Kheredine Idessane
BBC Scotland in Germany

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Switzerland have been forced into an unexpected change to their preparations for Wednesday's game against Scotland - because of the state of their training pitch.

Bundesliga club Stuttgart have come to their rescue to provide temporary facilities while governing body Uefa rectifies the problem.

The Swiss FA explained: "The pitch in our training stadium at the Waldau will be replaced by Uefa.

"The roots of the grass have died in several places. Therefore, we will train tomorrow and Tuesday on the VFB Stuttgart training pitch, at Robert-Schlienz-Stadion, which is in good condition.

"Following the Scotland game, it is planned to train on the new pitch at the Stadion auf der Waldau. However, the condition of the new grass needs to be checked on Thursday."

While we're on the subject of the Swiss, who looked impressive for large spells in their 3-1 win over Hungary on Saturday, let's get the latest from their camp with the help of our Kheredine Idessane...

On Kieran Tierney, the Scotland defender is reportedly one of four players Arsenal are offering in a potential swap deal for Everton midfielder Amadou Onana. (Express via TeamTalk, external)

That's in our gossip this morning, which you can read in full here.

Kieran Tierney also warned that Switzerland have "quality players all over" the pitch, including former Arsenal team-mate Granit Xhaka, who is a "good friend" of the Scotland left-back.

"They've been in major tournaments for years now, they've got far," he adds.

"We want to be a lot more aggressive, we want to make it harder for everyone and not give people as much time on the ball.

"We know probably four points gets you through in a tournament like this. That's the aim.

"We believe we can do it but we need to go and show it."

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Kieran Tierney has urged Scotland to "make new memories" in Wednesday's crucial Euro 2024 meeting with Switzerland.

Scotland's last victory at a major tournament came against the Swiss at Euro 96.

"We've given the fans great memories in the past," Tierney told Uefa. "But it's now time to make new ones.

"It's still all to play for in these next two games and we need the belief we can go on and do it."

Kieran Tierney has also been on media duties.

Let's see what the Scotland defender had to say...

Lyndon Dykes, ruled out of Euro 2024 with injury, spoke to Eilidh Barbour yesterday.

There was plenty of chat about flicking switches and moving on from the Germany defeat with the Switzerland game fast approaching.

Bash the play button below to hear what the big man had to say...

Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer

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The fact Steve Clarke was on media duties on Sunday was an illustration of where Scotland are right now.

Had his team performed admirably against the Germans, he'd have left one of his other coaches, or a player, to get on with it.

He remarked this was a job for him and for him alone. A charm offensive, a chance to address the criticism of him and his team while offering some hope for the rest of the group campaign - in case there were any takers.

On a run of one win in 10 games, and the concession of 26 goals, this team, and this campaign, is at a crossroads now.

They're either going to bounce back, as they have done before in Clarke's reign, or they're going to sink against Switzerland and crash out on Wednesday.

Unless the bare minimum of a point is achieved in Cologne then Scotland can start packing.

Steve Clarke also spoke of why Scotland must now take four points from their final two games to reach the knockouts.

"We still had an outside chance with the goal difference. This time, that little safety net is gone," he said.

With the Scots already on a -4 goal difference, it's extremely unlikely that just three points will be enough to send them through as one of the four best third-placed teams.

That's unless they give someone

"We know that, so we have to get four points in the next two games."

Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer

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Steve Clarke came across well, he struck a decent balance of accepting blame for what went wrong while also sounding enough of a rallying cry ahead of Wednesday.

There was no insight on what he will alter for the Swiss, but he had his cheery face on which, to be fair, isn't necessarily a positive. You always know that things aren't quite what they should be when Clarke is smiling. A grumpier head is far more reassuring.

More than anybody, he will know that talk is cheap. It's been the mantra of his coaching life and this, unquestionably, is one of the biggest weeks in all his years in the game.

Past history tells us not to write him off. He inherited an unholy mess and brought order and optimism.

His team hit the buffers after losing to Ukraine in a World Cup play-off and again to the Republic of Ireland in Dublin. The distress flares hit the skies in the wake of those performances, but Clarke was cool and composed and Scotland came again in a major way.

So, that's where his belief in himself and his players comes from. They've been in bad places before and have found their way out.

Ultimately, that was his message on Sunday. Keep the faith. It'll be better when Wednesday comes.

There was talk of some needing cuddles and others needing a kick on the backside from Steve Clarke.

One of those not getting a cuddle was Austin MacPhee, the Scotland boss joked on Sunday.

Pictures showed the pair of them having a heated exchange on Friday night, but Clarke cleared things up yesterday.

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Scotland head coach Steve Clarke, unexpectedly, chose to sit in the hot seat and attempted to lift spirits on Sunday.

Before we go anywhere else, these were the key points from the Scotland boss yesterday:

• Clarke said he may have given the players "too much information" which may have "clouded" their thinking in Munich.
• However, the Scotland boss added the squad took the "wrong" interpretation of his instructions and he has had conversations with players about what went wrong.
• Clarke insisted Scotland can still get out of Group A but that the "little advantage" of a solid goal difference has gone, meaning they need four points form games against Switzerland and Hungary.
• There is "no danger" of Scotland lacking belief and the players know they need to "put it right" in Cologne against the Swiss.
• People should not be "too hard" on Ryan Porteous after his red card.

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Recovered? Or is it still lingering like a multiple-day hangover after a heavy weekend?

I'm going to guess the latter. We can't mope about too much longer, though.

Scotland's second game comes in just two days when they face Switzerland in Cologne on Wednesday night.

We'll be building up to that one today, as well as hearing from the camp later on.