Zander Clark has received the style for extra Scotland caps after making his aggressive debut within the 2-2 attract Georgia.
With Angus Gunn injured, the Hearts goalkeeper received the nod for his first Scotland begin forward of Motherwell’s Liam Kelly.
Clark bounced again from the lack of an early objective to make a number of assured stops together with one within the dying seconds following Tynecastle team-mate Lawrence Shankland’s stoppage-time equaliser.
The popularity has been a very long time coming for the previous St Johnstone participant, who was tipped for a call-up lengthy earlier than he first broke into Steve Clarke’s squad in August 2021.
@Zanderr1 is making his first Scotland begin this night.#GEOSCO pic.twitter.com/f1BzLIdCho
— Scotland Nationwide Workforce (@ScotlandNT) November 16, 2023
“I’m immensely proud,” the 31-year-old stated. “I used to be proud after I received the 45 minutes in France however to get the primary aggressive one means an terrible lot.
“Representing your nation is one thing you dream of as a child and fortunately I’ve been capable of do it.
“Hopefully I’ve completed sufficient and I can try to get many extra however I do know it’s going to be a tricky ask. However I’m simply delighted to finally get to style it and it’s one thing I need extra of.
“On a private degree, delighted, as a collective there may be clearly a little bit of disappointment to not take three factors from the sport. However we stated after it, when you possibly can’t win the sport, you simply have to ensure you don’t lose it.”
Clark admitted he needed to give attention to the sport reasonably than his personal pleasure after listening to he was within the group forward of Kelly and Robby McCrorie.
“It was simply within the pre-match assembly, the supervisor named the group,” he stated.
“The three of us have labored this week within the build-up to it, so it was going to be a tricky resolution, I used to be simply grateful I managed to get the nod.
“I used to be clearly delighted however you simply have to put it to the again of your thoughts and focus on the sport, which I assumed I did.
“It’s a proud second to see your title within the beginning line-up however you rapidly overlook about that and it’s thoughts on the enterprise.”
25′ | Shhengelia lets go of a fierce shot on the left of the Scotland field, forcing Zander Clark into a wise save.
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