![]() ![]() ![]() Manager Steve Clarke summoned Che Adams at half-time and he made a difference as Scotland applied pressure. The terrific Czech goalkeeper excelled again to tip Robertson’s rising shot over the bar. He crossed when Lyndon Dykes prodded a shot that brought Tomas Vaclik’s first save. Even in the absence of his usual sidekick, the injured Kieran Tierney, the Scotland captain led by example. Theirs is a lopsided team, shorn of threat on the right until James Forrest came on, but Robertson was a dynamic presence on the left. Scotland had the majority of the chances but lacked a finisher of Schick’s calibre. □□ A selection of great Czech Republic goals in EURO history □⚽️ | #EURO2020 /lFQLN9nT4w- UEFA EURO 2020 June 14, 2021 With England and Croatia to come, seemingly stiffer tasks beckon. A country who have famously never reached the knockout stages of a World Cup or a European Championships are threatened with another early exit. Scotland’s first taste of tournament football for 22 years 11 months and 23 days nonetheless brought a familiar feeling, of disappointment in defeat to leave them at risk of revisiting their past. “Losing the goal off a second phase was disappointing and then the boy has hit a wonderful strike,” said Scotland manager Steve Clarke. The Bayer Leverkusen forward had already headed in a cross from the overlapping, unmarked Vladimir Coufal. “A one-in-a-million shot,” rued the Scotland skipper Andy Robertson. His fine saves from Schick and Matej Vydra bookended the game, but his decision to stray off his line backfired when the Czechs broke and Schick, who had noted the goalkeeper’s high position earlier in the game, took aim from the half-way line. Given Marshall’s status as Scotland’s play-off hero, it would be especially cruel. The abiding image of Scotland’s campaign could be of the backpedalling goalkeeper David Marshall in the back of his net along with the ball. It may prove the most iconic finish by a Czech in this tournament since Antonin Panenka’s chipped penalty against West Germany in 1976, against Scotland since Paul Gascoigne’s juggling act in Euro ’96 and at Hampden Park since Zinedine Zidane’s 2002 Champions League final winner. ![]()
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