Scotland’s two-goal hero Scott McTominay believes the supporters who were present at Hampden Park for the famous 2-0 win over Spain will remember it for a long time.
The Manchester United midfielder struck once in each half to help Scotland record their first win over Spain in 39 years, as they climb to the top of their Euro 2024 qualifying group.
“We did really, really well,” McTominay told Viaplay. “We knew they’d have lots of the ball, and the manager said be clinical when we had the opportunities, and I thought we had enough opportunities tonight to really hurt them and score some goals.
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“As a kid, I was an attacking midfielder – I like to get in the box. I’ve got to keep doing that, I know I can add more goals and assists to my game.
“Everyone was at it, diving around, making the game slow. It’s difficult, but sometimes that’s the way it’s got to be. When you’re winning you’ve got to do stuff like that. Look at this place – I’ve never seen anything like it, it’s incredible!
“The manager said this is our chance to create legacies as Scotland players and these are the nights in 20, 30 years that people remember. We can’t thank the fans enough.”
Meanwhile, Spain’s midfielder Rodri was honest in his assessment of the match.
It is the first time Spain have lost a Euro qualifying match since October 2014.
Joselu hit the crossbar with a first-half header but Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn wasn’t tested, as Luis de la Fuente’s side struggled.
“They were good today, a lot of energy and physicality,” said Rodri of Scotland.
“They punished our mistakes and that’s why it was a bit difficult to come back. We had chances in the first half, two or three we didn’t score, and we must score them if we want to win.
“We knew it was a difficult team, but we tried to focus on ourselves, I think we did good things, but they they scored two very simple goals to be honest and we have to learn from this.
“We came here to win, we couldn’t, but there are six games to go and we have to solve these situations.”
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