Spain 2-0 Scotland
Euro 2024 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 12th October 2023
20:45 (19:45 UK)
Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, Seville (A)
Att: 45,623
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Holland)
A Gunn
A Hickey
R Porteous (B Gilmour 87)
J Hendry
S McKenna
A Robertson(C) (N Patterson 44)
J McGinn
S McTominay
C McGregor (K McLean 87)
R Christie (S Armstrong 79)
L Dykes (C Adams 79)
Manager:
Steve Clarke
FIFA Ranking: 31
Morata(73)
Sancet(86)
Navas(73)
U Simón Mendibil
D Carvajal (J Navas 67)
R Le Normand
A Laporte
A Balde (F García 45)
P Paez Gaviria
Rodri
M Merino (O Sancet 67)
F Torres
A Morata(C) (Joselu 85)
M Oyarzabal (B Zaragoza 45)
Manager:
Luis de la Fuente
FIFA Ranking: 10
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Angus Gunn (Norwich City) | (7 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 2 | Aaron Hickey (Brentford) | (14 Caps) | Age: 21 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) Captain | (67 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 4 | Scott McTominay (Manchester Utd) | (44 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 7 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (59 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 8 | Callum McGregor (Celtic) | (56 Caps) | Age: 30 | ||
| 9 | Lyndon Dykes (QPR) |  |
(33 Caps) | Age: 28 | |
| 11 | Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) | (42 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 13 | Jack Hendry (Al-Ettifaq) | (26 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| 15 | Ryan Porteus (Watford) | |
(8 Caps) | Age: 24 | |
| 16 | Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest) | (30 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 10 | Che Adams (Southampton) | (26 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| (Replaced Lyndon Dykes 79 min) | |||||
| 14 | Billy Gilmour (Brighton & Hove Albion) | (21 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| (Replaced Ryan Porteus 87 min) | |||||
| 17 | Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) | (45 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| (Replaced Ryan Christie 79 min) | |||||
| 22 | Nathan Patterson (Everton) | |
(16 Caps) | Age: 21 | |
| (Replaced Andrew Robertson 44 min) | |||||
| 23 | Kenny McLean (Norwich City) | (33 Caps) | Age: 31 | ||
| (Replaced Callum McGregor 87 min) | |||||
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2 Aaron Hickey
Euro 2024 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 12th October 2023
20:45 (19:45 UK)
Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, Seville (A)
Att: 45,623
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Holland)
Euro 2024 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 12th October 2023
20:45 (19:45 UK)
Estadio La Cartuja de Sevilla, Seville (A)
Att: 45,623
Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Holland)
Going into the Spain match, Scotland knew that a draw would be enough to see them qualify. The bad knews was that Kieran Tierney was injured and could not travel to Spain.
Spain were after revenge and almost got off to a great start after only a minute when Ferran Torres was through one on one, but shot just wide of the post. Just after the half hour mark, a dominant Spain came close again. This time a shot Mikel Merino hit the inside of the post and the ball rolled along in front of the goal. Scotland made a better start to the second half, and just before the hour mark Scott McTominay beat the keeper with a direct free-kick curling into the top corner, from a tight angle. It sent the Scotland players and fans into a state of ecstasy. The joy was short lived though as the referee was called over to the VAR monitor, and disallowed the goal. That decision looked to give Spain a massive boost, and they upped their game. Thirteen minutes later substitute Jesus Navas crossed the ball in from the right for Morata to head the ball past Gunn and give Spain the lead. With Ten minutes left Hickey made a run into the box and when he made a shot towards the back post, Adams stuck his foot out in front of goal, but the keeper saved it. A couple of minutes later Armstrong had a great chance but shot over the bar from right in front of the goal. At the other end Joselu rounded Gunn, but Porteus cleared his shot. A minute later Scotland looked to be in no trouble, but Hickey slipped and Joselu picked up the ball and rolled it across the goal for Sancet. It looked like Porteus had made a great tackle, but the ball went in off Sancet to make it 2-0. It was Scotland's first defeat of the campaign, but if Norway fail to beat Spain in Oslo in three days, Scotland will qualify.