Scotland are now second in group A behind Spain in goal difference. Norway is a distant third and can not catch Spain or Scotland with just one fixture left. The Tartan Army were left waiting after losing 2-0 to Spain in Seville on Thursday, with Alvaro Morata and Oihan Sancet scoring following a controversially disallowed Scott McTominay strike. Qualification remained likely for the Scotts as Norway at least needed a win against Spain to keep their qualification hopes alive. Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard, and company could not produce the necessary quality to beat Spain in Oslo, with Gavi scoring the game's only goal after Morata had seen an earlier strike ruled out for offside. Scotland will now be aiming to finish ahead of Spain in the group in an effort to be a top seed in the Euro 2024 draw. 

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Scotland now travel to Georgia and host Norway in their remaining matches, while Spain face bottom side Cyprus and Georgia. Spain and Scotland are among the first teams to qualify for the Euro 2024 competition. They now join hosts Germany, Belgium, France, Portugal, and Turkey in the finals. Clarke has become the first Scotland manager in history to guide his country to back-to-back European Championship finals. The Euro 2020 was Scotland's first major tournament since the 1998 FIFA World Cup. 

The Scotts will now aim to perform better in next year's European showpiece event as they only picked one point last time out against England, Croatia, and the Czech Republic. Italy are the defending champions of the Euros as they beat England on penalties at the Wembley Stadium to lift the trophy last time out. France who were featured in the World Cup final but lost to Argentina on penalties are expected to be strong favourites to win the competition alongside England and Spain. 

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