Irish Sunday Mirror

We’ve Scot to win this

- BY SCOTT MCDERMOTT

ALEX MCLEISH says his first competitiv­e game in his second spell as Scotland boss, against Albania tomorrow, is already a MUST win.

Scotland suffered their heaviest home defeat since 1973 in a 4-0 friendly loss against Belgium on Friday, the fifth game of Mcleish’s current reign.

Mcleish (above) said: “Albania at Hampden in the UEFA Nations League feels like a must-win game. I can’t sit here and say, ‘It’s still experiment­ation time’.

“No, of course we want to win – and we must win.

“If we draw or lose, then, for me, it’s a bad start.

“We shot ourselves in the foot against Belgium, and at one stage we were hoping it wouldn’t be 10.

“It doesn’t mean we can’t rescue it. The players’ heads are up again already.”

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