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Former Scotland winger Pat Nevin

A lot of pride back. After the Germany game a lot of people would’ve watched that, who hadn’t watched Scotland before and thought, they’re out of their league.

I don’t think that’s the case because Scotland have shown time and again that they're capable of doing better.

I walk away from that game and I’m happy. Minor disappointment that we didn’t get the win but actually did we deserve the win? No, I’m not that biased.

Former Scotland forward James McFadden

A much better performance, straight from the off, you could see the intent to go and press and try and put Switzerland under as much pressure as they could and crucially we got the first goal and gave ourselves a real belief.

It’s so unlike Scotland to perform the way they did against Germany.

So I think they did pretty well, we are being greedy by saying we would’ve loved to have won the game but the most important part was being in it and still having a chance to qualify and that’s what they’ve given themselves.

Ex-Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam

There were a lot of good moments and a lot of things we need to improve on defensively. I know people make mistakes but small details, if you want to play at the top level of football, you get punished for mistakes and that’s what happened.

Overall from a performance and our reaction was very, very good. It gives us an opportunity on Sunday against a very good Hungarian team. Ranked 26th in the world, they are not to be messed with.

Scotland women's captain Rachel Corsie

It's a good place to be, it's where you want to be.

I think the performance, emotionally and mentally, will count for a lot. We have a real solid group of players, and a structured system.

We'll give it a real go against Hungary and the fans will get right behind them.

Scotland midfielder Callum McGregor and captain Andy Robertson have praised "big character" Anthony Ralston’s "unbelievable" response to being at fault for Switzerland’s equaliser.

Right-back Ralston’s slack backpass was pounced upon by Xherdan Shaqiri to lash a fabulous strike into the top corner shortly after Scott McTominay’s first-half opener in the pulsating 1-1 draw.

Celtic skipper McGregor, who provided the assist for McTominay’s goal, said of his 25-year-old clubmate Ralston: "Big, big character and still a young player as well.

"He hasn’t played a huge amount of football 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 for a young player speaks volumes for him."

Ralston also received backing from Robertson, who said: "Tony was unbelievable after that mistake.

"Not many people could come back from that. It was a difficult one for him but second half he was a different class."

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Former Scotland forward James McFadden will opt for a close shave on Sunday before cheering on Scotland against Hungary.

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Scotland defender Kieran Tierney will miss the must-win Hungary game on Sunday after being taken off on a stretcher in the second half of the 1-1 draw with Switzerland.

Tierney - a key player for Clarke's side - pulled up with what appeared to be a hamstring injury challenging Dan Ndoye, who fired inches wide.

"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."

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• 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).

Scotland wrestled free from the shackles of injury and self destruction to muster a precious point against Switzerland to keep their Euro 2024 campaign alive.

Qualification hero Scott McTominay's deflected shot almost lifted the roof off the deafening Cologne Stadium on 13 minutes.

However, a bewildering blind back pass from Anthony Ralston gift-wrapped an opportunity for Xherdan Shaqiri to sweep home a sublime first-time shot high beyond Angus Gunn.

Kieran Tierney pulled up clutching his hamstring as Dan Ndoye ran on to squander a golden chance when through on goal and will miss the Hungary game on Sunday.

But the Scots, already patched up in defence, roused themselves heroically in the closing stages which saw Grant Hanley strike a post with a header from an Andy Robertson free-kick.

The Swiss spurned a host of late chances, but not enough to deny Scotland a point to move third in Group A, with victory against the Hungarians surely enough to see them out of a group stage for the first time in their history.

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Scotland captain Andy Robertson said after the 1-1 draw with Switzerland: "More like us, much more like us. 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 mistake. 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 bee good to go with the backing that we've got."

BBC Sport website users voted first-half scorer Scott McTominay as Scotland's player of the match.

McTominay's deflected strike gave the Scots the lead before Xherdan Shaqiri's equaliser.

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Scotland head coach Steve Clarke: "It was nice to see them. We didn't turn up in the first game. We're a good team when we play.

"We didn't get on the front foot at all against Germany. We sat back too much. Tonight we were determined to make sure we went pressing, went after the ball.

"We played two of the players a little bit higher up the pitch to try and get that early press and it worked tonight against a very good Switzerland team.

"Heart-breaking moment [for Anthony Ralston at the Switzerland goal] but it happens in football. If it falls to any other Swiss player, I don't think they score. If it falls to Xherdan Shaqiri, you know where the ball's going to end up. We get harshly punished for a small mistake but we responded.

"We stayed in the game, we worked hard, we created our own chances. Switzerland are a good team, they created their chances.

"We always knew that the points we require would come from these two games. We've got one point now, that means we have a chance going into the last game [against Hungary] to get three points.

"I believe if we get those three points, we go to the next stage."

Emma Sanders
BBC Sport journalist

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Jamal Musiala scored again as Germany continued their winning start to Euro 2024 with a 2-0 victory over Hungary in Scotland's group.

The Bayern Munich forward - who tormented Steve Clarke's side and netted the second in Friday's 5-1 win - impressed again and netted midway through the first half in Stuttgart.

Hungary were frustrated with his opener, claiming a foul from Ilkay Gundogan on defender Willi Orban before the Barcelona midfielder teed up Musiala to fire into the roof of the net.

A video assistant referee (VAR) check confirmed the on-field decision as Musiala celebrated with his team-mates in front of Hungary supporters behind the goal.

Hungary thought they had snatched an equaliser on the stroke of half-time but Roland Sallai's rebound header was ruled out for a clear offside.

Instead, Germany extended their lead in the second half when former Manchester City player Gundogan was left unmarked to slot comfortably past goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi.

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Injured striker Lyndon Dykes speaks to BBC Sport in the build-up to Scotland's game with Switzerland at Euro 2024.