Scott McTominay scored his fifth goal in Euro 2024
Match report: Scott McTominay scored again as Scotland took a significant step toward qualifying for Euro 2024 with a goal from Callum McGregor just six minutes in. The game was then stopped for more than 90 minutes owing to a soggy field.
Scotland maintained their perfect record in Group A by defeating Georgia 2-0 at Hampden Park, which witnessed a lengthy delay owing to a waterlogged surface. Scott McTominay scored his fifth goal in Euro 2024 qualifying.
After the stadium was soaked for an hour, the game started in heavy weather. However, Callum McGregor’s well-placed goal allowed Scotland to grab the lead in the game’s first seven minutes.
After the goal, there was no restart of the game as the grounds crew, SFA staff, and ball boys and girls started to remove the water off the playing field. Referee Istvan Vad gave the players the go-ahead to return to their locker rooms.
The away squad refused to return to the field as they sought to have the game postponed until Wednesday, starting an hour and forty minutes of pitch inspections, holdups, and Georgian mutiny.
Scotland took another significant stride toward reaching Euro 2024 qualification by winning all four of their first four qualifying matches, so it would not have mattered all that much in any case. With 12 points, they are still in first place in Group A, eight points clear of second-place Norway.
However, manager Steve Clarke was quick to remind the Scots of their current situation, telling Viaplay Sports that they would not be qualifying with 12 points. With three home games and a difficult game in Norway, we intended to accumulate as many points as we could in the first half of the season.
“We are considering how many points we can score to give us a chance in the second half. The more quickly we can earn points
