SCOTLAND MUST BE FEELING HAPPY TODAY FOLLOWING THEIR EXCITING MATCH AGAINST CROATIA LAST NIGHT, WHERE THERE WAS MUCH ACTION THROUGHOUT IN A VERY PHYSICAL MATCH INDEED. PETER SUCIC WAS HANDED A RED CARD BEFORE HALF-TIME, AFTER A FOUL ON BILLY GILMOUR EARLY IN THE MATCH EARNT HIM A YELLOW CARD, AND THEN, AGAIN, FOR MORE ARGEY-BARGEY WITH JOHN SOUTTAR, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED THE RED, SO CROATIA WENT DOWN TO 10 MEN. (CUE AN ANGRY MODRIC WHO HAD WORDS WITH THE REF!) THERE WAS MUCH MORE DRAMA THROUGHOUT, WITH CROATIA HAVING 12 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET, AND SCOTLAND 8 SHOTS, WITH 2 ON TARGET, WITH THE SKILLS OF BOTH SCOTLAND’S GOALKEEPER CRAIG GORDON, AND CROATIA’S GOALY DOMINIK KOTARSKI EXTREMELY APPARENT, AND IT WASN’T UNTIL THE 86TH MINUTE THAT A GOAL FROM EITHER TEAM REACHED THE BACK OF THE NET, WHEN JOHN MCGINN SCORED A CRACKER, WHICH HAD THE CROWD IN RAPTURES! THE MATCH CULMINATED IN A 1 – 0 WIN TO SCOTLAND!
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : SCOTLAND VS CROATIA 15/11/2024
IT WAS ANOTHER LATE-GOALED AFFAIR OVER AT THE NORTHERN IRELAND VS BELARUS MATCH YESTERDAY, WITH THE SKILLS OF BOTH KEEPERS ONCE AGAIN KEEPING THE GOALS AT BAY, AS THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 10 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON TARGET FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AND 6 SHOTS WITH 1 ON TARGET FOR BELARUS, BUT WITH A CRACKING GOAL FROM DANIEL BALLARD AT 50 MINS AND A STUNNER FROM DION CHARLES AT 64 MINS FROM A PENALTY, (AFTER SHEA CHARLES TOOK A FREE-KICK WHICH WAS DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY PECHENIN IN THE BELARUS WALL) THE MATCH ENDED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO NORTHERN IRELAND!
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE : NORTHERN IRELAND VS BELARUS 15/11/2024
WORDS BY AMANDA WATERS
