What did Scott McTominay do that confused fans in the Scotland vs Switzerland match?

Scotland’s hopes of qualifying for EURO 2024 are still alive after a hard-fought draw with Switzerland. Steve Clarke’s side opened the scoring through McTominay, who scored in the 13th minute. Despite scoring a goal, MU star McTominay was unable to help Scotland win as Switzerland equalised 1-1 thanks to Shaqiri’s superb long-range strike from outside the box.

With a 1-1 draw against Switzerland, Scotland has 1 point after 2 rounds. Their final group stage match will be against Hungary. This is an opportunity for Scotland to seek a ticket to the knockout round at EURO 2024.

But what worries fans is Scotland’s strategy in the match against Switzerland, involving star McTominay. The star who plays football for the MU club has a tall body with a height of 1.93m. However, in the set-piece situations that Scotland took, McTominay was given the responsibility of taking free kicks and corners instead of players with better passing ability such as Billy Gilmour or John McGinn.

McTominay is given the task of taking free-kicks and corners for Scotland despite his large build

This decision by the Scottish coaching staff makes fans extremely confused. It is unclear why Scotland put the 27-year-old midfielder on corner kicks and free kicks, and ignored his aerial ability.

 

On social networks, fans constantly discuss this. “Why did McTominay take the corner instead of Gilmour or McGinn??” a social network user X asked. “McTominay takes the corners and free kicks?? He should have been inside,” another commented.

“McTominay is 1m90 tall, why does he take corners?” another fan wondered. “McTominay takes free kicks and corners when he’s the best player we have at the end of set pieces. So funny,” another wrote. “”McTominay taking the corners was truly one of the most confusing tactical choices I’ve ever seen”…