Fans will revel in group games at Hampden Park and Wembley while Steve Clarke plots a pragmatic route to the knockout rounds
This article is part of the Guardian’s Euro 2020 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 24 countries who qualified. theguardian.com is running previews from two countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 11 June.
It seems obvious to point out pragmatism is Steve Clarke’s default managerial approach. Yet it must also be remembered that
Scotland do not actually have widespread attacking options of sufficient quality to play with gay abandon. Scotland have top class left-backs and an abundance of midfielders but a shortage of final-third mavericks.