Andy Robertson reveals crucial John McGinn and Scott McTominay moment that set Scotland on path to World Cup

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Scotland captain Robertson discusses journey to the World Cup.Scotland captain Andy Robertson admits that playing in front of attendances in the early days of Steve Clarke's managerial reign had a huge impact on the squad’s desire to make it back to the World Cup.The Liverpool left-back made his debut for the country over 12 years ago as a late substitute during a 1-0 friendly victory against Poland, and has gone on to become Scotland’s second most capped player of all time, with 92 caps. Named in the squad for this summer’s World Cup this week, he’ll captain the side on their first appearance at the tournament since 1998.Expected to lead the side out when they open their campaign against Haiti at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Robertson admits that the performance in the 4-2 win over Denmark last November, which sealed their return to the World Cup after a 28-year absence, was born out of the squad’s desire to make Scotland fans proud again after decades of disappointment.Scott McTominay and Andy Robertson were both left disappointed at Euro 2024 as Scotland crashed out at the group stage. | SNS Group"I spent a couple of days up in Scotland after that [Denmark] game,” Robertson told The Overlap.

We got thrown straight in.“When Steve Clarke first came in [2019] and I got the captaincy, it had an impact on all of us because we were only playing in front of 10k or 12k people. Now we're so close.

It's just so exciting."Me and McGin had to step up at 23 or 24 years old," recalls Robertson of the early days of the Steve Clarke reign. | SNS Group"I'm lucky to have had a lot of good achievements, but the biggest one is being captain of my country. The one thing we all have is we want to play for our country.