Ewan Murray was in Piraeus. Here’s his verdict. Thanks for reading this MBM.
Steve Clarke talks to BBC Scotland. “Strange night, strange game, very open … lots of chances missed … good saves from both goalkeepers … unfortunately not the result we wanted … [Denmark’s failure to beat Belarus] proves the last game at Hampden, when we got booed off the pitch, the three points was a little bit better than people realised at the time … Belarus played really well against us and obviously taken that momentum into the next game … it’s nice that they’ve done us a favour … a slow start … it took us 30 minutes to settle … we had chances to make it 1-1 … second half we started on the front foot … suddenly we were thinking that it might be a long night … but these players are a credit to themselves and to their country … they didn’t give up … we had chances to make it 3-3 … some good things … much better with the ball … more positive … some people may be happy with a good performance but I’m disappointed we didn’t get the result … we’ve got a lucky break … Belarus have done us a big favour … we have to believe in ourselves a bit more … the last 20 minutes, we put a very good Greek side on the back foot … we put them to the sword … a lot of chances … we looked like the good team I know we are, and we have to show that more often.”
