Steve Clarke and Scotland awkward guests at Franco Foda's Austria pity party – Keith Jackson's big match verdict
dailyrecord.co.ukSometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. But, as if Steve Clarke and his side haven’t worked quite enough wonders over the last year or so, in Vienna they very nearly managed both at the same time.
And that’s probably when you begin to know you’re onto something a bit special.In the end, the loss of two late goals against the Austrians might have felt like a body blow to Clarke, given that his side had established a 2-0 lead and seemed to be winning this friendly without any good reason.
At times they had to survive an onslaught with the remarkable Craig Gordon adding another 90 minutes to his personal Scotland catalogue of heroics.
But in the end, they could probably consider themselves fortunate to get out of town with their unbeaten run stretched to eight games.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.
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