HOLLYWOOD star Karen Gillan has quipped that Scotland are likely to beat Switzerland in the Euros group clash on Wednesday after lulling “them into a false sense of security”.
The Inverness-born actor, known for her roles in global blockbusters including The Avengers and Jumanji, made the joke after Scotland lost 5-1 to Germany in a humbling result at the opening game of the Euro 2024 competition on Friday.
Speaking to Virgin Radio on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Gillan made clear her support for Scotland.
She said: “Come on Scotland! We can do this!
“We’ve lulled them into a false sense of security. It’s part of the game plan, it’s part of the plot."
Gillan admitted that she missed the first Scotland game, adding: “I'm not a massive football fan, but I did just have a look online to see how we were doing, and saw a meme that was like ‘Scotland before the Euros’, and it was like a Braveheart meme like ‘Freedom!’ And then afterwards it was a meme from Trainspotting."
The Doctor Who actor was then asked if she’d be tuning into Scotland vs Switzerland, which will kick off in Cologne at 8pm on Wednesday.
She said: "You know what? I think I will actually because I think this is the time that we're going to deliver."
Scotland are currently sitting at the bottom of group A – although they are tied on zero points with Hungary after both lost their opening games.
On Tuesday, team captain Andy Robertson said Scotland had definitely not been themselves during the defeat against Germany.
The Liverpool left-back said: “We need to get back to being us. We definitely weren’t ourselves on Friday.
“We need to realise what got us results in the past and what we were good at. The message off the pitch hasn’t changed.
“We need to trust each other and if we do that we will be a better team for it. You saw that in abundance in the qualifying campaign – a team full of belief.
“Maybe we played with a wee bit of fear on Friday which we didn’t want. It’s easy to talk about it and harder to put in place. It’s not easy to start against the home country, let me tell you.
“We had enough experience on the pitch to do better. We have a big game coming up and we are all excited about. We want to show this tournament what Scotland is all about.
“I said to all the lads I’d give them until Saturday dinner time to get over what they felt, any anger they were feeling at that time, then it was time to move on and draw a line under it.
“The manager had a meeting on the stuff we didn’t do well and the stuff we had to improve.
“We had a couple of discussions around certain clips. We always have those discussions, they were had and it was time to draw a line under it.
“We know we have to do better. That’s what our full focus is on.”
