Scotland's national football team is grappling with a significant injury crisis ahead of their Nations League matches against Croatia and Portugal. Key players, including Angus Gunn and Greg Taylor, have withdrawn, prompting coach Steve Clarke to call up several uncapped players, including Kevin Nisbet and Jack MacKenzie. The team seeks to end a year-long winless streak.
Scotland has struggled in recent matches, winning only once in their last 13 games. The team is now facing a mounting injury list, which has forced coach Steve Clarke to make significant changes to the squad ahead of crucial fixtures against Croatia and Portugal.
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Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Southeast Europe. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Ital
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Stephen Clarke is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Scotland national team.
Clarke played for St Mirren, Chelsea and the Scotland national team, winning three major trophies with Chelsea towards the end o
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Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96 mile border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and w
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Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located mostly on the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost sovereign state of mainland Europe, being bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the nor
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John McGinn is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Scotland national team.
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Nicholas Devlin is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a right-sided full-back for and captains Scottish Premiership side Livingston.
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Liam James Lindsay is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for EFL Championship club Preston North End.
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The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body.
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Kevin Nisbet is a Scottish footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. He has previously played for Partick Thistle, Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic, as well as East Stirlingshire, Ayr United and Dumbarton on lo
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Andrew Irving is a Scottish footballer who plays for 3. Liga club Türkgücü München, as a midfielder. He has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Berwick Rangers and Falkirk.
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Scott Fraser McKenna is a Scottish professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Championship club Nottingham Forest and the Scotland national team. McKenna has also previously played for Aberdeen as well as Ayr United and Alloa Athletic on loan.
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Greg (or Gregory) Taylor may refer to:
Greg "Fingers" Taylor (1951–2023), American musician
Greg Taylor (author) (born 1951), American children's and young-adult book author
Greg Taylor (English footballer) (born 1990), Cambridge United FC player
Greg.
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Luka Modrić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Croatia national team.
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Lawrence Shankland is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Belgian First Division A club Beerschot and the Scotland national team.
Shankland began his career at Queen's Park before moving to Aberdeen in 2013.
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Craig Sinclair Gordon is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Heart of Midlothian.
Gordon started his career with Heart of Midlothian.
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Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, that competes in the Championship, the second division of English football. The club was founded in 1902.
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Kieran Tierney is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Premier League side Arsenal and the Scotland national team as a left back or centre-back. Born on the Isle of Man, Tierney moved to Lanarkshire when he was 1 year old.
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Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 51,866-capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland.