Turkey 2 Scotland 1 RECAP as Steve Clarke's men round off 2022 with defeat

Publish date: 2024-05-27

Scotland fell 2-1 to the hands of Turkey in Diyarbikar on Wednesday evening - with Steve Clarke and his men almost definitely set to rue the defensive errors they made in in eastern Europe.

Scotland were on a strong bounce of form having last played when they tasted Nations League success back in September with a draw against Ukraine securing promotion to Group A.

Of course, league games have come thick and fast since then, but a break for the World Cup has offered those both involved and not involved to test themselves on the international stage.

With Turkey also failing to qualify for Qatar's tournament, a date was set in place for the duo to take each other on whilst others make preparations for the month-long competition - with Scotland travelling to the newly-built Diyarbikar Stadium for the city's first ever national team clash.

Despite a promising start, former Liverpool defender Ozan Kabak headed the hosts in front with a poorly defended header which game him acres of space. That was quickly followed up by a Cengiz Under strike the other side of half-time to give Scotland a mountain to climb.

John McGinn then hit a howitzer into the bottom corner to give fans half an hour of exciting football - though nothing came of their efforts.

And whilst a loss was the end result, the debut afforded to Calvin Ramsay and a hard-fought last half-hour showed glimpses of a worthwhile trip.

Turkey: Cakir, Soyuncu, Kabak, Ozkacar, Kokcu, Kahveci, Celik, Kadioglu, Under, Calhanoglu, Tosun. Subs: Ozcan, Sinik, Bayindir, Elmali, Bozok, Guler, Akaydin, Ozcan, Yuksek, Bulut, Sanuc, Akturkoglu, Unal, Turuc, Alemdar

Scotland: Gordon, Robertson, McTominay, Hanley, Tierney, McGinn, Dykes, Hendry, Gilmour, Armstrong, Fraser. Subs: Kelly, McCrorie, Ferguson, Christie, McKenna, Porteous, Brown, Jack, Ramsay.

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