2020 Euro Qualifier: 117th-ranked Kazakhstan humiliate Scotland 3 - 0

Scotland humiliated 3 - 0 by 117th-ranked Kazakhstan - Talk Sport

Hapless Scotland suffered one of the most abject defeats in their history in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier against world-ranked 117 Kazakhstan.


Alex McLeish's callow side were two down inside 10 minutes in Astana after dreadful defending allowed Yuriy Pertsukh and Yan Vorogovskiy to score.

The Kazakhs had only won one of their last 20 qualifiers, but the feeble Scots were unable to trouble them.

And Baktiyor Zainutdinov's header just after the break completed the rout.

This - a second defeat in 11 competitive matches - is a grievous blow to Scotland's hopes of automatic qualification for next year's finals, even before Sunday's second game of the campaign in San Marino.