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Tartan Army Takes over Liverpool Ahead of Ivory Coast Match
Pepe scored the 12th-minute winner as Scotland failed to test goalkeeper Alban Lafont and were beaten in their final March friendly.
On Tuesday, Scotland lost 1-0 to Ivory Coast at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool, with former Arsenal winger Nicolas Pepe scoring in the 12th minute from a counter-attack.
Scotland manager Steve Clarke faces mounting pressure after an eighth defeat in their last 11 non-competitive matches, with the World Cup campaign beginning in 74 days.
Rangers goalkeeper Liam Kelly started the match but struggled with the counter-attack; Falkirk goalkeeper Scott Bain replaced him at halftime, keeping a clean sheet during his fourth international appearance.
Clarke rejected suggestions that booing negatively impacted his players, stating, 'I thought my team was really positive and that.'
Scotland will play Curacao and Bolivia in upcoming friendlies before facing Haiti, Morocco, and Brazil in Group C of the World Cup.
How did Villarreal’s internees do in the last stop before next summer’s World Cup? Some better than others, with special prominence for four players: Georges Mikautadze, Nicolas Pepe, Pape Gueye and Tajon Buchanan. Pepe claims and Mikautadze leaves Nicolas Pepe, who did not score with Ivory Coast since October 2024, again demonstrated that he deserved to be in the African Cup and scored the goal of victory against Scotland in the second of the f…