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Josh McCafferty

Steve Clarke calls for World Cup caution after big Scotland win against Bolivia

Steve Clarke's Scotland defeated Bolivia 4-0 last night. (Image: Michael Zemanek / Shutterstock)

Steve Clarke isn't reading too much into Scotland's friendly victories over Curacao and Bolivia ahead of the World Cup.

His side put four past the South Americans on Saturday evening without reply, as Lawrence Shankland, Scott McTominay, and Che Adams all got on the scoresheet.

It came seven days after a similarly emphatic 4-1 victory against Curacao.

Scotland are warming up nicely for their first World Cup appearance in 28 years, but Clarke has urged caution, drawing parallels to the feel-good factor going into the 2024 European Championships, when they exited at the group stage.

He said: "We've obviously won a couple of games going into the tournament, which is always important.

"The players are feeling good about themselves, but to be honest, they felt quite good about themselves going into Germany, so I wouldn't read too much into it!"


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Scotland kick off their World Cup campaign against Haiti next Saturday.

Games against Morocco and Brazil then follow in Group C.

Clarke's side could not be in a better place heading into the tournament.

"I pretty much got everything that we could ask for, really," he told BBC Scotland after the Bolivia win. "No injuries, performance, and obviously a good result as well. Another four goals, which is good.

"We’ve spoken a lot this week about trying to be a little bit more clinical higher up the pitch and, yeah, it was nice. The front two were good, but, to be fair, the whole team was good in the first half, with a lot of good contributions.

"Ben Gannon-Doak was excellent off the right, and did what he does. But yeah, the two strikers complemented each other well, worked really well.

"Me being me, I was really happy with the defensive work they did, the way they dropped down, kept the team compact, and didn't allow Bolivia to play through us."

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