Jack Aitchison dedicated his scoring double against Holland on Saturday night to his late father George and hoped that Brendan Rodgers noted his efforts.
The 18-year-old hasn’t featured in any top team matches this season despite becoming Celtic’s youngest ever scorer when he found the net against Motherwell in Ronny Deila’s final match in charge.
Aitchison has played in each of the last three u-17 European Championship final stages and is hoping to help Scotland reach the u-19 equivalent by beating Norway tomorrow while hoping that Holland win or draw against Germany.
“I am just happy we got the win because we deserved the win,” the Celtic striker told The Sun. “All the boys put in a huge shift. I thought we were the better team from the first minute. We believed in ourselves and knew we would beat them.
“I’m scoring goals just now so I am asking the question and hopefully my manager sees I am grabbing some goals and maybe I can get a wee shot again.”
As well as a double from Aitchison, Scotland benefited from three changes at the back.
Celtic trio Robbie Deas, Stephen Welsh and Daniel Church all came into the side after being benched against Germany.
All four teams in Group 1 go into their final match tomorrow on three points with only the group winner going through, if two teams are level their place will be determined by the head-to-head result.
