Originally Posted by BBC News
Scotland head coach Steve Clarke says he had to “kick a couple of backsides” and “give a couple of cuddles” after admitting some miscommunication contributed to their humbling defeat by Germany.
Scotland were beaten 5-1 in Munich on Friday night, but Clarke insists the squad “know what went wrong” ahead of their second Euro 2024 group match against Switzerland on Wednesday.
He admitted he may have given the squad “too much information”, which could have “clouded the players”.
“I’ve spoken to the players about what I feel was wrong from my side and what I gave them,” Clarke said.
“I think their interpretation of what we asked them to do was wrong, so we’ve worked on that.
“I had a little chat with a lot of them on the training pitch this morning. Just to try to put one or two things in their head about things they maybe didn’t do on the pitch that they should have done.”
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