Nations League 2024-25 Soccer

[Franco Pinion]

Big impact from McGinn when he came on.

Doak was the best player on the pitch and has impressed since making his debut a few games ago.

Can't see us beating Poland on Monday but our performances have merited points more than we've got in the NL and are a marked improvement from the Euros debacle.

 

[Bandit]

What a finish to the game tonight. Drawing with Poland with only minutes remaining, captain Andy Robertson gets on the end of a John Souttar cross to power a header past the Polish goalkeeper which gives us the win that relegates Poland from the league and puts us into a relegation playoff.

I thought we were excellent tonight. A good combination of quality and hard work.

 

[Boot Cleaner]

I slated Andy Robertson all through this match and the Croatia game on Friday.

I'm glad he listened to me and popped up with the winner.

We might not stay in the top group but we've given ourselves a fighting chance and we've made a marked improvement since the disastrous Euros 24 tournament.

 

[Black Sheep]

Great game. End to end stuff. Questionable defending from both sides.

A stunning strike by Piatkowski for Poland's equaliser and what a cross from Souttar for the winning goal from Robertson.

 

[Dylan]

Scotland will meet Greece in a Nations League play-off in March.

The matches will be played on 20 and 23 March, with the second leg at Hampden.

League A quarter-finals:

Quarter-final 1: Netherlands vs. Spain
Quarter-final 2: Croatia vs. France
Quarter-final 3: Denmark vs. Portugal
Quarter-final 4: Italy vs. Germany

Semi-final 1: Winner of QF4 vs. Winner of QF3
Semi-final 2: Winner of QF1 vs. Winner of QF2

League A/B playoffs:

Turkey vs. Hungary
Ukraine vs. Belgium
Austria vs. Serbia
Greece vs. Scotland

League B/C playoffs:

Kosovo vs. Iceland
Bulgaria vs. Republic of Ireland
Armenia vs. Georgia
Slovakia vs. Slovenia

League C/D playoffs:

Gibraltar vs. Latvia
Malta vs. Luxembourg

 

[Bad Gizmo]

Scotland lead Greece 1-0 at half-time in the first leg of the Nations League playoff. Scott McTominay winning and scoring a penalty.

Looking at the replays, I think we can count ourselves lucky to be awarded a penalty but we'll take it. If it had been awarded against us though I'd have been furious!

 

[Bad Gizmo]

Not sure how they managed it but Scotland held on to take a one-goal advantage back to Hampden for the second leg on Sunday.

It was all Greece in the second half but the game finished 1-0 to Scotland.

Tonight's scores

Quarter-final

Netherlands 2-2 Spain
Croatia 2-0 France
Denmark 1-0 Portugal
Italy 1-2 Germany

League A/B playoffs:

Turkey 3-1 Hungary
Ukraine 3-1 Belgium
Austria 1-1 Serbia
Greece 0-1 Scotland

League B/C playoffs:

Kosovo 2-1 Iceland
Bulgaria 1-2 Republic of Ireland
Armenia 0-3. Georgia
Slovakia 0-0 Slovenia

 

[Best]

Got away with it tonight. I thought Ralston was our best player. He's had his fair share of criticism over the past few years, some deservedly so, but he was excellent tonight.

I just realised tonight that John McGinn spends more time losing the ball then throwing himself to the ground to try to get a freekick than doing anything positive on the pitch. There was a time when he scored important goals for Scotland, much like McTominay now, but he has regressed a lot, imo.

Sunday will be another tough game but at least we have an advantage.

 

[David76]

Lucky to escape with the victory. It was never a penalty, I'm really surprised it was given after VAR had looked at it.

Greece piled on the pressure in the second half and their youngster Karetsas who came on at half-time looks like a player and a half.

 

[Black Sheep]

Scotland 0 Greece 2 at half time.

As it stands, Scotland are being relegated from the top league. Clinical finishing but shocking amount of space left by the defence for both goals.

Honestly, I cannot see Scotland coming back. More chance of Greece adding to their total.