Scotland skipper Robertson says Switzerland draw was ‘much more like us’

Andy Robertson was pleased with a much-improved Scotland display as they kept their Euro 2024 campaign alive with a 1-1 draw against Switzerland.

Scotland got their first point on the board, battling for a draw after Xherdan Shaqiri cancelled out Scott McTominay’s opener in Cologne.

The draw saw the Tartan Army bounce from a horror 5-1 defeat to Germany in their first game and captain Robertson was quick to praise his team-mates.

The Liverpool left-back told BBC Sport: “[It was] more like us, much more like us. Aggressive, on the front foot, couldn’t get off to a better start.

“We make a mistake but make no mistake about it, Tony Ralston was unbelievable after that mistake. Second half, he was different class.

“We had our chances but so did they. We were a lot more happy with that performance.

“We’ll take the draw and we’ve taken it into the last game and that’s all we can ask.”

FULL TIME: Scotland 1-1 Switzerland.

A goalless second half sees the points shared in Köln.

Onto Sunday.#SCOSWI | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/VnXLlJu1rN

— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) June 19, 2024

All eyes on Sunday

Sunday’s game against Hungary looks to be a winner-takes-all battle for third place, which opens up a path to the last 16.

Hungary are without a point so far and Robertson set his sights on raising their levels even higher ahead of that crucial clash.

The 30-year-old added: “We need to go again Sunday because that’s a massive game for us now.

“We can take a lot of positives from tonight but we can also tweak a little thing and improve even more and that’s a good thing.

“We need to get to bed now and recover. Come Sunday we’ll be good to go with the backing that we’ve got.”

Well played, lads 👏#SCOSWI | #EURO2024 pic.twitter.com/jlZz0gOFXM

— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) June 19, 2024

‘We’re in a good place’

Billy Gilmour was one of two changes made by Steve Clarke and the Brighton midfielder was heavily involved in McTominay’s opener, releasing Roberton with a clever flick.

And the 23-year-old agreed that the draw Tartan Army are now in a much better place ahead of the final game.

He said: “We gave everything out there. We knew we had to bounce back after the last performance and it puts us in a good place.

“We’re a good team. We know our strengths. Tonight was more like a Scotland performance.

“Getting after the ball, passionate – everything was there.”