That’s all from Cologne
Day six of Euro 2024 is over – but Scotland’s campaign is not.
Steve Clarke’s men and the Tartan Army are still dreaming of the knockout stage after a battling 1-1 draw against Switzerland.
The Scots’ first point of the Championship has them in third place ahead of Hungary, who they play on Sunday in Stuttgart; win and they have a great chance of making it to the Last 16.
Attention turns to England tomorrow with the Three Lions facing Denmark in Frankfurt at 5pm.
We’ll be back with all the action plus live coverage of Slovenia verus Serbia, and Spain against Italy.
See you then. Goodnight,
Scotland showing brings rare Clarke smile
It’s not often that Steve Clarke affords himself a laugh and a joke with a pitchside reporter, but the Scotland head coach was all smiles with Eilidh Barbour as he analysed his side’s draw with Switzerland.
We didn’t turn up in the first game, but we’re a good team when we play. You have to put the first game off as a really bad night. Tonight we were determined to make sure we went pressing, after the ball and higher up the pitch. And it was against a very good Switzerland side, I have to say.
Steve Clarke
Shaq back to punish Scotland
Fans and followers of Scotland are rightly praising a much-improved performance, but know deep down that it could have been so much better had Anthony Ralston’s misplaced pass not fallen at the feet of Xherdan Shaqiri.
The 32-year-old was back in the Switzerland side this evening, and rolled back the years with an incredible finish just inside the top left corner of Angus Gunn’s goal.
In scoring, Shaqiri has become the only European player to have scored in each of the last six major tournaments since the 2014 World Cup.
And by netting in those, the former Stoke and Liverpool star has scored in twice as many competitions as any other Swiss player in history,
