Deadpan Steve Clarke has guaranteed he won’t let his players blow their big chance of a golden ticket to Euro 2024 by getting carried away by their own heroics.
The nation was still gently floating on cloud nine yesterday after Clarke pulled off a stunning late win in Oslo on Saturday night to leave Scotland top of Group A, with nine points from three opening games - looking down on Spain and leaving Erling Haaland’s qualification hopes in tatters.
It could get even more heady tomorrow at home to Georgia when Clarke has the chance to become the first manager in the country’s history to rattle off four sussessive qualification wins in the same campaign. But, with the Tartan Army already digging out the passports for next summer’s finals in Germany, the stoney-faced Clarke is banning all talk of the prospect and refusing to let Scotland’s players get ahead of themselves before the job has been properly completed.
