It’s an early trip back home for Celtic trio Callum McGregor, Anthony Ralston and James Forrest after Scotland’s Euro 2024 exit.
Steve Clarke’s side went to Germany full of hope, expectation and belief that they could progress to the knockout stages.
But instead, they only picked up one point, scored two goals, one of which was an own goal and were beaten by Hungary on Sunday in the 100th minute.
Scotland can have no complaints because they just weren’t at it, from an attacking perspective, during the game and they got duly punished right at the death.
Celtic captain McGregor has come under a lot of stick during this tournament, especially after his side’s 5-1 defeat to Germany on the opening night.
Yes, he and the rest of the players fought back against Switzerland, but it seems as though the old problems were rearing their ugly heads again on Sunday.
James McFadden was on commentary duty and he couldn’t help but notice Aston Villa’s John McGinn ‘having a go’ at McGregor and his Celtic teammate, Ralston for how they were playing out from the back.
The complaint was that the Scots were too passive, weren’t causing enough issues in the final third or making the wrong decisions. They only had four shots on goal in a must-win game!
But McFadden stated that McGregor wasn’t playing the ball forward, like he would do in a Celtic shirt, on the Euro 2024 stage and it was seemingly frustrating McGinn, as he told Match of the Day on BBC One.
