Kazakhstan 3-0 Scotland
Euro 2020 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 21st March 2019
21:00 (15:00 UK)
Astana Arena, Astana (A)
Att: 27,641
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
S Bain
L Palmer
D Bates
S McKenna
G Shinnie
J McGinn (S McTominay 70)
C McGregor(C)
S Armstrong
J Forrest (M McNulty 81)
O McBurnie (J Russell 61)
O Burke
Manager:
Alex McLeish
FIFA Ranking: 40
Pertsukh(6)
Vorogovskiy(10)
Zainutdinov(51)
Merkel(6)
Kuat(10)
Suyumbayev(51)
D Nepogodov
T Erlanov (Y Akhmetov 81)
E Postnikov
S Maliy
Y Vorogovskiy
Y Pertsukh
I Kuat(C)
A Merkel
G Suyumbayev
B Zainutdinov (S Muzhikov 84)
R Murtazaev (B Turysbek 68)
Manager:
Michal Bilek
FIFA Ranking: 117
Key: Goals Assists Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Scott Bain (Celtic) | (2 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 2 | Liam Palmer (Sheffield Wednesday) | (1 Cap) | Age: 27 | ||
| 3 | Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) |  |
(6 Caps) | Age: 26 | |
| 4 | John McGinn (Aston Villa) | (14 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 5 | David Bates (Hamburg) | (3 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| 6 | Scott McKenna (Aberdeen) | (9 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| 7 | James Forrest (Celtic) | (27 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 8 | Callum McGregor (Celtic) Captain | (10 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 9 | Oli McBurnie (Swansea City) | (7 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| 10 | Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) | (12 Caps) | Age: 26 | ||
| 11 | Oliver Burke (Celtic) | (6 Caps) | Age: 21 | ||
| 18 | Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) | (10 Caps) | Age: 28 | ||
| (Replaced Oli McBurnie 61 min) | |||||
| 19 | Marc McNulty (Hibernian) | (1 Cap) | Age: 26 | ||
| (Replaced James Forrest 81 min) | |||||
| 22 | Scott McTominay (Manchester Utd) | (6 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| (Replaced John McGinn 70 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking  Goals Scored Assist  Penalty Save |
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8 Callum McGregor
Euro 2020 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 21st March 2019
21:00 (15:00 UK)
Astana Arena, Astana (A)
Att: 27,641
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
Euro 2020 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Thu 21st March 2019
21:00 (15:00 UK)
Astana Arena, Astana (A)
Att: 27,641
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)
The build-up to the double header against Kazakhstan and San Marino did not go well for Scotland. First Allan McGregor announced his retirement from international duty. There were then withdrawls, including Kieran Tierney, Charlie Mulgrew, Jordan Archer and Barry Bannan. Captain Andrew Robertson then had to miss the Kazakhstan match due to an abscess tooth. Alex McLeish also agreed with Bournemouth and Cardiff City that Ryan Fraser and Callum Paterson would not be played in the opening match, due to the plastic pitch.
When the match started things got alot worse, as Kazakhstan took the lead after only 6 minutes. Bates and McKenna where caught napping when Alexander Merkel played a great ball over the top to Pertsukh, who shot past Bain into the top corner. Four minutes later Kazakhstan were 2-0 up. A great sliding pass from Kuat pierced the Scotland defence and Vorogovskiy slid in and hit a low shot across Bain and into the bottom corner. Just before the half hour mark it was almost three, when Bain tipped a shot from Kuat over the bar. Five minutes into the second half, Kazakhstan got their third to pile on the misery for Scotland. A deep cross from Suyumbayev was met by the head of Zainutdinov, who climbed above McKenna and headed past Bain. Five minutes later Scotland had their first shot on target, When Armstrong had a low show in the box saved by the keeper. It was a shocking performance against a team ranked 117th in the world, and left Scotland's chances of qualification slim after only one game, and McLeish's job was hanging on by a thread.