Steve Clarke's international ambitions. But these are not normal times. So strange are they that a Czech side composed of international newcomers, hastily thrown together in a matter of days, put Scotland through a thoroughly uncomfortable examination in the Nations League.
Jakub Pesek took just 12 minutes of his international career to threaten a nadir 20 years in the making before a Lyndon Dykes goal and a Ryan Christie penalty averted disaster.
It was an occasion set up for the most Scottish of Scotland mishaps ever seen. Just days earlier the entire Czech team and backroom staff were forced into coronavirus quarantine, prompting a desperate scramble to get the game played.Amid a wave of weekend confusion, the fixture looked set to be.
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