It's do or die for the Scots against the Swiss in Cologne in their second Euro 2024 Group A clash.
Steve Clarke stopped in his tracks and paused for a moment to take in the view as he stared up towards the tallest peak in Germany.
Beat Switzerland, or even scrape a draw against them in Cologne, and Clarke and his players will stay alive in this tournament for the time being at least, even though the beating they took off Germany on opening night ought to have left them for dead. Still with wounds to lick, Scotland boarded a flight towards the north west of Germany yesterday knowing a second successive Group A defeat in the space of five days would be unsurvivable.He continued: “It’s all about working on the mind to give them that confidence back - and then making sure we have everything correct in terms of tactics, bodies on the pitch and how we play. That might just give them that bit of belief.
As Clarke himself acknowledged: “Because the games come around so quickly we are chasing the clock on this one. But because we played first on Friday night, it is lucky we have one extra day to prepare. It’s impossible, for example, to envisage any way in which Billy Gilmour will be left on the manager’s bench again - given the unfathomable manner with which Scotland surrendered the entirety of midfield to their hosts.Well, no. Not really.
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