Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. Steve Clarke spent the days leading up to this game plotting a way to compete with the seventh-best team on the planet. Searching for a way to be compact and secure and win the point which would offer Scotland a chance of history.
Kieran Tierney and Andrew Robertson on the left to secure the flank against Achraf Hakimi. Ryan Christie in to beef up the midfield. Nathan Patterson in at right-back for Aaron Hickey.
