‘TYPICAL Scotland’ need a reaction to Thursday’s gut punching defeat to Poland when heading to Portugal to face Cristiano Ronaldo and co.
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Portugal vs Scotland preview
Scotland fans, you could see it coming an absolute mile away.
A fairly decent performance yet finding ourselves 2-0 down at the break, only to dominate the second half and force an equaliser.
Not content with that, there was only one team looking for a winner and it was Steve Clarke’s side, only for Grant Hanley’s dreadful defending to kill the game with a penalty to the Poles that was converted deep into added time.
We’ve seen it all before.
We’ve also seen some huge performances and results when the odds were stacked against us and that’s exactly what is needed against the might of Portugal on Sunday.
The irony of Thursday being Clarke leaving himself so wide open at the back as many Scotland fans have been crying out for, ultimately leading to the late concession.
It’s doubtful he’ll be quite so open against a side that will likely field Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva and Diogo Jota.
Ronaldo himself bagged his 900th career goal as they ran out 2-1 winners over Croatia on Thursday.
It’s an incredible squad that they can pick from and Scotland need a huge effort to get something out the game and avoid sitting bottom of the table with two defeats from two.
Portugal vs Scotland latest odds
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Portugal vs Scotland betting tips and predictions
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That Portugal team is quite frightening and the defensive options we have including two players from Norwich – one that can’t get in their team – suggests we are right up against it here.
But on the other hand, Scott McTominay looked superb the other night and we do have players that can hurt that Portugal back four ourselves.
There’s a threat from set pieces there, too as and when they arrive.
No reason why we can’t at least get on the scoreboard in what could be a backs against the wall job for much of the night.
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