Ryan Porteous expects to take pelters from his mates for celebrating the last gasp block that helped secure the priceless point in Poland.
But nothing will wipe the smile off the Hibs defender’s face after his Scotland dream finally came true on a dramatic night in Krakow. Flung in for a debut to help shore up an injury-ravaged defence Porteous was at the centre of a heroic effort that shut out Ukraine and sealed the draw that takes the nation into the top tier of the Nations League.
His challenge to thwart Oleksandr Zubkov as the Ukraine sub let fly with the clock ticking into injury time was the stuff that will go down in legend. The image of his celebration will no doubt soon be on Tartan Army t-shirts.
