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It was a relief when it happened.
It seemed that Cuthbert’s corner kick would be the one that would make the difference in Morocco, until Nakash equalised.
In the 40 minutes of football between the goals, Andreatta’s ambition was not fulfilled.
The Scots rarely sought a second. Instead, they invited the WAFCON runners-up back into the game after a few scary moments before scoring a deserved equalizer.
In the dying embers of the match, there was an urgency to Scotland’s play that had been absent for the previous 80 minutes.
It led to Weir finishing off the final goal – the kind you strike for Real Madrid with relative ease – and much relief among the Scotland ranks.
I feel relieved that they will stop this miserable, invincible race and I feel relieved that they were doing so in the face of adversity.
Cuthbert added: “Matches like this remind me of when we faced Albania to qualify for the World Cup.”
“It may not be pretty, it may not be pretty, they came back into the game, but we came out strong and we’re going to go win it.
“I think now it’s about getting wins on the board for us.”
After eight games without a win, this match was too much to handle.
A bleak UEFA Nations League campaign follows Finland’s failure to qualify for Euro 2025. The last result celebrated at Easter Road was against Hungary in the second leg of the Euro semi-final.
That night in the capital – where hopes were high and belief in success high – turned out to be the high point of Pedro Martinez Llosa’s reign.
Against the Finns, Scotland was flat. Cuthbert and Weir were upset that they were unable to make an impact and were thus once again excluded from the continental spotlight in the summer.
Why the country’s creative duo doesn’t click more often remains a mystery.
But if Andreatta is able to crack that code, and oversee the beginning of a beautiful friendship, there will undoubtedly be more fist-bumps from the touchline at the final whistle, as happened in Casablanca.
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