Scotland surrendered a two-goal lead to attract with Finland of their closing Euro warm-up match however there was aid for Steve Clarke with no additional accidents to his squad.
Craig Gordon got here off the bench to turn into Scotland’s oldest participant and Tommy Conway made his debut because the Tartan Military partied forward of the group departing for Germany on Sunday.
Scotland had been pissed off by Finland early on however after the fortune of Arttu Hoskonen’s own-goal, Lawrence Shankland headed in a second a lot to the delight of the house crowd.
Gordon changed Angus Gunn in purpose, with Benjamin Kallman pulling a purpose again earlier than the Hearts keeper conceded a penalty which Oliver Antman transformed to earn a attract Glasgow.
Whereas Clarke could also be pissed off by the scoreline, he shall be bouyed by his squad rising from the match unscathed with Germany within the opening match of Euro 2024 in seven days’ time.
Hampden send-off for Scotland
After dropping each Lyndon Dykes and Ben Doak from the squad, it was a sluggish begin for Scotland as they managed the match however appeared decided to keep away from any extra call-offs.
It was Finland who had the primary actual probability as Kieran Tierney produced an excellent block to disclaim Joel Pohjanpalo earlier than Angus Gunn saved Teemu Pukki’s header on the rebound.
After John McGinn despatched an effort over the bar, Pukki did the identical on the different finish as Finland appeared the extra threatening.
Casper Terho was subsequent to threaten for the guests, however he despatched his long-range effort straight into Gunn’s arms.
Scotland loved greater than 60 per cent of the possession, however didn’t register a shot on course till Ryan Christie’s weak effort as saved by Jesse Joronen within the thirty seventh minute.
The hosts began the second half extra brightly with Billy Gilmour’s volley saved by Finland’s substitute goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo.
A little bit of fortune then noticed Steve Clarke’s facet take the lead as Hoskonen turned Robertson’s cross into his personal web within the 54th minute because the followers cried ‘we’ll win the Euros!’
Scotland’s Lawrence Shankland celebrates as he scores to make it 2-0
They had been 2-0 up simply minutes later as Shankland headed in from one other cross from the captain.
Robin Lod curled a shot into the highest nook for Finland however he was nicely offside and the hosts maintained their two-goal lead.
Clarke then rang the modifications as Conway made his worldwide debut and Craig Gordon got here on to rapturous applause to win his seventy fifth cap and turn into Scotland’s oldest-ever participant.
Scotland’s Craig Gordon is substituted on for Angus Gunn
Scotland then switched off and allowed Finland to tug a purpose again as Benjamin Kallman glanced Oliver Antman’s cross previous Gordon earlier than the latter cancelled out the house facet’s lead from the penalty spot with 5 minutes remaining.
Conway virtually snatched a winner for Scotland in stoppage time, however the striker was denied a dream debut by an excellent save earlier than the ball was then headed clear.
Scotland’s Euro 2024 schedule
Scotland have historical past kicking off tournaments, having been drawn to face Brazil within the opener at World Cup 1998, a recreation they narrowly misplaced 2-1 to a second-half Tom Boyd personal purpose.
This time across the venue is the Munich Soccer Area [Allianz Arena] the place Steve Clarke’s facet kick-off the opening match of Euro 2024 in opposition to hosts Germany on June 14.
Scotland additionally face video games in opposition to perennial qualifiers Switzerland in Cologne on June 19, with Hungary – who reached the knockouts in 2016 – awaiting in Stuttgart on June 23.
