After the Tartan Army lost their initial match of Euro 2020, Rio Ferdinand revealed Sir Alex Ferguson's prediction for England vs Scotland.
After a 2-0 defeat in their Group D opener, Scotland's chances of escaping a group at a major event look slim.
Scotland's qualifying chances are hanging by a thread thanks to Patrik Schick's brilliant brace for the Czech Republic.
nd ex-Manchester United defender Ferdinand has revealed how his former manager Ferguson believes Scotland will “overrun” the Three Lions when they meet on Friday. Scotland defeated Croatia in their opening encounter.
“Can I just say something: Scotland is getting beaten 1-0!” Ferdinand said on his FIVE YouTube account.
“All morning, Sir Alex Ferguson has been on my phone. I'll see what I can do about responding to his text right now. ‘Are you OK, boss?' I'm going to text him right now.
“He thinks they're going to beat us [England], that they're going to overrun us,” he says. Before that, they have to get through this first game!”
“Who's the other one on my phone who's been blowing it up?” Ferdinand continued. Fletcher, Darren 'How are you doing, Fletch?'
Meanwhile, John McGinn agrees that if Scotland is to reach the Euro 2020 knockout stage, they will have to go the hard way.
“I don't think it's a reality check,” the Aston Villa midfielder told STV. We played fairly well overall; there are still areas where we can improve, but this is the first game of the tournament.
“We have two games to correct what we need to correct, and it's critical that we don't sulk too much. Now is the time to do things the hard way.
“We know we need at least a point on Friday to give ourselves a chance to escape out of this group.
“We know what we need to do, we need to get something at Wembley, and it's our own fault because we had a chance to have a fantastic result today,” he said.
“But we have two options: we can whine about it or we can roll up our sleeves and put on a show to show what we're capable of.
“I think there was enough to be good about in the game; we generated those opportunities; now it's just a matter of taking them and hoping they go in on Friday.”
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