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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Mark Walker

Belarus boss in dressing room confession ahead of Scotland clash

Battered Belarus boss Carlos Alos admitted he will struggle to lift his players for tomorrow's game with Scotland after their disastrous start to the World Cup campaign.

Steve Clarke's side travel to Hungary to face the former Soviet nation, who will have to play all their 'home' qualifiers at a neutral venue behind closed doors.

Despite making plenty of optimistic noises ahead of their opening game, they were completely taken apart by the rampant Greeks, who were 4-0 up by half time.


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And their Spanish boss admitted he did not expect such a trouncing.

Alos said: "Congratulations to Greece, first of all. To score so many early goals ended any hopes we had of getting anything from the game.

"We were completely unable to play the game we wanted to play.

"The match was over by half time - the second half didn't matter.

"We were well aware Greece are a very good side - we knew this.

"They have a really good mix of experience and exciting young players coming through.

"For us, the test now will be how we lift ourselves for playing Scotland because we have a lot of disappointed players in the dressing room.

"We have to play much, much better on Monday."

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