Portugal v Scotland post match with Alan Pattullo

Scotsman football reporter Alan Pattullo reports from Scotland's 2-1 defeat to Portugal in Lisbon in the UEFA Nations League.

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00:00Alan Patullo here, Scotsman football writer, just in the interview room in the bowels of

00:10Estadio de Luz where Scotland have fallen to a late winner from guess who, Ronaldo stepped

00:20off the bench to score with two minutes left to complete another heartbreaking evening

00:27for Scotland who aren't finding life easy in the top flight of the Nations League as we

00:33possibly would have expected but Steve Clarke has stressed tonight in this very chair behind me,

00:41he stressed to the players that they shouldn't feel too down about these last two performances

00:48which obviously have yielded nothing away of points but he says has earned them some form

00:56of redemption I think following those Euro 2024 performances which are so disappointing.

01:01I've just filed some Steve Clarke quotes on Scotsman.com, read that on there and I've also

01:08got a match report up there as well and log on tomorrow for a follow-up on Scotsman.com as well.

01:16I'm signing off here from the Estadio de Luz, my first visit here, it's been a it's quite an

01:21impressive stadium but yeah not quite as traumatic as the last time Scotland were here

01:28when they lost 5-0 in 1993 but it's yeah been a painful evening nevertheless.