Steve Clarke took one of the biggest managerial gambles of his Scotland career here in Copenhagen – then insisted he would quit the job if he didn’t have the balls for it. ‌

Clarke left £25m wonderkid Ben Gannon Doak and Napoli’s Scudetto winner Billy Gilmour on his bench for the World Cup opener against top seeds Denmark knowing he risked a furious fall-out if his game plan had gone wrong. ‌

The national boss also threw in Lyndon Dykes for a first start in more than two years as he ripped up his tactical blueprint to send his side out in a 4-4-2 formation. ‌

And the plan paid off big time as Scotland shocked the Group C favourites by claiming a point on opening night - and narrowly passing up chances to turn a 0-0 draw into an away win.

Clarke and his players will now hea

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