For euro 2024 was stopped short by spain, the hosts winning 2 0 on a controversial night. Needing just a point to secure qualification, scotland took a 1 0 lead in the second half only for the goal to be ruled out. Steve clarkes side had nothing to show for weathering the worst of the spain storm as jane dougall reports from seville. So it wasnt to be tonight for scotland but that goal that wasnt will probably be talked about fora while to come. About for a while to come. The first half, spain dominated, putting chance after chance towards scotland, which they defended with their lives. And then scott mctominay s perfectly placed freekick which delighted the crowd was ruled out. There was a debate as to whether it was a foul or off side. Mctominay was furious at the decision. Scotlands heads then went down and spain quickly took advantage and they took their chance, morata scoring in the 72nd minute. Just after that, adams could have got them the point. He was through on goal but he ju
Hello and thanks for joining us on sportday. We start in seville as scotlands bid to become the first side to qualify for euro 2024 was stopped short by spain, the hosts winning 2 0 on a controversial night. Needing just a point to secure qualification, scotland took a 1 0 lead in the second half only for the goal to be ruled out. Steve clarkes side had nothing to show for weathering the worst of the spain storm as jane dougall reports from seville. So it wasnt to be for scotland. The first half, spain dominated, a chance towards scotland which are defended with their lives and then the perfectly placed freekick which dilated the crowd was ruled out. There was a debate as to whether it was a fellow or off side. Furious at the decision, scotlands head went down and spain took advantage and they took the chance, morata scoring. Just after that, they could have been a point but the scots could not finish. After that, mistakes started to creep. Aaron hickey gave away possession and spain p
Through villareal forward. They are backin through villareal forward. They are back in the mix. Guridi heating up. Four teams with a realistic chance of qualifying. Croatia and turkey did top the group at the start of the day with ten points each but now turkey is top i o ahead in croatia. Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has written to the head of israels Football Association to express his condolences for what hes described as the Tragic Acts Of Violence in israel. He says that pain and sorrow are profound and resonate across the entire football community. Israel were due to face switzerland in tel aviv on thursday but that has been moved to next month and their Euro Qualifier in Kosovo On Sunday has also been postponed. A period of silence will be held before englands friendly game with australia at wembley in london on friday as well as wear black armbands. In a statement the Football Association say its to remember the innocent victims of the devastating events in israel and pal