Nick McPheat
BBC Sport Scotland

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The big negative in a fairly positive evening for Scotland was the injury to Kieran Tierney in the 1-1 draw with Switzerland.

After being rolled by striker Dan Ndoye, the Arsenal defender, who spent last season loan at Real Sociedad, was stretchered off after suffering what looked like a serious muscle issue.

Despite the 27-year-old, who has been plagued by injury across the past year, then being able to walk down the tunnel, head coach Steve Clarke said "it looks pretty bad" and confirmed he would miss the must-win game with Hungary on Sunday.

A nation like Scotland losing a player of Tierney's calibre is always likely to have a significant impact, but his influence in Clarke's side is striking when you dissect their results with and without him.

Since Clarke's appointment in 2019, Tierney has played 35 games for his country, with 16 victories coming from those caps - a win percentage of 46%.

In the 22 games he has not featured in, that win rate drops to 41%.

Nine losses have come in the 35 caps he has earned under Clarke. The same number of defeats have come in the 22 matches he has missed.

Scotland also ship more goals when Tierney isn't in the team - a concession rate of 1.1 per game with him in the side jumps up to 1.7 without him.

Remarkably, in the 35 fixtures Tierney has played under Clarke, the defence have conceded just two more goals than the 37 they have lost in the 22 matches he has been absent for.

Scott McKenna replaced the former Celtic defender in Cologne on Wednesday and performed well during his half-hour cameo.

A similar impact will be required on Sunday if he is the man to fill the void left by an integral part of the Scotland side.

With just four days between Scotland's second and third group games, recovery will be key, especially with the injuries Steve Clarke has already had to deal with.

The Scotland boss has a plan to keep his players fresh...

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I hope you're ready for more reaction to Scotland's draw with Switzerland yesterday.

Centre-back Jack Hendry will be talking to the media in just under 45 minutes, and you can keep across it all right here.

That's all for now, folks.

We'll be back a bit later today with coverage from the Scotland media conference.

Until then, dive heid first into all the content we have up on our dedicated Scotland page.

Speak soon.

Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer in Cologne

There was noise and colour and chances in Cologne.

It would have been cruel had either team lost, especially Scotland because it could well have cost them a shot at staying in the tournament.

Kieran Tierney’s departure was a horrible moment, a psychological blow at a time when Switzerland’s menace was a gathering storm.

Scotland qualified for this championship on the back of victories, of course, but also because of resilience, most notably the smash-and-grab in Norway.

We haven’t seen much of that over the last 10 games. They've been easy to score against and, too often, architects of their own downfall.

This was a steelier Scotland, especially when having to cope with the disappointment of losing one of their leaders to what looked like a bad injury.

They soaked it up and went again. Some of their best attacking moments came after Tierney exited, which was an illustration of their fight.

David Moyes, Rachel Corsie and Joe Hart were all in agreement last night, saying Scotland "showed fight" in an improved display against Switzerland.

Agree?

Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland in Stuttgart

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The build-up to the big game on Sunday is very much on.

For either side to have any hope of a place in the knock-out stages here in Germany, a win is essential.

So much so that Hungary head coach Marco Rossi wants his side to leave everything on the pitch in Stuttgart.

"Scotland is a team which has a lot of physical qualities that in some situations could make us suffer," Rossi said.

"I think what is important to do in the last match is putting on the pitch what our fans are always asking of us. They can accept technical mistakes. They are not stupid.

"They know what kind of level we have, especially compared to these kinds of opponents. But they want to see that, on the pitch - and sorry for these words - that we're spitting our blood.

"This is what I ask of the guys. I don't ask them to win. I don't ask them to score goals. I just ask them to put their maximum effort in. Of course, to be able to do this you must be well organised in a tactical aspect.

"Against Scotland we're expecting another kind of match and we will prepare the right tactics for that. But the most important thing is your maximum effort."

How about that for a rallying cry? Should be an absolute cracker on Sunday.

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Touching on Kieran Tierney again, he looks absolutely devastated in these pictures here. Heart-breaking.

But hopefully the fact he got off the stretcher and walked down the tunnel means it isn't as severe as first feared?

We can only hope. The Scotland camp will be asked for an update during their daily media conference later on.

Quite funny.

At these post-match pressers, journalists are asked to introduce themselves before asking a question.

Here, The Guardian's Ewan Murray introduced himself as... Steve Clarke.

Speaking to BBC Sport post-match, Scotland head coach Steve Clarke also said it was "nice to see" his players show up in Cologne.

