Ben Doak – currently on loan at Middlesbrough – playing a key role in Scotland’s winning goal versus Croatia and subsequently being selected as the evening’s Player of the Match.
On a fairly dreary night, the brightest spark. After eighteen minutes, he finally got in behind Gvardiol, setting up McTominay’s opportunity. participated in the majority of Scotland’s successful offensive plays and was always seeking to cause pain. The width of Volleyed Gauld’s cross is inches. McGinn’s goal was the result of a cunning save that the goalie was forced to make.
That 86th-minute effort secured a 1-0 victory for the hosts, who were captained by Reds left-back Andy Robertson.
Andy Robertson has a couple of marauding runs forward but spent more time on the back foot first-half. Got in behind the Croatia defence for the first time after the break, but low cross was cut out. Delivery let him down a couple of times.
Also in the Nations League, Conor Bradley featured until added time for Northern Ireland in a 2-0 win over Belarus in Belfast.
Wataru Endo played the full 90 minutes for Japan as they claimed a 4-0 success away at Indonesia in the third round of Asia’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
In the South American World Cup qualifiers, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez start in Uruguay’s dramatic victory over Colombia.
The decisive goal was scored by Manuel Ugarte in the 90+11 minute, ending an emotional match.
Despite the loss, Luis Diaz still had a great match with 1 Chances created, 27/32 Accurate passes, 3/4 Successful dribbles, 100% Tackles won, 10 Recoveries, 12 Duels won
Meanwhile, Nunez also had a good match with 12/17 Accurate passes, 3 shots, 2 Successful dribbles, 3 Recoveries and 4 Duels won