Now THAT is how you send shockwaves across the continent!
There were countless magic moments as Scotland beat Spain 2-0 at Hampden but, perhaps, the best was how comfortable Steve Clarke side were against a team who had only lost two qualifiers in the last 17 years. An incredible statistic but one our national team felt capable of changing as soon as the whistle blew in a raucous national stadium.
It was thrilling, unmissable and hugely satisfying – a heady mix for the Tartan Army who danced the night away upon their exit from the famous Mount Florida arena. But how was the heroics of Scott McTominay and Co viewed across the globe? Record Sport is on hand to provide the best of it as Spain mourns an unexpected defeat while others see the beauty of Clarke's side.
It's all below....
El Pais (Spain)
They wrote: "Spirit reaches Scotland where boots cannot reach. Against Spain, four of their starters – goalkeeper Gunn, sentinels Hanley and Porteous, and striker Dykes – were recruited from the lower-middle zone of England's second tier. Whatever the harvest, the fighting spirit of its Tartan Army remains in legendary Hampden Park. Facing Spain, they were all Scottish to the core.
"La Roja was forced into a guerrilla party, little cosmetic. Steve Clarke's squad goes for games with tonnage, without bending. Especially if you take advantage. It was granted by a Spain with little nerve in the early morning of the crash. The local team was stoking when Porro skidded, Robertson left him in the ditch and his appointment when McTominay made Hampden explode, always on fire.
"Scotland shielded itself, never loosened its jaw and the Red, without football or hook, hit it. And the next council with De la Fuente will already be, in June, the semifinal of the League of Nations. Many duties ahead for a selection to be made and a selector to graduate in the absolute and clear up any suspicion of transience as soon as possible."
Mundo Deportivo (Spain)
Spain's leading outlets certainly are not holding back.
"They had to fight against a deafening atmosphere in Glasgow and against the intensity of some Scotsmen who did not evade any blow. So much so that Robertson risked a red card for hitting Porro without the ball. If protagonists in Malaga were Ceballos and Joselu, they repeated this at Hampden Park. The one from Madrid with his finesse between the lines and the one from Espanyol setting the chances. Specifically two headers, and one almost scored a goal but it went to the post. Up to two penalties, which were at the limit at the very least, requested Joselu, who felt the ball had gravity towards his body when Spain did not know how to strike between the British defense, closed on the inside."
AS (Spain)
"You had to react with a completely different team than the one that played the first qualifying match for the Euros. Revolution upon revolution. Or what is the same, De la Fuente had turned La Roja around like a sock. A question arose: was he doing it conditioned by his rival or because the eleven he lined up in Malaga had not left him with a good feeling? In total, eight changes, it seems to me many, compared to La Rosaleda, so we finished before listing the three repeat players: Kepa, Rodri and Merino."
ESPN (United States)
Former Venezuela striker Alejandro Moreno served it to the sloppy Spanish straight.
"When you go to Hampden, first and foremost, you have to match the intensity and the energy of Scotland. They didn't do that. How do you take the crowd out the game? With quality possession in the attacking half, not nervous possession in your own half. The second thing that was clear to see there is nothing in their (Spain) attack you are afraid of.
Marca (Spain)
An emotive take from Espana as they watched their national team suffer a lesser-spotted loss and reacted with a heady dose of Latin fury with their headline reading; 'A vulgar Spain, without solidity, pays for its mistakes and suffers a painful defeat on the day that De la Fuente changes eight of Malaga's starters.'
But let's make one thing clear a kilt is certainly not a skirt!
They followed: "In that stadium, where Zidane picked up a drone and took it to a trophy room, Luis de la Fuente put on a skirt to invent a Braveheart-style revolution. The coach changed the lineup of La Rosaleda. He only kept Kepa, Rodri and Merino, a little security corridor. The rest was not in the betting slips. There were also no slips or improper mistakes on a field of tall, uneven grass, as if Glasgow made humps. There are no excuses.
"For a new team, without a ready jaw, the slap was noticed. The bleeding was forgiven by Christie in a boarding school downtown. The Spanish reaction came with the balls to the bonfire of the area, a territory where Joselu headed everything in a tribute to Joe Jordan, the Scottish striker from the 70s who finished off glass containers. One of his shipments went to the crossbar.
"With that landscape a new game began that Scotland took to physical combat and safari. Each air balloon went with an invitation to the dentist."
Goal (London)
They pulled no punches over mouthy Pedro Porri's ineffectual display – hours after telling Tottenham fans he will be a superstar. Porri suffered a shocker against Scotland.
They wrote: "Gave the ball away in the run up to Scotland's opener, seemed rattled by Robertson's gamesmanship. Subbed at half time."
El. Mundo (Spain)
Short and to the point.
It said: "Spain is worse than Scotland if they play like Scotland. It is normal when dealing with a team with everything to do, because nothing remains of the Luis Enrique era. There are leaders who build and self-destruct in the same proportion."
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