For euro 2024 was stopped short by spain, the hosts winning 2 0 on a controversial night. Needing just a point to secure qualification, scotland took a 1 0 lead in the second half only for the goal to be ruled out. Steve clarkes side had nothing to show for weathering the worst of the spain storm as jane dougall reports from seville. So it wasnt to be tonight for scotland but that goal that wasnt will probably be talked about fora while to come. About for a while to come. The first half, spain dominated, putting chance after chance towards scotland, which they defended with their lives. And then scott mctominay s perfectly placed freekick which delighted the crowd was ruled out. There was a debate as to whether it was a foul or off side. Mctominay was furious at the decision. Scotlands heads then went down and spain quickly took advantage and they took their chance, morata scoring in the 72nd minute. Just after that, adams could have got them the point. He was through on goal but he ju
Hello and thanks for joining us on sportday. We start in seville as scotlands bid to become the first side to qualify for euro 2024 was stopped short by spain, the hosts winning 2 0 on a controversial night. Needing just a point to secure qualification, scotland took a 1 0 lead in the second half only for the goal to be ruled out. Steve clarkes side had nothing to show for weathering the worst of the spain storm as jane dougall reports from seville. So it wasnt to be for scotland. The first half, spain dominated, a chance towards scotland which are defended with their lives and then the perfectly placed freekick which dilated the crowd was ruled out. There was a debate as to whether it was a fellow or off side. Furious at the decision, scotlands head went down and spain took advantage and they took the chance, morata scoring. Just after that, they could have been a point but the scots could not finish. After that, mistakes started to creep. Aaron hickey gave away possession and spain p
and kyle walker live also coming up on sportsday could andy murray s wimbledon swansong be in doubt? he s injured and withdraws from queen s hello again. welcome to sportsday. we ll have the engalnd press conference with gareth southgate and kyle walker live in the programme later. they play denmark at euro 2024 tomorrow. but we re starting with scotland, whose last win at a major tournament was 1996. the team they beat.? switzerland. ally mccoist. villa park. doing that again tonight in cologne and they d be well on their way to the stated aim of four points, which would likely mean a first ever passage through to the knockout stage of a euros or world cup. look back a litte less far though, and friday s chastening defeat to germany is a performance, and result they need to improve upon. jane dougall is with the team and tartan army in cologne. jane they ve had quite the walk to the stadium. it s been phenomenal here. we still have 90 minutes ago before the match kicks off h