A match between the national teams of Scotland and Portugal will take place in the 4th round of the UEFA Nations League on October 15, 2024. The leader of the group plans to take a new step towards the final success in Glasgow.
Both teams played in the Euro in the summer. And, by and large, they were not surprising in Germany. “The Highlanders” again limited themselves to 1 draw, this time with the Swiss, while the confrontations with Germany and Hungary brought the defeats. As a result, the team went home after the group stage.
“The Chosen Ones” started with a couple of wins, but played pragmatically in the play-offs (0-0). Speaking about the 1st round, where there was a competition with Slovenia, Diogo Costa won the penalty shoot-out duel, and did not concede a single one, but Maignan became the hero in the quarter-finals.
The teams played in the 2nd round in September. By that time, “the Tartans” had lost with a 2-3 score in the home battles to the Poles, and Ronaldo and the company had beaten Croatia – 2-1. And they managed to repeat the winning score in the home struggle with Steve Clarke’s wards.
Roberto Martinez initially could not call only Pepe, who had “tied the knot” at 41. So ignoring Sa, Rui Patricio, Matheus Nunes, Danilo Pereira, Goncalo Ramos, Horta is his decisions. Even Otavio recovered. This line-up confidently beat the hosts in Poland (3-1), and the captain scored again.
In Glasgow, the hosts were without McCrorie and Hickey due to injuries, McGregor left the national team. At the same time, Tierney, McGinn and Hendry are not available. Without them, having opened the score in the game against the Croatians, they lost weakly.
