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da apostaganha： Scotland ended a run of four straight defeats on Sunday afternoon as they thrashed San Marino 6-0 at a rain-soaked Hampden Park.
Aston Villa’s John McGinn netted his first-ever career hat-trick while three others also got on the scoresheet.
It means Steve Clarke’s team now face the task of trying to secure third place in the group in order to gain one last shot at qualifying for Euro 2020 as their defeat to Russia firmly ended any hopes of automatically doing so.
There are just two qualifiers left for Scotland as they face Cyprus, who currently hold that sought-after third spot, and then Kazakhstan.
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Despite it only being against San Marino, who place last in FIFA’s world rankings, the result should offer up some encouragement considering the barrage of defeats suffered in the lead up to Sunday’s match.
Sheffield Wednesday had a player involved with Liam Palmer featuring the full 90 minutes, playing back in his more natural right-back position.
Last week, Football FanCast highlighted the reasons why the 28-year-old should play there for his domestic club as Moses Odubajo continues to underperform in the role.
This latest glimpse at right-back strengthens the case for him to do so and should leave Garry Monk with a dilemma ahead of next weekend.
Per SofaScore, Palmer recorded four tackles and three key passes, proving to be a vital cog defensively and in the buildup to any attack.
His showing last time out against Russia was particularly poor as he was part of a defensive that shipped four versus the Russians. Wednesday’s key man lost possession 13 times and was dribbled past on one occasion.
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But here, the long-serving Owls man managed one clearance, one successful dribble, and a passing accuracy of 86%, also per SofaScore, to round off a better afternoon.
Now as previously mentioned, San Marino are no barometer of top quality – let alone that of the Championship – but you can only beat what is in front of you and Palmer has done the job asked of him.
If anything, he showed that one bad game hasn’t thrown him off completely and he has the ability to bounce back.
The 28-year-old has played 152 of his 232 career matches at right-back for the south Yorkshire club according to Transfermarkt’s recorded figures.