Scotland boss Steve Clarke saluted his facet’s ‘stable begin’ after a 2-0 win over Belarus stored them unbeaten in World Cup qualifying.
An instinctive end from Che Adams and a second-half personal objective have been sufficient for the Scots to win a sport they dominated.
Scotland are solely behind Denmark by one objective after two video games with two dwelling video games developing – however Clarke stays cautious as he chases a primary World Cup finals since 1998.
He mentioned: “It was a tricky evening. We stored prodding, doing what we needed to do. The message was simply to remain affected person and we managed to try this.
“It’s a great begin, a stable begin. 4 factors won’t ever qualify you for something. It’s good to go dwelling with a smile in your face, however I’m already eager about subsequent month.
“Billy [Gilmour] and Ben [Gannon-Doak] are two gamers who excite the general public. My job is to select a group to win the sport. Each of them did very nicely.
“Clear sheets are what we now have to construct our marketing campaign on.”
Scotland captain Andy Robertson felt Adams’ opener – his tenth for his nation – was key to the win.
He mentioned: “Job accomplished. That’s one of the simplest ways to explain it.
“We knew they might attempt to be a bit safer and defensive. We simply needed to be affected person and received the objective on the good time simply earlier than half-time.
“We may have had extra, however a job nicely accomplished.”
