The Scotland boss wary of Michael O'Neill's 'young, progressive team'
Steve Clarke has warned his Scotland side to "expect a tough challenge" when they take on Northern Ireland on Tuesday night.
“They are a young team, progressive team, Michael is quite good at talking his team down but they are very competitive. They don’t lose games by a big margin," said Clarke. “They beat Denmark 2-0 at Windsor Park in their last qualifier and we got a little bit excited when we beat Denmark 2-0 at Hampden.
“They went to Romania which is a tough place to go with a young side and got a good 1-1 draw so we expect a tough challenge.” The Scottish side come into the game off the back of a 4-0 thumping by the Netherlands in Amsterdam on Friday night with Clarke revealing his players had to pick HIM up after after the defeat.
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