It was perhaps fitting that with our Alpine visitors in town, a Scotland defender’s moment of early madness left his teammates with an almighty mountain to climb.
Taking on a Switzerland side who were unfortunate not to reach the World Cup semi finals in your new manager’s second match in charge, as he attempts to implement an entirely new style of play, was going to be a monumental task in any case. But with 10 men, it was like trying to scale the Dufourspitze in a pair of Adidas Predators.
