Administrator Stan 18,404 Posted June 13, 2023 Administrator Share Posted June 13, 2023 Saturday 17th June, 2023 Norway vs Scotland, 17.00 Cyprus vs Georgia, 19.45 Tuesday 20th June, 2023 Norway vs Cyprus, 20.00 Scotland vs Georgia, 20.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted June 13, 2023 Share Posted June 13, 2023 Winning against Spain was huge. But the match on Saturday evening was always going to be probably the defining match of the group. If Haaland could have picked up a minor tweak whilst partying this week, that would be delightful. Seems like it's been a while since a lot of these players would have played, and Scotland have a terrible record in June. I'd be delighted with a boring 0-0 draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,404 Posted June 17, 2023 Author Administrator Share Posted June 17, 2023 2 goals in 2 minutes for Scotland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Taking Haaland off like they'd won the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Norway lucky for it to be as close. Pretty embarrassing from Haaland for his goal (although it was a penalty tbf). Scotland: 12 fouls, 4 cards (ludicrously harsh) Norway: 9 fouls, 0 cards (ludicrously lenient) The numbers tell the story - both in terms of the performances and the officiating. Comfortably deserved win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted 1,776 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Having just watched the highlights backs, it's just occured to me that as well as the first Scotland goal coming from an extended period of possession at the back played cleanly through midfield, the second goal was also a fairly neat passing move to work an overload on the far side of Norway's defence - actually, coming out of a cleared Norwegian long ball. Both were far better in terms of passing quality than anything I can recall Norway doing. For all Odegaard's moaning about playing better and having more control, Norway's game plan was as direct (if not more direct). It's just that they went from spamming long balls and crosses to Erling Haaland to spamming long balls and crosses to an Aldi version of Haaland for the last 10 minutes. Then when they were losing, they had no ideas except to just go even more direct, to the point where they just outright kicking the ball out of play at moments. It's mad how obviously good and intelligent players like Odegaard and Rodri can still be so blinkered and misunderstand games (which they have just played in) so badly. Part of being an elite athlete is obviously being a terrible loser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael 1,118 Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 That was a huge away win for Scotland against Norway. Haaland fell over so easily for the penalty, but it was a foul and very careless by Porteous. Haaland despatched the penalty with no trouble to give Norway the lead. But terrible defending near the end of the match by Ostigard and Strandberg allowed Dykes to score an opportunistic goal and equalise. However, Scotland's winning goal through McLean was well worked, with some great movement and passing involved. It's early days, but with wins already over Spain, Norway and Cyprus, Scotland look like they will be on their way to the Euros in Germany, barring a huge unexpected dip in form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoRoss 800 Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Not a typical night at Hampden but... Another win Another Scott McTominay goal Another opposition going away crying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Scotland might actually get to the second round of a tournament next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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