Scotland 2-3 Spain
Posted in Football, Scotland, World Cup at 18:34 on 13 October 2010
Hampden Park, 12/10/10
Well this was much brighter. Two good goals and coming from behind to equalise. Against the World Champions* too. It just shows the benefits of having a go sometimes. Mind you I only watched the highlights show at 11.05.
The timidity of the (lack of) ambition in evidence against Lithuania and in the Czech Rep was shown up by this performance. We are capable of creating chances and of scoring them – even against the best. Okay it was at home and with a fierce vocal backing. But Spain are a much greater force than the two teams from whom we filched merely one point and who now have four and three respectively in our mini tournament to decide the upper lower (or lower upper if you prefer) placings in the group. Spain will win it overall, Liechtenstein will be bottom.
It’s all left us with too much to do.
*The official World Champions. Japan (!) are now the unofficial World Champions. That title has changed hands twice now since the World Cup.
Tags: Czech Republic, Football, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Scotland, Spain
British Football
14 October 2010 at 11:58
Another game, another glorious failure for Scotlandâs national football team. Losing bravely seems to be what we do best. F. Llorente made the difference in the 79â² minute of the game. At the end McGregor saves from Villa, but it is too little too late and Spain have claimed the win. Another case of glorious failure for the home side.
jackdeighton
19 October 2010 at 18:51
Not so much glorious failure this time as plucky almost scraping a draw.