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The Scottish national football team is on the rise against Austria ahead of qualifying for the World Cup on Thursday (8.45pm / ORF 1 live) at Glasgow’s Hampden Park.
11:00 am, March 25, 2021
Last november what was Ticket to MS and with it the first participation in the tournament since the 1998 World Cup fixed, should now work with final round in 2022. Team Leader Steve Clarke made it clear: “We do not want to be satisfied with the start of the European Championship, but also in Qatar to be there.”
For the Scots, Sunday’s World Cup qualifying game will be the away game against Israel Continue, the following Wednesday the home game against him Faroe Islands. Number 48 in the world rankings (Austria is 23rd) has a particularly good memory with Israel. In October of the previous year, the Scots won the semi-finals of the European Championship play-off against that of Willi Ruttensteiner supervised team in the penalty shootout, a month later they sat down again in the away penalty shootout in front of the players with scores Serbians for.
This made the third participation in the European Championship perfect. Before that, the Scots had signed up for continental tournaments. 1992 and 1996 qualified. They also kicked eight times (1954, 1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998) in world championships. In none of these ten finals did Scotland survive the group stage.
That should change in the summer. In the EM is in the Group D in Glasgow against Czech Republic Y Croatia as well as in London against England. For these games, Clarke hopes for the support of the fans, who are still locked against Austria due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This is a heavy blow for us. Hopefully that will change in MS when even more people get vaccinated than now,” said Clarke, 57, who has been in office since 2019 and who received the first dose two himself. weeks ago.
Their squad is made up primarily of players who work in the Scottish House of Lords or in England. Not all legionaries in England have contracts with Premier League clubs, but Clarke can call on two professionals at the best clubs. Midfielder Scott McTominay It applies to United manchester as well as regular players and left backs Andy Robertson to Liverpool.
To do this, he became a forward. Che adams since Ralph Hasenhüttls Southampton summoned for the first time. The 24-year-old played for England’s U-20 team and has now opted for Scotland. This was made possible by her Scottish grandparents. From Adams, Clarke expects a pickup in offensive play. “We haven’t scored enough goals lately, that has to change,” said the national coach. The Scots only managed six goals in their eight international matches in 2020.
