Steve Clarke and his players plan to serve up this summer then Scotland ’s appetite for Euro 2020 can now be considered well and truly whetted.
That Clarke was able to leave seven players back at base camp in Spain and still field such a talented starting XI says agreat deal about how far this group has come over the last couple of years.The wisdom in asking them to travel through four different countries in the space of a few days during a global pandemic?
That’s another matter altogether. But here they were in any case, depleted in numbers by a covid code red but squaring up to the Dutch in the sun-kissed Algarve.Clarke’s options may have been fewer than he had planned but his selection still excited.
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