Captain Andy Robertson says Scotland are seeking to make history by qualifying for the knockout stages and spoil Germany’s Euro 2024 opening party.
The 30-year-old Liverpool left-back will lead his side out in Munich on Friday night (8pm kick-off BST) for the opening game of Group A, which also includes Hungary and Switzerland.
“We’ve waited a long time or this game, it feels as if it’s been years and years coming,” he told a pre-match press conference.” We know how much of a challenge it’s going to be, one more sleep and we’ll be ready come kick-off.
“I don’t really think about my emotions too much. I feel the same as the rest of the boys. I feel immensely proud and very excited as well.”
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Robertson is wary of the threat of the host nation – three time winners and four-time World Cup winners – but said his side are capable of shocking the world.
“It’s important we show up to our maximum and if we do that we can create a bit of history,” he said.
“Tomorrow night we are playing a team full of quality, in front of their home fans, but it’s a challenge we’re excited for.
“We expect a lot from ourselves and hopefully we can do that on the pitch.”
With up to 1000,000 Scots expected in Germany for the opening week, Robertson added: “We know there’s a lot of fans over here and we hope to make them proud. We know not all of them can get in the stadium, we wish they could, it would help us out.
“We can’t do it without the support and we hope they enjoy themselves. Hopefully we can give them something to shout about and they can stay in Germany a little bit longer.”
Scotland have qualified for successive European Championships but have still never reached the knockouts at a major tournament, something which Robertson wants to put right.
He said: “The first Euros was massive for…
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Publish date : 2024-06-13 17:22:43
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