NOBODY needs to tell Colin Hendry how difficult it is for a team to make it through to the knockout rounds at a major tournament.
centre half played at both the Euro ’96 and France ’98 finals during his 51 cap international career - and on each occasion the national side were unable to get out of the group stages.
Hendry can see uncanny similarities between this Scotland side and the teams he played for back in the 1990s and feels they can go into the Euro 2024 finals with confidence regardless of which countries they are drawn to face in Hamburg in December.at the top level down south and abroad,” he said. “You have got Kieran Tierney, Andy Robertson, John McGinn and Scott McTominay. How that lad isn’t starting for Manchester United I do not know.
“They have a very solid defence as well and that was something we certainly had. Their performances at the back have been fantastic during this campaign. They hadn’t conceded a goal from open play until the Spain game last week. A good defence gives you a platform to build on and achieve something.” But the former Newcastle United, Chelsea and Liverpool assistant was unable to get his team out of Group D and into the last 16 at Euro 2020; they lost 2-0 to the Czech Republic in their opening match, drew 0-0 with England in their second outing and then slumped to 3-1 defeat to Croatia in their final fixture and finished bottom of their section.
“Okay, we were downright poor in the third game against Morocco. But I did feel Euro ’96 stood us in good stead for France ’98. It gave us experience, made us aware of the challenges we would face, helped us deal with the short turnaround between games and ensured we knew how to plan our preparation. The lads will benefit from the Euro 2020 finals.
“But, listen, we have got John McGinn and Scott McTominay. They have been scoring regularly at international level. Maybe Steve should just play the two of them up front together!”
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