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McLeish’s amazing claim: ‘I think Scotland played very well’

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Alex McLeish claimed that Scotland ‘played very well’ in the 3-1 defeat from Portugal.

While it wasn’t as dismal as ‘the game of two halves’ in Israel even the most determined spin doctor would struggle to put a gloss on the friendly defeat from Portugal’s reserve side.

McLeish made six changes to the side that lost 2-1 to Israel with most of them enforced at the back where the three man defensive set up was ditched for a more flexible 4-2-3-1

That was a good performance, if you watched the game I think Scotland played very well

It would be impossible to read too much into the match due to Portugal’s approach to the game- had there been points at stake the margin would probably have been far greater.

While McLeish has given some younger players a chance to play at international level there has been no players emerge that look comfortable at that level with confidence in the new old boss fast disappearing.

A total of seven players withdrew from the original squad but even if all of them had been available it’s highly doubtful that the outcome would have been any different.

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