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Scotland lost their UEFA EURO 2008 qualifiers on Friday night, losing 2-1 at home to Russia, meaning they are now six points clear of second place. Although it is just half-time in the group stage and five games are still on the plan, but at least in the next duel with Belgium, it is expected to put the next bankruptcy.
The league leader has a snow-white waistcoat with five wins so far. The most recent success was achieved in San Marino. With 4: 0, the underdog was defeated. Despite the results, the match was disappointing for the Red Devils. The first goal against the football dwarf fell just before the end of the first half – for the claims of the star ensemble, of course, embarrassing.
In the match between Scotland and Belgium, the tip is that Romelu Lukaku scores a goal. After the mediocre performance in San Marino, the team is likely to show a reaction and the exceptional striker this time from the beginning to participate. Spanish coach Martinez will have concluded.
Some players from the second row will not get another chance for a place in the starting eleven after the gig last Friday night. For a good match of the guests also speaks the statistics, the last five victories including a clean sheet against the Braveharts shows. The Scotland vs Belgium forecast is associated with four units as an insert.
Scotland:
The Scots did not take their chance: with a victory against Russia, the fight for second place in the group would have been exciting once again. Instead, the 48th in the world rankings had to be beaten 2-1 in front of their own backdrop in the Glasgow Hampen Park Sbornaja.
The defeat in the key match against the immediate competitor will certainly have caused a hangover mood. The dream of the first participation in a European Championship after 24 years is as good as burst.
In the case of the Scots, this is a pity, because with the local Hampden Park, they will set up a venue for the European Championship in 2020 in which various games will be played. The squad of coach Steve Clarke was equal to the Russians, but once again not efficient enough in the conclusion.
Only five goals in the qualifiers. The quite harmless offensive is paired with a shaky defense on top of that. Coach Clarke took office in May of this year, but Chelsea’s former defender failed to produce a noticeable playful boost as successor to Alex McLeish.
It’s obvious that Clarke needs more time to develop the team. This failed failed personal experiments such as the immediate placement of newcomers. An example set Eamoon Brophy in the storm, which knew Clarke from his previous coaching time at Kilmarnock FC and who was not even even nominated for the squad.
Basically, Scotland has quite potential: Several players are employed in the Premier League – including top clubs like Scott McTomay of Manchester United or Andrew Robertson of the Reds from Liverpool. As a powerful collective at the national team level, the available talent pool is not working yet.
Belgium:
Although the 4-0 draw against San Marino on paper is still almost a befitting result for a duel between the leader and last in the world rankings, the presentation of the Belgians was partly on the verge of ridicule.
San Marino almost missed a half-time draw. Only a penalty gave the Belgians the narrow lead just before the break tea. After that it was hardly better and the 4: 0 was only in the second minute of stoppage time.
However, Spanish coach Roberto Martinez has to take a partial blame for the surprisingly weak performance. After the captain Eden Hazard or Axel Witsel could not accumulate due to an injury as Abräumer, he considered a daring lineup.
Instead of at least nominating Romelu Lukaku and Dries Mertens on offense, Martinez opted for players who are known not to have the format of the two aforementioned players. For the time being last time in the jersey of the Red Devils, for example, Adnan Januzaj may have failed in the attack.
Why Martinez despite numerous poor performance in the past holds on to the 24-year-old is anyway his secret. That Januzaj – last goal is about half a year back – simply does not have the class for the national team, can be read off in his club career.
After names such as Manchester United or Borussia Dortmund, the offensive player now kicks off at Real Sociedad … Similarly, the Martinez decision was questionable that a player like Dries Mertens came on ten minutes after the restart.
The striker from SSC Napoli scored the second goal with his first touch of the ball and the assist came from Nacer Chadli, who was also on the pitch for a minute. The game of Belgium flourished noticeably through the two substitutions. Given the first horror half-time both players would have heard at the latest right after the break on the court.
Against Scotland, Martinez will undoubtedly send another team into the match in Glasgow, which is why Belgium should present itself stronger again. However, it is unlikely that it will be enough against the Bravehearts to use Eden Hazard.
In the face of their last five straight wins without conceding, scores against Scotland for a further triumph of the visitors’ team without conceding in Scotland are of additional interest.
Scotland vs Belgium head to head matches
11.06.19 EUR Belgium Scotland 3 : 0
07.09.18 FI Scotland Belgium 0 : 4
06.09.13 WC Scotland Belgium 0 : 2
16.10.12 WC Belgium Scotland 2 : 0
05.09.01 WC Belgium Scotland 2 : 0