Steve Clarke has revealed his table-topping Scots got the job done against Georgia with just 10 minutes to spare on torrential Tuesday.
The national team coach watched his team rack up a fourth straight win to take Scotland to within touching distance of Euro 2024 but only after an astonishing battle against the elements by ground staff who fought to clear the monsoon that hit Hampden an hour before kick-off. That led to the game being halted after just six minutes - seconds after Callum McGregor had given Clarke’s men the lead - and with Georgia reluctant to come back out after FOUR pitch inspections by the Hungarian officials - the match finally resumed at 9.35pm.
The Scotland boss later revealed that had the delay lasted another 10 minutes, the game would have had to be abandoned because the finishing time of 11.30pm would have been too late by authorities to have 50,000 flooding into the streets. As it was, the final whistle blew on the Scots’ 2-0 victory at 11.20pm and Clarke was just relieved and delighted to get a bizarre night out of the way.
