Steve Clarke on Scotland's 1-1 with Swiss keeping qualification alive
19/06/2024
Cologne Stadium, Germany
19/06/2024
Cologne Stadium, Germany
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00:00Good evening, everyone.
00:18This is Steve Clarke's post-match press conference.
00:22If as normal, if you want to question, please raise your hand.
00:25One of our volunteers will come.
00:28If you do want to use the Interprefy system, as you know, you need to connect up with your
00:32headphones.
00:33So, let's start.
00:34Andrew.
00:35Andrew McLean, Radio Clyde.
00:36Steve, what did you make of that performance overall?
00:37Was that a lot more like it from your side?
00:38Yes, that's what we expected.
00:39This is the way we've been playing as a team over the last three or four years.
00:40It's why we're here at a major tournament.
00:41We're here to win, we're here to win.
00:42We're here to win.
00:43We're here to win.
00:44We're here to win.
00:45We're here to win.
00:46We're here to win.
00:47We're here to win.
00:48We're here to win.
00:49We're here to win.
00:50We're here to win.
00:51We're here to win.
00:52We're here to win.
00:59We knew what we had to do.
01:00The players knew what they had to do.
01:01I thought it was a good team.
01:04Team performance against a good opponent.
01:07Robert.
01:08Hi, Steve.
01:09You said you wanted the real Scotland tonight.
01:14Was that what you got?
01:15Is that how you'd describe it?
01:16Yes, I would think so.
01:17I think that was what we expected.
01:20Good reaction to a disappointing night and we're still alive in the tournament.
01:26Steve, Keith Jackson from the Daily Record.
01:28Was it about getting some pride back tonight and you got that?
01:31I mean, they ran themselves into the ground for you.
01:34It's just about doing better all the time.
01:37Sometimes as a footballer or a manager, it doesn't go your way.
01:41It certainly didn't go our way on Friday night.
01:44So tonight was just about getting back to what we're good at.
01:46Working hard.
01:47Making sure we got the preparation right and I think we did.
01:51Ewan, then Raman.
01:54Would you have taken this position that we've got...
01:57You're no Steve Clarke.
01:58I'm Steve Clarke.
01:59You're getting confused.
02:00Sorry.
02:01Has he been out?
02:02Raman, please.
02:03Your name's Ewan.
02:04Ewan Murray from the Guardian.
02:05Would you have taken this position that we've got now going into Sunday before the tournament
02:19started, Steve?
02:20Look, the reality is when the draw was made and we were drawn against the host nation
02:24in the opening game, you're looking at the second two games in the group and thinking
02:30maybe that's where our points are going to come from.
02:33That's the way it's turned out.
02:34So everybody was trying to overhype the fact that we had to get something from this game
02:39tonight.
02:40But the reality was, even if we had played well against Germany, we probably would have
02:43been in a similar position.
02:44We had to come to this game to get something to keep us alive going into the last game.
02:48That's what we've done.
02:49Raman Bardawaj, STV.
02:50Steve, given the performance and the result, how much confidence does that give the group
02:56going into the final game that you can get out of the group and can you give an update
03:01on Kieran's injury?
03:02That's two questions.
03:03Kieran's injured, so Kieran won't play the next game for sure.
03:08Sorry, you need to give me the first question again.
03:15Just in terms of the performance of the team, how much confidence are they going to take
03:18from that going into the final game?
03:19Obviously, they're going to feel a lot better going into the next game on the back of that
03:24kind of performance, which is what we are.
03:27This is how we play.
03:28This is how we work.
03:29And we've showed that as well as the aggression in the fight and that dirty side of the game,
03:36if you like.
03:38We can play.
03:39When we get the ball down and we play, we created some chances.
03:41Switzerland created some chances.
03:43I would imagine for the people watching, it was a pretty good game.
03:46For me, I was pretty nervous at times, but also pretty hopeful at times.
03:51We did what we had to do.
03:52We're still in the competition and that was the most important thing.
03:56Jacob Whitehead from The Athletic.
03:57You brought Billy Gilmour in today.
03:59What did you make of what he brought technically in the middle of the field?
04:03I thought he was really good.
04:08I'm not sure what you mean by technically, but he's a really good player.
04:12He's a fantastic player.
04:13Everybody uses that word technically, but sometimes it just gets missed.
04:16He's a good player.
04:17It was always my intention to start Billy in the second game.
04:21Maybe that's why he didn't start the first game, but I knew.
04:23And you see towards the end, the little man's tiring a bit towards the end of the game.
04:29Because it's a tough shift in midfield.
04:31I thought him and Carol McGregor, both in central midfield for us, were outstanding.
04:35Two more questions here, then we'll go online.
04:37Thank you, Matthew.
04:38Matthew Lindsay, The Herald.
04:39Steve, there's been a lot of criticism of your goalkeeper, Angus Gunn, after the…
04:43I'm glad you asked that question.
04:46After the Germany game, he produced some outstanding saves for you tonight, had a great performance.
04:53Were you always confident that he would?
04:56What did you think of his display?
04:59That's what you need your goalkeeper for.
05:01That's what we see with Angus.
05:03We are a team, when we come to this type of match, like most countries, you need your goalkeeper to make big saves.
05:10And that's what he did.
05:11He made two or three really good saves, even though he got a goal kick for one of them.
05:15He made some big saves.
05:16That's what you need.
05:17At key times, you need your goalkeeper to save a goal.
05:20That's what he did tonight.
05:21I'm really pleased for him.
05:24Sebastian Rieder, from the newspaper 20 Minutes Switzerland.
05:28Your opinion about Shahedan Shaqiri and his goal?
05:35I think when Tony made the mistake, and it was a small mistake that could have been recovered,
05:41because we had two players near the ball,
05:43I think if that chance falls to any other player in the Swiss team, it's not a goal.
05:47So that tells you what I think of Shaqiri.
05:49Just rolled on a plate and away he finished.
05:52You knew when it was rolling towards Shaqiri, it was destined for the back of the net.
05:57He's the top, top player.
05:58So you don't give top, top players that kind of chance.
06:01We just see we have a journalist waiting online.
06:04Eric Dobias, if you want to raise your hand, please do so now.
06:09Give him a few seconds if we can.
06:14Thank you very much, Steve, for your time.
06:16Thank you.