McGinn says Scotland ready for Denmark ‘cup final’ | OneFootball

John McGinn has urged Scotland to win their ‘cup final’ against Denmark next week and secure World Cup qualification.

Scotland lost 3-2 in Greece on Saturday evening, but Denmark’s failure to beat Belarus has set up a winner-takes-all showdown at Hampden Park on Tuesday. Denmark are just a point above Scotland in the group and a win for the Tartan Army will confirm their first World Cup qualification since 1998.

Having been given a second shot at qualification despite defeat, McGinn has called on Scotland to make sure they get over the line.

“The aim of tonight was to make sure we had a cup final on Tuesday and we have it, in strange circumstances,” McGinn told BBC Scotland.

“So this opportunity, we can’t let it go.”

Scotland fell three goals down in a poor performance in Greece, but rallied with goals from Ben Gannon Doak and Ryan Christie. McGinn has called on Steve Clarke’s side to reproduce that late effort from the start against Denmark.

“The manager said the last 20, 30 minutes was everything that we’ve shown as a group over the past five, six years which got us some success, which got us to tournaments – direct, full of energy, brave, creating chances,” the Aston Villa captain said.

“What an effort we put in towards the end. It feels a bit weird, the feeling of relief that Denmark didn’t win gives us an opportunity for a cup final on Tuesday night.

“We’ve showed signs of a better performance, but there’s still a lot to learn, we know that.

“It did baffle me a wee bit, there was only four minutes added, but you can’t really expect this when you’re away from home. You don’t really get the rub of the green. For us, we can see the three poor goals, but what we showed tonight is character and abundance to come back to 3-2.”

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