EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, GERMANY
GROUP ROUND
GROUP A, ROUND 2
SCOTLAND v SWITZERLAND 1-1
Köln, 34 711 viewer. Led by: Ivan Kruzliak (Branislav Hancko, Ján Pozor) – Slovaks
SCOTLAND: Gunn – Ralston, Hendry, Hanley, Tierney (McKenna, 61.), Robertson – McTominay, Gilmour (McLean, 79.), McGregor, McGinn (Christie, 90.) – Ché Adams (Shankland, 90.). Union captain: Steve Clarke
SWITZERLAND: Sommer – Schär, Akanji, R. Rodriguez – Widmer (Stergiou, 86.), Xhaka, Freuler (Sierro, 75.), Vargas (Rieder, 75.) – Shaqiri (Embolo, 60.), Ndoye (Amdouni, 86. ), Aebischer. Union captain: Murat Positive
Scorer: McTominay (13.), unwell. Shaqiri (26.)
Yellow card: McTominay (51.), McKenna (68.), McGinn (71.), unwell. R. Rodriguez (31.), Sierro (86.)
SUMMARY
It was not simple to get to GELSENKIRCHEN, THE ANGLO-SERBIAN MATCH both, however the Scottish-Swiss battle in Cologne might solely be reached on a very tough course, about 5 hours earlier than the beginning. To start with, the Deutsche Bahn collapsed once more because of the heavy load on the Oberhausen-Cologne line, though solely from Düsseldorf, the practice was delayed by virtually half an hour, with a 15 minute delay shortly earlier than the vacation spot.
On the Cologne railway station, it turned clear that consolation needed to be given up, because the tram to the world began its journey with a low word and 100 and fifty p.c saturation. It ought to be added that, on the best way, there was an important ambiance on the practice, the Swiss and Scottish followers took turns blowing their very own tunes, they all the time waited very politely for the opposite camp to complete their efficiency and even applauded one another.
Happily, two or three stops earlier than the end line, the bulk received off to go to the encircling drink counters, and the media entry process was a lot smoother than in Gelsenkirchen, the place you needed to stand in line for greater than an hour.
The primary actual welcome was given to Murat Yakin within the Cologne stadium, the Swiss nationwide crew captain walked across the subject three quarters of an hour earlier than kick-off, greeted and warmed up his personal followers just a little. The Scottish sympathizers did not should be fired on, they performed the word “No Scotland, no celebration” virtually continuous.
However returning to Yakin, the captain shuffled the playing cards once more: Xherdan Shaqiri began and put Kwadwo Duah, who scored the primary objective in opposition to the Hungarians, on the bench, who was changed by Dan Ndoye because the ahead wedge, in opposition to us Michel Aebischert was despatched to the left wing and pulled him again to his authentic place, in the midst of the midfield.
Nonetheless, for the primary time, the good commotion introduced fright, as a result of the sport had not began for 1 / 4 of an hour, when on the finish of a fast Scottish counter-attack by Scott McTominay, Fabian Schär reached for the ball so unluckily that it ended up in his personal objective. Not lengthy after, Schär collided with Anthony Ralston, his nostril was bleeding and he needed to be nursed. Ralston teased Shaqiri with an ideal ball in the midst of the sport, and the attacker equalized with a fantastic shot.
The objective visibly caught the Scots off guard, and on the identical time, it lifted the spirits of the Swiss, who not lengthy after the equalizer scored Angus Gunn’s objective for the second time, however Ndoye began from just a few centimeters offside, so after some VAR, the referee disallowed the objective.
Either side began the second half cautiously, which is comprehensible, since some extent can imply quite a bit to each, however a zero can be equal to a shot on one leg. The Scots have been first to be cautious, however after Ndoye turned away from Kieran Tierney and was solely dealing with the keeper, he curled in close to the suitable put up. Nonetheless, the Scottish defender fared worse, as a result of his thigh was strained throughout the incident, he needed to be taken down on a stretcher, and Scott McKenna took his place. In the meantime, the Swiss additionally modified, Breel Embolo changed Shaqiri, that’s, Yakin switched to the two-striker sport, and nonetheless took some dangers. A Scottish goalpost arrived at this, however no objective was scored (at the least it was legitimate, as a result of Embolo hit the objective from an offside), so either side gained some extent.
