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Sebastien Pocognoli tasted defeat in his very first match at Hampden as his 10-man Scotland side were easily beaten 3-0 by Switzerland in Nations League B.
Protector Jack Hendry was dismissed inside the very first 10 minutes for rejecting a clear goalscoring chance when he carried down Nottingham Forest’s Dan Ndoye – before previous a/c Milan full-back Ricardo Rodriguez thoroughly curled the resulting free-kick into the top-left corner from the edge of package.
This followed a duration of confusion around the nationwide arena in which Serb referee Nenad Minakovic had actually initially granted a charge and revealed Hendry a yellow card before his choice was remedied by VAR.
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Scotland reacted well and battled valiantly in spite of their mathematical downside however were ultimately foiled early in the 2nd half when Remo Freuler’s low cross chose Nico Elvedi who assisted the ball into the far corner at the near post.
Burnley forward Zeki Amdouni then finished the scoring in the 82nd minute by stepping onto Ndoye’s lowering and lashing the ball past Scotland stopper Angus Gunn.
The Scots travel to North Macedonia on Saturday then welcome Slovenia to Hampden next Tuesday-still looking for their very first success in Nations League B1.
The essential minutes from Hampden Park
9: PENALTY TO SWITZERLAND! Hendry lowers Ndoye and the referee indicate the area.
10: NO PENALTY! VAR has actually had a look and the difficulty was outside package. Hendry is sent out off.
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Jack Hendry was red-carded at 0-0
12: GOAL FOR SWITZERLAND! Well it was not a charge however what a free-kick! Rodriguez steps up and blasts the ball past Gunn and the Swiss are ahead.
21: SCOTLAND WANT A PENALTY! John McGinn demonstrations that he was being held as the corner is curled in, however it is play on. Andy Robertson then blasts the next corner over the bar.
29: BOOS AROUND HAMPDEN! Oli McBurnie is clipped as he wants to take the ball into package. Free-kick? No states the referee.
45 +1: YELLOW! Pocognoli gets a reservation as he reveals his aggravation at a few of the refereeing choices.
51: OPPORTUNITY! Ndoye sends out the ball into package, however Johan Manzambi can not get to it in time and it passes by the post.
55: GOAL FOR SWITZERLAND! It is too simple for Switzerland. Elvedi sweeps home Ndoye’s cross to double their benefit. Groans around Hampden.
82: GOAL FOR SWITZERLAND! It worsens for Scotland. Amdouni gets on completion of Ndoye’s cross and smashes the ball into the internet. A hard night at Hampden Park.
‘After 8 minutes, strategy needed to be placed on the side’
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Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli was irritated as his Hampden Park launching ended in a 3-0 defeat to Switzerland.
Scotland head coach Sebastien Pocognoli:
“Frustrating night, to be honest. Not a lot to say about the game, we can analyse the game with 80 per cent of the game with 10 men.
“Direct surface from the red card with a free-kick, so most likely the worst circumstance that we can have.
“Should prefer maybe a penalty and to stay with with 11 men and to maybe show exactly what we what we planned for the game.
“We begin rather aggressive, front foot and after 8 minutes the video game strategy has to put on the side and simply see the group responding well or not with 10 guys.
“They did their best, to be honest. They had the great attitude to stick together, try to have the moment in transition or set pieces or something, but it never happened because Switzerland is a good side as well and they didn’t give anything away.”
‘We need to remain favorable’
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Scotland captain Andy Robertson is dejected
Scotland captain Andy Robertson speaking with BBC Scotland:
“Your first home game under the new manager, you want to get off to a good start.
“It left to the worst possible start getting a guy sent early doors. It was extremely tough with 11 males on the pitch, it was even harder with 10.
“We hardly touched the ball second half, but it didn’t stop the lads from fighting for each other.
“Football has to do with flash choices, Jack Hendry has actually attempted to nick the ball. As quickly as the referee stated it was outside package I believed we would have been much better taking the charge and the yellow card.
“It’s a difficult night but we won’t try and let it get in the way of our process. We’ve got a new manager and a new squad so we have to try to stay positive.
“Entering into the next video game we need to attempt to forget it.
“I think he [the manager] was proud of the fight that we showed. What we’ve planned for the last three days went completely out the window. We had to rip up the plan and try something else.
“Eventually I do not believe we’ll take excessive from this video game in regards to how we wish to look as a Scotland group.
“It’s up to everyone to stay positive. I’m proud of how the camp has gone so far we just need to get the results.”
Scotland’s Nations League components
- October 3 – North Macedonia (A)7.45 pm
- October 6 – Slovenia (H) 7.45 pm
- November 13 – North Macedonia (H) 7.45 pm
- November 16 – Switzerland (A) 7.45 pm
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