John Souttar’s first Scotland goal put his team on the path to victory against DenmarkSix wins on the bounce. The best winning streak since 1930. A home World Cup play-off semi-final secured. Does it get much better for Scotland fans?Well, hopefully it does come March next year, and Scotland have secured their ticket to Qatar. But, right now, the Tartan Army are being dazzled by a Steve Clarke side that seems to be getting stronger with every game.Yet, for a chunk of this campaign, such peerless form seemed a long way off amid laboured performances at home as well as away in Denmark.So how did they turn it around?Scotland stun Denmark to clinch home play-offSluggish start and Danish doingScotland’s win against Denmark meant the second-placed Scots finished the campaign on 23 points, just four behind the Danes and with only one game lost. That’ll do nicely… Yet, eight months ago, a man called Sasa Kalajdzic threatened to put an end to their World Cup campaign before it had really got going, with the Stuttgart striker netting twice at Hampden for Austria in the group opener.Scotland fought back both times for a draw, and also salvaged a point three days later away to Israel. But two points from two games games was far from an ideal start and already their hopes were being written off.After a disappointing Euro 2020 finals, where Scotland claimed just one point from three games, a torturous 90 minutes in Copenhagen then followed as they slumped to… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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Scotland: How have Steve Clarke’s side turned World Cup campaign around?
