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Scotland had been crushed for the second successive sport as they misplaced 1-0 to Ivory Coast courtesy of Nicolas Pepe’s aim at Hampden as their World Cup preparations suffered one other blow.
After a promising begin, Scotland had been pegged again within the twelfth minute when former Arsenal winger Nicolas Pepe, who reacted quickest to a shot off the submit to seek out the online with the rebound.
The guests had been undoubtedly the extra assured staff from that time within the second half, limiting the Tartan Military to few possibilities and nearly catching out Liam Kelly with a long-range shot from Elye Wahi which regarded shut to creating it two.
Scott McTominay led the comeback however a speculative shot from 20 yards was the most effective Steve Clarke’s males needed to present for his or her efforts within the first half.
Scotland improved after the break, threatening from set-pieces, particlarly via George Hirst, and going shut with a few headers, however lacked the standard to seek out an equaliser.
They usually might simply have discovered themselves 2-0 down when Christ Inao Oulai planted a free header in the midst of the field over the bar.
Scotland’s greatest second of the sport got here via skilled duo John McGinn and Andy Robertson as a chic cross by the previous eventially discovered the best way of Tommy Conway who chested it down earlier than flopping over on the turf.
Once more, it was Ivory Coast who appeared to go closest to a second although as Simon Adingra struck the woodwork, with the Tartan Military failing to convey the sport degree as they suffered a second straight defeat – and certainly a second sport by which they failed to attain.
