There is no such thing as a meaningless game when a major tournament is in the horizon and Steve Clarke's men face a real test.
The future is bright for Scotland under Steve Clarke and they will be hoping it's not orange on Friday night.
Clarke and his troops step up their Euro 2024 preparations with a game against the Netherlands in Amsterdam with what will be the stiffest test of all the bounce games before that mouthwatering Munich opener against hosts Germany. Ronald Koeman has a star-studded squad packed with English Premier League stars and Scotland will need to be at their very best to avoid defeat in the Johan Cruyff Arena. Scotland took on the the Dutch in a Euro 2020 warm-up clash which ended in a 2-2 draw in the Algarve as they gave Frank De Boer's men a run for their money. Can they do the same again or even go one better and get a morale-boosting victory? We asked the Record Sport experts to predict the scoreline.
Michael Gannon Scotland will be fired up after a couple of bruising friendly defeats to France and England. They will get at Holland and while the Dutch are decent, they can be a bit flaky at times. It should be an entertaining bash.Scott McDermott The Dutch only lost to France in qualifying for the Euros and kept six clean sheets - so this is a huge test for Scotland.
But Scotland – emboldened by our own exploits under Sir Steve – look primed to signal another statement of intent. Lewis Ferguson and Lawrence Shankland appear good bets to start and don’t rule them out of making a major impact.Fraser Wilson The result isn’t all that important although it would certainly be good to keep momentum building towards Germany. The Dutch have quality throughout led by Virgil van Dijk who looks like he’s back to his best.
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