The Scotsman

EURO 2020 // SCOTLAND 1, CZECH REPUBLIC 2

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DAVID MARSHALL

It is impossible to see beyond the 36-year-old being caught out up field and beaten practicall­y from the halfway line, even if he made several smart stops beforehand. 4

JACK HENDRY

Taking a wild shot with no-one behind you and your keeper upfield was a typical momentary lapse and the central defender, who also hit the bar, was subbed after his error. 5

GRANT HANLEY

The imposing Norwich City defender was a real rock in the opening period, except when Schick got between him and Cooper to fashion a superb header for the opener. 6

LIAM COOPER

Solid display, but the dogged Leeds captain was that he proved he isn’t Kieran Tierney, the loss of the rampaging defender upsetting Scotland’s balance. 5

STEPHEN O’DONNELL Saw plenty of the ball early on and that isn’t necessaril­y how Scotland would have wanted is to pan out as his usual industry and inescapabl­e limitation­s were on show. 6

SCOTT MCTOMINAY The Manchester United midfielder was neither fish nor fowl and more is expected and required of the 22-year-old, who dropped into the back three near the end. 5

STUART ARMSTRONG Struggled to justify the faith shown in him by Clarke, the Southampto­n man effectivel­y fielded ahead of Callum Mcgregor and struggling to make anything. 4

ANDREW ROBERTSON The Scotland captain was an immense figure for his team, slinging in a series of crosses begging to put away and demonstrat­ed a big game mentality that eluded others. 7

JOHN MCGINN Grafted away and more than held his own physically, but a lack of composure at times let him down and he never looked like adding to his 10 goals at this level. 6

RYAN CHRISTIE

Few had the form-challenged attacker in their line-up and despite a couple of bright interventi­ons the fact did not reappear after the interval told its own story. 5

LYNDON DYKES Striker put himself about and had a couple of clear chances to open Scotland’s account but he didn’t demonstrat­e the necessary conviction to capitalise on them. 5

CHE ADAMS

Surprise omission showed enough in his second half outing to show he ought to have started. 5

Callum Mcgregor, Ryan Fraser, James Forrest and Kevin Nisbet came on too

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