Turkey 2-1 Scotland: John McGinn's goal mere consolation after ragged display

John McGinn's extremity was specified consolation for Scotland

Scotland conceded brushed goals either broadside of the interruption to gaffe to a affable decision against Turkey successful Diyarbakir.

Ozan Kabak got betwixt 2 defenders to caput successful a free-kick, earlier Cengiz Under finished a astute interruption aft Stuart Armstrong coughed up possession.

John McGinn gave the Scots anticipation but his stunning onslaught was specified consolation.

Indeed, for each that the visitors rallied and mightiness person had a punishment erstwhile Lyndon Dykes was wrestled successful the box, the Turks could person been retired of show earlier then.

Ranked 5 places down Scotland successful 45th spot, they struck the framework of the extremity and were denied connected respective occasions by Craig Gordon connected his 700th elder appearance.

• Reaction & arsenic it happened

One agleam spot for the Scots was a debut for Liverpool's 19-year-old right-back Calvin Ramsay, who Clarke opted not to usage from the start.

Instead, the caput manager went with a tried and trusted line-up possibly successful designation of the trial that laic earlier them. His players wilted nether that introspection and arguably escaped with a lenient outcome, albeit they did rally arsenic the crippled wore on.

The strength of the boisterous location assemblage successful the first-ever planetary successful Diyarbikar, was matched by the prime of the men successful red. It meant a batch and that was reflected connected the pitch.

From the outset, Turkey went astatine Scotland's backline. Captain Hakan Calhanoglu had an aboriginal changeable parried by Gordon and the Inter Milan playmaker was instrumental, peculiarly successful the archetypal half, with different of his efforts diverted by the goalkeeper's legs.

Scotland hung connected and did person a decent accidental erstwhile Armstrong sent a beauteous shot crossed the six-yard container that conscionable evaded Dykes, but further scares would travel erstwhile Andy Robertson diverted an effort implicit his ain barroom and Kabak cracked a header disconnected the barroom from the consequent corner.

And Kabak would soon interruption done from different set-piece, rising unchallenged to space his header from a Calhanoglu transportation crossed Gordon.

Defensively, Scotland looked sick astatine ease. They were astir caught retired again from a elemental diagonal shot but Gordon thwarted Samet Akaydin, truthful it felt astir similar a alleviation that they reached the interruption conscionable 1 behind.

That presumption didn't past long, though. Armstrong mightiness person slipped successful Robertson erstwhile successful possession connected the borderline of the Turkey container but was robbed and Under raced distant earlier jabbing a sublime decorativeness done Scott McKenna's legs and distant from Gordon.

The crippled looked gone, but from obscurity McGinn burst forward, rode a situation and thumped an fantabulous onslaught into the acold corner. It was his 15th planetary extremity - tied with James McFadden - and abruptly Scotland looked reborn.

Clarke's broadside had a treble punishment outcry waved distant erstwhile Dykes and McKenna appeared to beryllium manhandled portion trying to conscionable a heavy transportation and Hendry connected with different shot astatine the backmost station but was disconnected target.

Substitute Ryan Christie came close, too, but his angled changeable aft an fantabulous determination flew over.

Player of the lucifer - Hakan Calhanoglu

Hakan Calhanoglu was an implicit stand-out for Turkey for the opening hour

Positives and antagonistic successful investigating acquisition - analysis

The positives prevarication successful the resilience shown by Clarke's men aft being 2nd champion for agelong spells. They hung in, got the extremity and importantly improved. The information the sound successful this arena dampened down told its ain story.

However, concerns volition persist arsenic Turkey were unfortunate not to person been agelong retired of show earlier Scotland's defiant response.

In the agelong run, the acquisition whitethorn basal them successful bully stead with European title qualification adjacent connected the agenda.

What they said

Scotland goalscorer John McGinn: "We were bully astatine times. It was a investigating situation and the conditions were highly hard but it sets america up for the Euro 2024 run which is going to beryllium tough.

"Certainly successful the archetypal fractional we didn't truly stand-up to it to good but the past 30 minutes we showed glimpses of what we are susceptible of. I deliberation we did capable to get a gully truthful determination are positives to take. When the existent worldly comes successful March we volition larn from tonight."