In typical style, though, he kept a lid on things...

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The big negative from a fairly positive night is the injury to Kieran Tierney, no doubt about it.

It didn't look good at all for the Scotland defender, who will miss the must-win Hungary game on Sunday after being taken off on a stretcher.

Tierney - a key player for Steve Clarke's side - pulled up after challenging Dan Ndoye.

"Definitely out," head coach Clarke said. "It looks pretty bad. We have to assess it but Kieran won't make the next game.

"He's a top player for us. Does ever so well. It's a shame but someone else has got to step in and step up to the mark."

Join Alasdair Lamont and the team in Cologne as they analyse Scotland's draw with Switzerland.

Click here to listen.

• Scotland have gained their first result in a European Championship game in which they’ve conceded, having lost their previous six such matches when shipping a goal, while they’ve ended a run of two consecutive defeats at the Euros since their 0-0 draw against England in June 2021.
• Xherdan Shaqiri has become the only European player to score in each of the last six major tournaments (World Cup/Euros) since the 2014 World Cup, while he’s netted in twice as many such competitions as any other Swiss player.
• Scotland remain unbeaten against Switzerland at major tournaments (W1 D1), avoiding defeat in six of their last seven competitive matches against them (W2 D4 L1), while 44% of their group stage points (4/9) at the European Championship have come against the Swiss (W1 D1).
• Scott McTominay has scored nine goals for Scotland under Steve Clarke, with only John McGinn (18) netting more, while his eight goals since the start of Euro 2024 qualifying in March 2023 is more than twice as many as any other Scotland player.
• Switzerland named their oldest ever starting XI in a European Championship game (30y 119d), while only Slovakia have named an older XI so far at Euro 2024 (30y 229d).

James McFadden
Former Scotland international speaking to BBC Sport

I was also delighted for Anthony Ralston come full-time.

It was his stray pass which led to Xherdan Shakiri's goal, but let's be honest, it presented half a chance.

The finish was unbelievable, it couldn't have been any further into the top corner. I'd have been proud of that, just maybe not against Scotland.

Ralston struggled in the first half, he kept trying to play back rather than being that outlet forward.

But credit to him in the second half, he got further up the pitch, was braver on the ball.

He certainly recovered and he'll feel so much better for that second half.

I've been in that position before with the build-up to the game and wondering if I was even going to be in the team.

To get the vote of confidence, then to have that error, but still finish strongly takes a lot of strength.

Hopefully it'll help ease him into a huge game on Sunday.

Scotland midfielder Callum McGregor had more to say post-match.

"More like us" seems to be the theme from the squad and you can understand why.

"It's a start, we're alive," the Celtic captain added.

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That praise from the captain for Anthony Ralston is wholesome stuff.

The Scotland right-back made a poor error to gift Xherdan Shaqiri's stunning finish, but he responded so well.

Celtic captain Callum McGregor also hailed the reaction of his club team-mate.

"Big, big character," McGregor said. "He hasn’t played a huge amount either and to get thrown into that top-level football, he deals with it really well.

"He's such an honest boy. Listen, that can happen to anybody. People make mistakes, people give the ball away. Sometimes it’s a night when you get punished and sometimes you don’t get punished.

"That’s one that did get punished, but to come back and show that level of performance and calmness speaks volumes for him."

"More like us, much more like us," Scotland captain Andy Robertson said after the 1-1 draw with Switzerland.

"Aggressive, on the front foot, couldn't get off to a better start. We make a mistake but make no mistake about it, Tony Ralston was unbelievable after that. Second half, he was different class.

"We had our chances but so did they. We were a lot more happy with that performance. We'll take the draw and we've taken it into the last game and that's all we can ask.

"We need to go again Sunday because that's a massive game for us now. We can take a lot of positives from tonight but we can also tweak a little thing and improve even more and that's a good thing.

"We need to get to bed now and recover. Come Sunday we'll be good to go with the backing that we've got."

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While I was looking at Billy Gilmour's stats there on Opta, it has made me realise how we are all perhaps a bit guilty of taking Andy Robertson for granted.

No Scotland player had more touches (58), more passes in the final third or created more chances.

So involved and so important. Let's see what he had to say post-match...

Charlie Adam
Former Scotland midfielder on Football Daily

Billy Gilmour gives you an option on the ball.

His first thought is the next pass and getting the ball back again.

He's a very good player for Scotland, and in games like this, when you need players to get on the ball, he’s very comfortable.