A downbeat Steve Clarke described the intense frustration in Scotland’s dressing room after they were hammered 5-1 in the Euro 2024 curtain raiser against a rampant Germany side.
Scotland were outclassed from start to finish and did not manage a single shot on goal, their late consolation coming via the Germany defender Antonio Rüdiger. It was a chastening night and, in a terse press conference that reflected the sense of anticlimax around their display in front of a fervent travelling support, Clarke admitted his team had simply not performed.
