{"id":2003,"date":"2020-10-12T00:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T00:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2020-10-12T00:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T00:47:33","slug":"scotland-one-game-from-first-major-finals-since-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/scotland-one-game-from-first-major-finals-since-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland one game from first major finals since 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland will play serbia away in November for a place at the delayed Euro 2020 Finals.<\/p>\n<p>The team came through the play off semi-final against Israel at Hampden, after penalties were needed following a scoreless 90 minutes plus extra time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXvvAWMvcx0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH THE PENALTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qeOADAMM9Fc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ZxQoJNNPSM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC SPORT SCOTLAND REPORT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Scotland are one game away from their first major finals since 1998 after a nerve-shredding win on penalties against Israel at Hampden.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny McLean scored the pivotal spot-kick in the depleted Scots&#8217; first ever shootout, with only a victory in Serbia on 12 November now separating Steve Clarke&#8217;s men from Euro 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It was a turgid affair at an empty national stadium between two below-par teams, but five perfect penalties from the hosts have a nation daring to dream of reaching a long-awaited tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland, without a clutch of players after call-offs due to Covid-19 protocols and injury, are now on a six-game unbeaten run.<\/p>\n<p>Serbia lie in wait in the play-off finals after they defeated Norway 2-1 in extra time in Oslo.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Read Full Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/51955716\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/51955716<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER LINKS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scottish National Team Website<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishfa.co.uk\/scotland\/fixtures-results\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.scottishfa.co.uk\/scotland\/fixtures-results\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scottish National Team on Facebook<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scotlandnationalteam\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scotlandnationalteam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scottish National Team on Twitter<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotlandNT\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScotlandNT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BBC SPORT SCOTLAND:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/48481850\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/48481850<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>STV SPORT SCOTLAND:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.stv.tv\/section\/sport\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/news.stv.tv\/section\/sport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland will play serbia away in November for a place at the delayed Euro 2020 Finals. The team came through the play off semi-final against Israel at Hampden, after penalties were needed following a scoreless 90 minutes plus extra time. WATCH HIGHLIGHTS WATCH THE PENALTIES BBC SPORT SCOTLAND REPORT: &#8216;Scotland are one game away from their first major finals since 1998 after a nerve-shredding win on penalties against Israel at Hampden. Kenny McLean scored the pivotal spot-kick in the depleted Scots&#8217; first ever shootout, with only a victory in Serbia&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imadscotlandgroup.com\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}