Lawrence Shankland has revealed he cut short a holiday in Spain to help Scotland shock them in their Euro 2024 qualifier.
The Hearts striker had been omitted from Steve Clarke’s original squad for the Cyprus game but got a recall after Che Adams’ injury in that match. Shankland took the call on Saturday night to answer his country’s SOS and made a frantic dash back first thing on Sunday morning to join up with the national squad.
The free-scoring striker came off the bench to help Scotland see out their famous 2-0 win over La Roja at Hampden – which leaves them proudly top of qualifying Group A with a 100 per cent record. Jambos ace Shankland told Record Sport: “It was on Saturday night when I took the call. I was in Spain on holiday. I got the call about 9pm and I had to fly back at 7.50am the next morning. I had to get back for training at midday on Sunday.
