Steve Clarke on Scotland's 1-1 with Swiss keeping qualification alive

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Steve Clarke on Scotland's 1-1 with Swiss keeping qualification alive  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.

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