Andy Robertson after Scotland heroics: “I couldn’t get my mate Diogo Jota out of my head today” | OneFootball

Diogo Jota and Andy Robertson were close friends. (Photo: Andrew Powell/Getty Images)

The UEFA group stage of World Cup qualifying finished yesterday with an incredible match in Glasgow.

Needing to beat Denmark to qualify for their first World Cup in 28 years, Scotland came out on top 4-2 thanks to two stoppage-time strikes in an exhilarating seesaw game replete with magnificent goals.

It was an emotional night for the Scots, and in particular for captain Andy Robertson, who revealed after the match that he had been thinking about his former Liverpool teammate and great friend Diogo Jota throughout the day in the leadup to the game.

“Today I’ve been in bits,” Robertson told reporters, moments after the final whistle had blown on a historical night at Hampden Park.

“I know that given the age I’m at, this could be my last chance to go to a World Cup. I couldn’t get my mate Diogo Jota out of my head today.

“We spoke so much together about the World Cup. He missed out on Qatar because of injury. I missed out because Scotland never went.

“We always discussed what it would be like going to this World Cup and I know he’ll be somewhere smiling over me tonight.

“I just couldn’t get him out of my head the whole day. I was in a bit of trouble in my room earlier. I hid it well from the boys and I’m just so glad it’s ended up this way.”

Robertson had eloquently expressed his admiration for Diogo Jota in a moving tribute to his Liverpool teammate in the immediate aftermath of the tragic car crash that claimed the lives of Jota and his brother André Silva in July.

Andy Robertson interview after Scotland 4-2 Denmark