Scotland will go to the men's World Cup for the first time in 28 years

They have done it. After 27 years of hurt, Scotland have qualified for the World Cup after an unbelievable 4-2 win over Hampden Park. For long periods, Denmark absolutely dominated the hosts and Steve Clarke’s men looked destined for the play-offs. Scotland needed to win to ensure automatic qualification at Denmark’s expense and the two teams switched between top spot and second place during a pulsating 90 minutes. Scott McTominay scored arguably the best goal in Scotland’s history with an incredible bicycle kick after just three minutes as the home support erupted.

Denmark were extremely unfortunate to trail at the break but Rasmus Højlund equalised from the penalty spot-on 57 minutes. The visitors looked heavy favourites to secure top spot but the balance of the game switched when Rasmus Kristensen received a controversial second yellow on 62 minutes. Substitute Lawrence Shankland’s close range effort put Scotland ahead on 78 minutes but Patrick Dorgu equalised to propel Denmark into top spot. It looked to be another glorious failure for Scotland until Kieran Tierney curled a gorgeous winner in the third minute of stoppage time. And Kenny McLean provided the icing on the cake by lobbing Kasper Schmeichel from the halfway line to send Scotland fans into ecstasy.



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