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Moment Scotland hero Scott McTominay has LASER pen flashed in his eyes by Greece fans before coolly opening scoring
SCOTT McTOMINAY was coolness personified as he ignored LASER pens being shone in his eyes to give Scotland a Nations League playoff lead in Athens. The penalty award was debatable as the Napoli midfielder appeared to stand on the ball and accidentally initiate the contact himself – but there was no arguing about the finish as he notched his 12th goal for his country. McTominay ignores the laser pen i his eyes McTominay ignores the laser pens That’s despite BBC footage clearly showing fans attempting to shine a green laser in the midfielder’s eye as he prepared to take the penalty. Scotland boss Steve Clarke last night hailed his talisman for holding his nerve in the cauldron. He said: “It’s something that happens but it didn’t put him off. We are delighted with the result, 1-0 coming away to a difficult place. We had to dig in throughout the second half. “We saw two sides to the team tonight. “The first half we were excellent and played the ball around really well. “We created some good chances and could maybe have been a little further in front at half-time. “In the second half, to be fair to the Greeks, they came out and got about us. They stopped us playing and we went too long. “We didn’t get a hold of the ball enough. Then we were asked to defend and we defended quite well. “We defended our box and coped with what felt like a lot of pressure. “But Craig Gordon didn’t have too many saves to make. It was credit to the team defensively in the second half. “It’s now game on for Sunday. I don’t see the game being closed at all. I was impressed with the Greeks in the second half. “Their away record is good too. They went to Ireland and Finland and won comfortably, while also going to Wembley and winning. The game is still wide open.” BBC pundit Steven Naismith said: “The laser pens are brought out frequently there too so Scotty was probably used to it.” McTominay has been a massive hit out in Italy, where they currently sit 2nd, three points ahead of Atalanta but three behind leaders Inter Milan. But excelling in a much more attack-minded role, McTominay has struck seven times in Serie A this season – with one of them coming against Inter in a 1-1 draw back in November. And there’s been reports in Italy that the midfielder is already a target for Napoli’s title rivals Inter. https://twitter.com/BBCSportScot/status/1902818823482298836 Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
SCOTT McTOMINAY was coolness personified as he ignored LASER pens being shone in his eyes to give Scotland a Nations League playoff lead in Athens.
The penalty award was debatable as the Napoli midfielder appeared to stand on the ball and accidentally initiate the contact himself – but there was no arguing about the finish as he notched his 12th goal for his country.
That’s despite BBC footage clearly showing fans attempting to shine a green laser in the midfielder’s eye as he prepared to take the penalty.
Scotland boss Steve Clarke last night hailed his talisman for holding his nerve in the cauldron.
He said: “It’s something that happens but it didn’t put him off. We are delighted with the result, 1-0 coming away to a difficult place. We had to dig in throughout the second half.
“We saw two sides to the team tonight.
“The first half we were excellent and played the ball around really well.
“We created some good chances and could maybe have been a little further in front at half-time.
“In the second half, to be fair to the Greeks, they came out and got about us. They stopped us playing and we went too long.
“We didn’t get a hold of the ball enough. Then we were asked to defend and we defended quite well.
“We defended our box and coped with what felt like a lot of pressure.
“But Craig Gordon didn’t have too many saves to make. It was credit to the team defensively in the second half.
“It’s now game on for Sunday. I don’t see the game being closed at all. I was impressed with the Greeks in the second half.
“Their away record is good too. They went to Ireland and Finland and won comfortably, while also going to Wembley and winning. The game is still wide open.”
BBC pundit Steven Naismith said: “The laser pens are brought out frequently there too so Scotty was probably used to it.”
McTominay has been a massive hit out in Italy, where they currently sit 2nd, three points ahead of Atalanta but three behind leaders Inter Milan.
But excelling in a much more attack-minded role, McTominay has struck seven times in Serie A this season – with one of them coming against Inter in a 1-1 draw back in November.
And there’s been reports in Italy that the midfielder is already a target for Napoli’s title rivals Inter. https://twitter.com/BBCSportScot/status/1902818823482298836
Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
