s defenders have less sensitivity in their boots than the ball itself, and on a couple of occasions they give corner kicks to the Swiss because more than a transfer, it that the goalkeeper receives is a punishment. And in one of those Scottish efforts to show themselves to the world as an exquisite team, it occurs to Ralston to make a backward pass without looking, and although Shaqiri is short, he is not so short that he could not see that he was walking there, and that He took advantage of the gift, one more, to without dropping the ball, hit a shot to beat Gunn.
It was the tie. Yes, because, between clumsiness and clumsiness in defense, Scotland took advantage of its first counterattack to run down the left, enter the Swiss area, which was not a paragon of defensive virtues either, and give the ball to one of its players with possible, Mctominay, the United player, shot on goal and when Sommer cradled his arms to receive the innocent shot, Schär put his foot to deflect the ball so that the goalkeeper was left hugging the air.
Moment in which Swiss Xherdan Shaqiri scores the tying goal.Piroschka Van De Wouw (REUTERS)
The pints flowed through the stands as if it were the Cologne beer fair, with thousands of enthusiastic Scottish fans. How could they not have been ahead on the scoreboard, if they celebrated like crazy the 5-1 goal against Germany, but the euphoria lasted 12 minutes, until the umpteenth defensive clumsiness condemned them to a tie. In the action of the best Swiss opportunity to score the second, Ndoye left Tierney, but shot a little wide. Then, in the second half, they repeated the action, again the ball went an inch from the post, but Tierney, the Real Sociedad player on loan from Arsenal, was injured. He left on a stretcher.
Scotland were sharper in attack in the final minutes and more decisive in defense, that is, if they had to hit long, they did it. Hanley had Scotland’s best chance with a header against the post after a foul by Robertson, but Switzerland responded with a header from Amdouni at the far post which he sent wide when he was alone.
The match ended in a draw, deserved due to the limited merits of both sides.
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2024-06-19 21:25:01
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