Scotland restore pride to set up do-or-die clash with Hungary

Scotland live on. They have a pulse in Euro 2024 after all. A performance of real guts and bravery earned them a point from a tense, almighty scrap against Switzerland in Cologne. They secured the point they needed and delivered the display that was non-negotiable if anyone was to believe in them again after the debacle of that opening capitulation to Germany.

Here they rose, not by enough to beat a more technically accomplished Swiss team, but enough to earn an ovation from their relieved supporters. Steve Clarke and his players owed each other a revival, and owed the fans something to cling to, and now the show carries on to Stuttgart and the final group game against Hungary on Sunday. Win there and they