Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay scored Scotland’s only goal in their second group-stage match of Euro 2024 against Switzerland.

On the first day of the competition, Scotland was soundly defeated 5-1, but Steve Clarke’s team bounced back to secure a significant victory over the clear favorites, Switzerland.

McTominay connected with a cut-back pass from inside the box in the thirteenth minute, and his powerful drive struck Fabian Schar on its way into the net.

Less than fifteen minutes later, Xherdan Shaqiri tied the score, ending Scotland’s lead.

Although both teams could see the goal, none of them could get past the opposition’s defense. Scotland were the team with the greatest aggression towards the finish and appeared to be the eventual winners. Regretfully, it was not meant to be.

However, The Tartan Army can take plenty of positives from their performance and the fact that they still have a chance to advance to the knockout stages, provided they can beat Hungary on Sunday and hope that Germany will get something against Switzerland.

During the time he was on the pitch, McTominay registered two shots. One was on-target, for his goal. The other didn’t require Yann Sommer to swing into action.

The United midfielder registered 43 touches of the ball and successfully delivered 14 of the 20 passes he attempted. Two of his passes were key passes.

He drew in one foul from Switzerland and also made three clearances.

McTominay had one interception to his name. He won one of the two aerial duels he delved into and two of the four aerial duels he was required to contest.

The Carrington academy graduate didn’t embark on any dribble nor tried to ping a long ball. Three of the five crosses he tried to find his teammates with connected successfully.

If Scotland are to sink Hungary, they will almost certainly need their talisman, McTominay, to be at his best