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A red card after 11 minutes left Scotland facing an uphill task against Switzerland in Sebastien Pocognoli’s first match as coach.
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Scotland lost 3-0 to Switzerland at Hampden after Jack Hendry was sent off in the 11th minute. Hendry grabbed Dan Ndoye, and Switzerland scored from the resulting free-kick, leaving new coach Sebastien Pocognoli’s side a goal down and a man short. [1]
Captain Andy Robertson said defenders had to make split-second decisions, but that the red card “killed us”, in comments reported by BBC Sport. Scotland have now gone four consecutive matches without scoring, BBC Scotland chief sports writer Tom English wrote on 29 September. [1]
Looking ahead to Saturday’s match against North Macedonia in Skopje, English hesitated to call it a must-win so early in Pocognoli’s tenure. For the team’s morale, though, he argued that it was. [1]
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