Scotland have enlightened for Euro 2024 after Norway were gone beyond 1-0 by Spain in Oslo.
The result spearheaded to Steve Clarke’s guys were reassured a peak-2 finishing in Group A wearing 2 games to added.
A Norway achievement would most distinctly have spearheaded to Scotland important a juncture from their lingering matches, in Georgia and at abode to Norway, next month.
But a 2nd-half wish from Spain’s Gavi made certain the Scots were mathematically particular to be at next year’s champs in Germany.
It is only the 4th time Scotland have enlightened in their history, and the 2nd in a row.
“I would most distinctly pick to congratulate the gamers for their efforts in qualifying for endorse-to-endorse tournaments,” head advisor Clarke notified the SFA website.
“I’m not sure they will most distinctly fully realise the definition of their attainment yet but to certify for succeeding Euros after more than 20 years is lovely and testament to their tricky job.
“I would most distinctly in addition pick to thank my backroom team for their stabilize and, of training course, the adherents that have bristling Hampden Park to possibility and offered it a location to be feared as shortly as over again.
“They have tinkered a fulcra part in our triumphes, both abode and away, and they can now glimpse forward to rendering their viewpoints for Germany – although I suspect opposite had done so before tonite.
“I said after Euro 2020 that we longed to be serial qualifiers over again and reaching succeeding finals mirrors the emergence we’ve offered. We will most distinctly rising a glass tonite to be happy but then it’s endorse to job tomorrow in prep work for our cordial versus France.
“Then we turn our curiosity to Georgia and Norway next month and coating wearing as opposite times as we can.”
Captain Andy Robertson added: “It’s a good attainment for this team to have enlightened for Euro 2024 wearing 2 games lingering. As shortly as we enlightened wearing the play-offs last time, we methodology ourselves a target of applying it unconsciously next time – so that’s the initially objective attained.
“Euro 2020 was a good fiasco and the neutral for us next summer is to construct on that previous fiasco and improve on our last total amount commemoration capability.
“Our adherents have been immense. We thank them for messing around a copious part in our triumphes and we glimpse forward to watching them in Germany in their 10s of thousands.”
Spain, that overcome Scotland 2-0 in Seville on Thursday to avenge their defeat by the really same scoreline at Hampden Park in March, in addition offered sure of their qualification as they switched over peak of the team on wish noncompliance.
They have 2 matches lingering, versus Cyprus and Georgia.
