When the final whistle sounded at Hampden Park, Scotland having just been eliminated from Euro 2020 at the hands of Croatia, Steve Clarke will have known what had gone wrong. For all the scrutiny over tactics and systems, the one word he’ll have been repeating in his head will have been ‘bravery’.
After qualifying for a first major tournament in decades, his side mustered just one point and only scored a single goal. They had not looked overly outclassed against anyone, but equally hadn’t had the courage in their play to ever really take them on.