Scotland are so much better than this. Yes, it’ll be the tangled image of David Marshall careering into the back of his own net after being lobbed from 40 yards which will be there to haunt us in years from now.But this Group D disaster was not about the freakish concession of the Czech Republic’s killer second goal.
Nor was it a story of opportunities passed up at the other end, even though Scotland had more than enough of them to dig themselves out of a giant hole.The truth is, these near misses were forged out of utter desperation long after Scotland’s horse had already bolted.
Along with the last traces of anything resembling good fortune.Rotten luck also intervened to snuff out a second-half rescue mission but it was Scotland’s fault.
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