Steve Clark on Scotland's Euro 2024 exit amid '100% penalty' claim

Andrew McLean Radio Clyde Steve How do you assess what you saw from your team out there today? Give everything. Don't think you can fault the effort. It was a very tough game, good opponent, very close game was always going to be decided by the first goal. You could tell that after half an hour. Unfortunately for us when we opened up towards the end of the game to try and chase the win that that we felt we needed to get to the next stage where we got caught in counter and we lose the game one nil. But I don't think there was anything between the two teams. Raman, Raman Bartowage, STV Steve, what was your view on the non award of a penalty? 100% penalty? Somebody somewhere has to explain to me why that's not a penalty. It's 100%. And like I said, there's a one goal game we get the penalty can be a different night. I've got other words but I'm not going to use them. Robert. Hi, Steve. Robert Grieve from the Sun, the referee was Argentinian. Was that explained to you? Is that a surprise to you? European competition may have been better to have a European referee, but we had European VAR and maybe the referee didn't see the the charges clearly on the pitch. So what's the purpose of VAR if they're not going to come in and something like that was a penalty? Steve, did you envisage the game going the way it did or were you disappointed? For all of really good possession in the first half, we didn't get enough shots off in a game that we had to win. It was a one goal game. The first half is is is what it was. We dominated the ball, we had enough of the ball. We didn't create quite enough. When it opened up a little bit towards the end, we created chances. We couldn't find the composure just to put the ball in the net, but that's what we are. That's the way we are. It was always going to be a tough night against the good team. Next question, please. Sorry me again. Steve, can you sum up how you feel just personally just now the, the, the kind of disappointment because four points was the target qualification for the knockout stages was the aim and it hasn't happened. So how, how are you left feeling at this point? Same as everyone else who's Scottish, I would imagine. Sad, disappointed and sad. That's it. Steve has has a lack of goals or goal scorers been been an issue with that was a fear coming into the campaign that there wasn't enough goals in the squad. Not for us. I think it's very difficult to sit here and and analyse and understand why he's asking the questions. But sometimes after a a defeat like that, you need a little bit of time just to digest everything and and work out how the game went, why the game went that way. Like I said, we had a lot of the ball, but we didn't probably create enough. But we did create enough chances to score a goal. That's clear. So is that why we went out the tournament? Well, we scored two goals this time. We only scored one the last time. No, it's something for me to go away and think about, speak to my coaches and and try and work on something going into the future as to how we can score more goals at certain times and games. Yeah, for sure. Por Caroline and the sport online. Sorry, no translation. No translation. Excuse me, Could you repeat, please your question again, please? Do you agree with the Hungarian was the better team? No. So it was a very even match between two good teams. So no, I don't agree. OK. Last one. Alan. Steve, you said that Alan Patolo from the Scotsman, you said the players gave everything. Did did injuries fatally compromise the squad before the ball was kicked at this tournament? Sir, I never speak about injuries. It's it's my default. Maybe we only go away. Maybe when we sit down over a cup of coffee in three or four weeks time or whenever it is, maybe then we can discuss the impact of the people that weren't here. I'd much rather just be sad with the people that are here. It's more important to me at this moment in time.