Must do better!
Steve Clarke has called upon his Scotland players to do better when they face Switzerland in a crucial Euro clash in Cologne tonight.
The Scots must win following their humbling 5-1 defeat to Germany in the tournament’s opener.
Clarke said: “Difficult opponent, I expect a difficult game. For us, it is to regroup and go again. It’s that simple. It is about doing better, exactly that.
“The players want to go back and play better and I think that is pretty standard when you play so poorly and let yourself down.
“As I said when I spoke to a lot of you on Sunday, it is about doing better, working better into the game.
“We thought we were well prepared for Germany, obviously we weren’t. So this time I think it is better not to say too much and hopefully with our actions on the pitch we will show that we prepared well and a positive result would be lovely.”
Clarke has always targeted four points from the group but knows the pressure is now on to deliver.
He added: “To go into the game thinking you only need a point is dangerous. We go there to win, to be as positive as we can and we see where that takes us.
“It is more about making sure we perform as well as we can and if we can do that I am pretty confident we can get something from the game.
“I was very impressed with the Swiss. I thought they were excellent, really good in the first half and then controlled the second half well and when they needed a late goal to take some pressure off they managed to do that as well.
“It is a big challenge, a good team, a lot of good players, very strong down the spine of the team, defend well, don’t give too much away and have a lot of pace up front. So we expect a difficult night.”