When Kostas Tsimikas swept in Greece’s aim on 62 minutes, it adopted a passage of play that concerned Greece making 54 nearly unchallenged passes over three minutes throughout which Andy Robertson’s glancing header to clear a cross was the one Scottish contact.
It typified the passiveness of the primary hour.
“I wonder if Steve will have a look at bringing Billy Gilmour on,” McCann had already mentioned on the break.
“I do not assume it is labored with Ryan [Christie] and Lewis [Ferguson] enjoying actually slim and deep, as a result of they’ve not acquired on it. We have not been capable of construct the sport going by means of.”
Gilmour didn’t come on and all of the sudden seize the sport by the scruff of the neck and alter issues on his personal, however nonetheless his affect was there after Christie’s equaliser.
His first actual alternative to get his head up and move was on 69 minutes and he fired it by means of a good house to Ferguson, whose first-time move not far away simply evaded Che Adams as Scotland sprung ahead rapidly.
Gilmour’s intelligent free-kick additionally teed up Adams for a great probability at 1-1 and he ended up with 5 passes into the ultimate third throughout his half hour on the pitch.
Solely Robertson and Ferguson had extra – and so they performed almost the total recreation.
“I believe Billy Gilmour approaching was pivotal when it comes to us getting maintain of the ball,” McCann mentioned at full-time on BBC Scotland’s Sportscene.
“He was instrumental within the cross-field move which Tsimikas takes out Ferguson when he finally scores.”
As McCann described, Gilmour’s prints have been on the build-up to the second aim as his positioning allowed Grant Hanley to discover a move to him between two Greece gamers.
He turned and moved it ahead to Christie, acquired it again, moved the ball to Robertson, earlier than executing the essential move as soon as McTominay returned it to him.
Tsimikas fouled Ferguson and the Bologna man did brilliantly to take his probability within the field from the free-kick as Scotland hit the entrance.
