Callum McGregor and Billy Gilmour become Steve Clarke's Jack and Victor as dynamic duo have nation believing again
dailyrecord.co.ukThey're fast becoming the most cherished Scottish double act since Jack and Victor.And on Sunday night in Stuttgart the script will be perfectly written for Callum McGregor and Billy Gilmour to make sure that we’re still game, as far as hanging around at these European Championships is concerned.
For reasons which remain best known to himself, Steve Clarke chose to split this pairing up for the opening day of Group A - a savage, brutal affair during which his side was given a mauling all over midfield.By leaving Gilmour on his bench, Clarke surrendered any hope of controlling the centre of the pitch in favour of deploying Ryan Christie further up the field in the role of a willing runner.
As a consequence, McGregor found himself hopelessly outmanned and outmuscled as the Germans came flooding at him in their droves.
And, after a 5-1 whipping, Scotland were panned by the critics and dismissed as tournament no-hopers.That all changed in Cologne on Wednesday night when Gilmour and McGregor were reunited for the 1-1 draw with Switzerland which has breathed new life into Clarke’s hopes of mounting a historic run into the knock-out stages.
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