Steely determination on look of Scotland players’ faces at full-time suggests nobody is getting carried away…
Last night the heavens opened up and it was like a Biblical parable. Noah could well and truly have made his maiden voyage in the ark he’d built at God’s behest in light of the coming flood that the big fella had foretold. There was the small matter of a football match to be played also at Mount Florida and that put a dampner on it if you’ll pardon the pun.
As soon as the match started you could see the impact that the torrential downpour had on the playing surface at Hampden Park. Despite the dreadful conditions, this intrepid Scotland side that Steve Clarke has moulded in his four-year tenure at the helm took the lead through a wonderful strike by our own Callum McGregor. Despite it being on his weaker foot (supposedly) the Hoops skipper tucked away a lovely shot past the Georgians to make it 1-0 to Scotland.
Then… that dreadful fear that we all had came to pass….
The game was to be suspended for the time being. Not just suspended for a short stint mind you – for nearly an hour-and-a-half we all waited patiently with baited breath to see the outcome from the referee and his match officials as whether or not play would indeed reconvene in this Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.
Of course, the Georgians did their utmost to make sure that the game could not be played; their antics were pretty pathetic and it summed up the weak mentality they had about facing this Scotland team. A Scotland team, might I add, that has laid waste to all who has been put before it in recent times.
It’s pretty unprecedented times we’re all living in as a Scotland supporter. First Spain, then Norway away. Top of the group without having lost a point. They had every right to be fearful about the match starting back up again in Glasgow last night.
There is a real togetherness at this current moment in time within the national team and the support. We’re sitting in a very enviable position just now having played four games and won all four; it’s the first time in our long history of playing the beautiful game it’s ever happened for the country of Burns and the Beano.
Yet, looking at the players at full-time suggested a steely-jawed focus and determination to continue in this good form moving ahead. As goalscorer and man of the moment for the country, Scott McTominay said after the match, we won’t be at Germany until we’re actually in Germany. Work still to be done. I love that attitude.
Look at the players after the full-time whistle went last night:
“Germany just got a little closer!” 🎙️@ScotlandNT make it four wins from four after defeating Georgia tonight 🏴#EURO2024 | #SCOGEO pic.twitter.com/85U6CLpSmC
— Viaplay Sports UK (@ViaplaySportsUK) June 20, 2023
Nothing is being taken for granted.
Paul Gillespie
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