David Marshall admits quitting Scotland was the toughest moment of his football career, writes Fraser Wilson from Hibs' training camp in Portugal. But after experiencing a sudden moment of clarity midway through June’s international camp it was also one of the easiest decisions he’s ever made.
The hero of Belgrade stunned the Tartan Army when he announced he was standing down from national service in the wake of the World Cup play-off defeat to Ukraine and just a day before the Nations League opener against Armenia. Marshall admits there were pangs of guilt at the timing and a feeling he’d let down the man who brought him back from the international wilderness.
But there was no turning back from the overwhelming moment he realised his Scotland days were done. It wasn’t quite a David Seaman-style moment which arrived for the former England goalkeeper during a Premier League clash for Manchester City.
