Scotland v Hungary preview

Scotsman football writer Alan Pattullo looks ahead of the Scotland v Switzerland Euro 2024 Group A fixture in Stuttgart.

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00:00Hello, this is Alan Patullo, Scotsman football writer. I'm here at the Stuttgart Arena, MHP

00:09Arena, as it's known normally, before UEFA get their hands on it and it becomes de-branded.

00:17But this, well, behind me, as you can see, impressive stadium. You might remember Ian

00:23Maxwell referencing this stadium a few years back, the Chief Executive of the Scottish

00:28Football Association when he was talking about wanting to renovate Hampden and make

00:32it more like, perhaps, a Stuttgart stadium, the way what they've done here and brought

00:36the ends in. It used to be an athletic stadium, so they've done a really good job. It's a

00:40proper football stadium. This could be where history is made. Tomorrow night, when Scotland

00:46play Hungary and needing a win to almost certainly, almost certainly, ensure they get to the second

00:55stage of the major finals for the first time. I've just been at a press conference with

01:00Steve Clarke and John McGinn. They were in good form. John McGinn certainly was. He was

01:04talking about his Hungarian relatives. He's got an uncle, two cousins, two young cousins

01:10in Hungary, Tomas and Mark, one of whom is supporting Scotland, one of whom is not supporting

01:16Hungary. It's going to be interesting in the McGinn household tomorrow night, I'm sure.

01:23Steve Clarke was a usual self, but Taka Turn wasn't giving too much away, obviously. But

01:31he did stress that he wanted to show that Scotland have learned lessons from three years

01:37ago when they first aligned slightly against Croatia when they needed a win in the last

01:42game of the group stage to reach the knockout stage. So, we shall see what unfolds here

01:50tomorrow night. I'll be up there in the press area.