Steve Clarke confident Scotland’s best performance is good enough to match Spain
Scotland manager Steve Clarke wants his side to secure qualification as early as possible (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Steve Clarke believes Scotland’s maximum performance against Spain on Thursday night will be good enough to get them at least the point they need to qualify for Euro 2024.
The Scots have won their first five qualifiers including a morale-boosting 2-0 victory over Spain at Hampden Park in March.
Scotland are six points clear of Luis de la Fuente’s side at the top of the table and will qualify for next summer’s finals in Germany if they avoid defeat in Seville or if Norway fail to beat Cyprus on the same night.
Scotland have Georgia away and Norway at home in November to complete their campaign.
Clarke said: “Belief will be part of it, obviously we have to get the tactics right. The players have to put into practise on the pitch what we have spoken about on the training ground.
“They have to play to our maximum and belief is a part of that as well.
“We have to play our game as well as we can and I believe that will be good enough to get something from the game.
“They are a very good team. Obviously they won the Nations League in the summer.
“I think when we played them in March they were probably a little bit in transition between the previous coach and new coach.
“They had a disappointing World Cup campaign so we maybe got them at a good time in March. We know we have to be very good to get a positive result tomorrow night.
“I think we have been constantly improving over my tenure as head coach.
“We are improving all the time, we are striving to improve, trying to add little bits to our game that will make us more competitive against the top teams but we understand we still have a bit to go.”
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