Why Arsenal’s Kieran Tierney was not in the Scotland squad vs Czech

By Tom Canton


Published: June 14, 2021 1:02 pm

Last Updated: June 14, 2021 1:11 pm

Arsenal’s Kieran Tierney missing for Scotland

Scotland start off their Euro 2020 with their must-win game against the Czech Republic.

With England and Croatia to come, many feel that failing to with today could end any hope of progression to the knockout rounds.

Steve Clarke named his squad and starting eleven but to the horror of many Scottish fans, Arsenal defender Kieran Tierney was nowhere to be seen.

Your Scotland team taking on Czech Republic in our #EURO2020 opener.

COME ON SCOTLAND!#SCO pic.twitter.com/UU6NjNRL1M

— Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) June 14, 2021

Clarke had seemingly perfected the way of playing with both Tierney and Andrew Robertson together in  3-5-2 or 3-4-3 system. However, that has been taken out of his hands.

No Che Adams or Billy Gilmour

Furthermore, he has decided not to start either Premier League talent of Che Adams from Southampton or Billy Gilmour from Chelsea.

The latter’s inexperience makes sense but Adams was expected to play a key role.

Kieran Tierney didn’t train

It is clear that previously reported news of an issue in training which were originally played down by coach John Carver were in fact serious.

It was revealed on Saturday the Arsenal star didn’t train fully with the squad in their final session at Middlesbrough’s training base.

Scotland assistant John Carver played down fitness concerns but it appears doubts over Tierney were justified.

Reported by the Daily Record, this could have a drastic effect on Clarke’s setup and attack plan for the game.

Meanwhile, BBC Scotland told their readers that Tierney’s absence “must be an injury.”

Some Scottish fans tried putting a positive spin on the Tierney setback.

Kieran Tierney being rested for the final

— Oldfirmfacts (@Oldfirmfacts1) June 14, 2021

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester City FC	38	51	86
2	Manchester United FC	38	29	74
3	Liverpool FC	38	26	69
4	Chelsea FC	38	22	67
5	Leicester City FC	38	18	66
6	West Ham United FC	38	15	65
7	Tottenham Hotspur FC	38	23	62
8	Arsenal FC	38	16	61
9	Leeds United	38	8	59
10	Everton FC	38	-1	59
11	Aston Villa FC	38	9	55
12	Newcastle United FC	38	-16	45
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	38	-16	45
14	Crystal Palace FC	38	-25	44
15	Southampton FC	38	-21	43
16	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	38	-6	41
17	Burnley FC	38	-22	39
18	Fulham FC	38	-26	28
19	West Bromwich Albion	38	-41	26
20	Sheffield United FC	38	-43	23

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Player	Team	Goals
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	23
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	22
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	17
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	17
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	17
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	16
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	15
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	14
Gundogan, Ilkay	Manchester City FC	13
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	13
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	12
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	12
Wood, Chris	Burnley FC	12
Iheanacho, Kelechi	Leicester City FC	12
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	11
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	11
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	11
Bale, Gareth	Tottenham Hotspur FC	11
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	11
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	10

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	12
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	11
Maguire, Harry	Manchester United FC	0	11
Phillips, Kalvin	Leeds United	0	10
Hojbjerg, Pierre	Tottenham Hotspur FC	0	9
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	8
Lundstram, John	Sheffield United FC	1	8
Luiz, Douglas	Aston Villa FC	0	8
Holgate, Mason	Everton FC	0	9
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	8
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	1	7
Shaw, Luke	Manchester United FC	0	8
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	7
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	8
Andersen, Joachim	Fulham FC	1	7
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	7
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	8
Dallas, Stuart	Leeds United	0	7
McGoldrick, David	Sheffield United FC	0	7
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC	0	7

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	14
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	12
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	11
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	10
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	9
Raphinha	Leeds United	9
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	8
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	8
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	8
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	8
Gross, Pascal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	8
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	8
Pereira, Matheus	West Bromwich Albion	7
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	7
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	7
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	7
Eze, Eberechi	Crystal Palace FC	7
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	7
Robertson, Andrew	Liverpool FC	7

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