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The Guardian - UK
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Scott Murray

Scotland 0-1 Japan: international football friendly – as it happened

Japan's Junya Ito celebrates
Japan’s Junya Ito celebrates after finally breaking the deadlock at Hampden Park. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

Ewan Murray was at Hampden. Here’s his verdict. Thanks for reading this MBM.

Scotland boss Steve Clarke talks to BBC Radio Scotland. “A lot to take from the performance … one or two things we could do better … to lose it on the goal we lost was disappointing … it looked as though the game would peter out to a 0-0 draw … we got caught unbalanced … we defended well against a really good side … the midfield was strong … we can still be more progressive … [Tommy Conway] didn’t do himself any harm tonight … we’ll get the next team ready to go … I anticipate there will be six or seven changes [against Ivory Coast on Tuesday] … I want to look at some personnel on the pitch … it will be a little bit different on Tuesday night.”

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