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FT Friday, March 23, 2018
Costa Rica DDLLL 1
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Scotland WWWDL 0
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Match Report

Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Scotland fall to Costa Rica in Alex McLeish's return as boss

Alex McLeish began his second tenure as Scotland boss with an uninspiring 1-0 defeat by Costa Rica at Hampden Park.

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Head to Head

CRC leads series 1-0

Lineups

SCO · 5-4-1

  1. 1Allan McGregorG
  2. 5Charlie MulgrewCD
  3. 6Scott McKennaCD-L
  4. 4Grant HanleyCD-R
  5. 3Andy RobertsonLB
  6. 2Callum PatersonRB
  7. 8Kevin McDonaldCM-L
  8. 7Scott McTominayCM-R
  9. 10Tom CairneyLM
  10. 11Matt RitchieRM
  11. 9Oliver McBurnieF

Substitutes

  1. 13Ryan ChristieSUB
  2. 15John McGinnSUB
  3. 22Jason CummingsSUB
  4. 18Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  5. 20Jamie MurphySUB
  6. 21Jon McLaughlinSUB
  7. 12Jordan ArcherSUB
  8. 19Barry DouglasSUB
  9. 24Ryan FraserSUB
  10. 16Matt PhillipsSUB
  11. 23Kenny McLeanSUB
  12. 25Jack HendrySUB
  13. 17Callum McGregorSUB
  14. 14James ForrestSUB

CRC · 5-4-1

  1. 1Keylor NavasG
  2. 3Giancarlo GonzálezCD
  3. 6Óscar DuarteCD-L
  4. 2Johnny AcostaCD-R
  5. 8Bryan OviedoLB
  6. 16Cristian GamboaRB
  7. 20David GuzmánCM-L
  8. 5Celso BorgesCM-R
  9. 12Daniel ColindresLM
  10. 10Bryan RuizRM
  11. 21Marco UreñaF

Substitutes

  1. 13Rodney WallaceSUB
  2. 11Josue MitchellSUB
  3. 22Kenner GutiérrezSUB
  4. 17Yeltsin TejedaSUB
  5. 19Kendall WastonSUB
  6. 9Yendrick RuizSUB
  7. 23Leonel MoreiraSUB
  8. 18Kevin BriceñoSUB
  9. 14Wilmer AzofeifaSUB
  10. 7Ulises SeguraSUB
  11. 4Ian SmithSUB
  12. 15Francisco CalvoSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Scotland 0, Costa Rica 1. Marco Ureña (Costa Rica) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Oviedo.
  2. 23' David Guzmán (Costa Rica) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 56' Substitution, Costa Rica. Yeltsin Tejeda replaces David Guzmán because of an injury.
  4. 58' Substitution, Scotland. Stuart Armstrong replaces Scott McTominay.
  5. 58' Substitution, Scotland. Callum McGregor replaces Tom Cairney.
  6. 64' Substitution, Costa Rica. Rodney Wallace replaces Daniel Colindres.
  7. 69' Substitution, Costa Rica. Yendrick Ruiz replaces Marco Ureña.
  8. 75' Substitution, Costa Rica. Ian Smith replaces Cristian Gamboa.
  9. 77' Substitution, Scotland. Matt Phillips replaces Oliver McBurnie.
  10. 78' Substitution, Costa Rica. Francisco Calvo replaces Bryan Oviedo.
  11. 82' Substitution, Scotland. John McGinn replaces Charlie Mulgrew.
  12. 87' Substitution, Scotland. Jamie Murphy replaces Matt Ritchie.

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