Because of this the Swiss are unlikely to advance, and the Scots, along with recovering from the heavy defeat in opposition to the Germans, can begin the match in opposition to us with a positional benefit.
TEXT REPORTING OF THE MATCH HERE!
THE JOB
1. Germany22––7–1
+6
6
2. Swiss211–4–2
+2
4
3. Scotland 2-112-6
–4
1
4. HUNGARY2––21–5
–4
0
THE GROUP
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
München: Germany v Scotland 5-1
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
Köln: Hungary–Switzerland 1–3
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
Stuttgart: Germany-HUNGARY 2-0
Köln: Scotland-Switzerland 1-1
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
21.00, Stuttgart: Scotland–HUNGARY
21.00, Frankfurt: Switzerland-Germany
SCOTLAND
Goalies: 21 – Zander Clark (Hearts), 1 – Angus Gunn (Norwich Metropolis – Anglia), 12 – Liam Kelly (Motherwell)
Defenders: 16 – Liam Cooper (Leeds United – Anglia), 5 – Grant Hanley (Norwich Metropolis – Anglia), 13 – Jack Hendry (Al-Ettifak – Saudi Arabia), 22 – Ross McCrorie (Bristol Metropolis – Anglia), 26 – Scott McKenna (FC Köbenhavn – Denmark), 15 – Ryan Porteous (Watford – Anglia), 2 – Anthony Ralston (Celtic), 3 – Andrew Robertson (Liverpool – Anglia), 24 – Greg Taylor (Celtic), 6 – Kieran Tierney (Actual Sociedad – Spain)
Midfielders: 17 – Stuart Armstrong (Southampton – Anglia), 11 – Ryan Christie (AFC Bournemouth – Anglia), 14 – Billy Gilmour (Brighton – Anglia), 20 – Ryan Jack (Rangers), 7 – John McGinn (Aston Villa – Anglia), 8 – Callum McGregor (Celtic), 23 – Kenny McLean (Norwich Metropolis – Anglia), 4 – Scott McTominay (Manchester United – Anglia),
Forwards: 10 – Ché Adams (Southampton – Anglia), 19 – Tommy Conway (Bristol Metropolis – Anglia), 25 – James Forrest (Celtic), 18 – Lewis Morgan (New York Crimson Bulls – United States), 9 – Lawrence Shankland (Hearts)
Union Captain: Steve Clarke
SWITZERLAND
Goalkeepers: 21 – Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund – Germany), 12 – Yvon Mvogo (Lorient – France), 1 – Yann Sommer (Internazionale – Italy)
Defenders: 5 – Manuel Akanji (Manchester Metropolis – Anglia), 4 – Nico Elvedi (Mönchengladbach – Germany), 13 – Ricardo Rodríguez (Turin – Italy), 22 – Fabian Schär (Newcastle – Anglia), 2 – Leonidas Stergiou (VfB Stuttgart – Germany), 3 – Silvan Widmer (Mainz – Germany), 15 – Cédric Zesiger (Wolfsburg – Germany)
Midfielders: 20 – Michel Aebischer (Bologna – Italy), 25 – Zeki Amdouni (Burnley – Anglia), 8 – Remo Freuler (Bologna – Italy), 24 – Ardon Jashari (Lucerne), 26 – Fabian Rieder (Rennes – France), 23 – Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Hearth – United States), 16 – Vincent Sierro (Toulouse – France), 11 – Renato Steffen (Lugano), 17 – Ruben Vargas (Augsburg – Germany), 10 – Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen – Germany), 6 – Denis Zakaria (Monaco – France)
Forwards: 18 – Kwadwo Duah (Ludogorets – Bulgaria), 7 – Breel Embolo (Monaco – France), 19 – Dan Ndoye (Bologna – Italy), 9 – Noah Okafor (Milan – Italy), 14 – Steven Zuber (AEK Athens – Greece)
Federation captain: Murat Yakin
