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FT Friday, March 23, 2018
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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

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

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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