What a difference 4 days makes. Scotland went from playing with no strikers to at least having a go at Spain.
I only saw the 2nd half but I liked what I saw. This reminded me of the Scotland I used to love watching years ago, who would just go and battle for every ball. We may have been playing the current European and World champions but we gave them as good as we got, even at 2-0 down we fought for every ball and battled back to 2-2. We played with passion and heart which is what Scotland is all about. We don't have the skill of Spain but we have the fight to go out and say we don't care who you are you want 3 points you have to go through us. This was a characteristic that had sadly been missing from the Scottish mentality for the last couple of years.
The only thing that annoys me is wondering what might have been had we gone out and played with the same spirit against the Czech Republic instead of playing for a draw.
So we lost 3-2 in a game that we were expected to lose, and lose badly. This is the sort of performance I had been hoping to see when Levein took over as manager. Hopefully he will forget his negative approach and play like this in more game. If he does then it will only be a matter of time before Scotland again make an appearance at a major finals.
Stand Free
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