Portugal v Scotland: Head coach presser key points

Admits he doesn’t know why the travel arrangements saw them fly in to an airport a two-hour drive away from Lisbon and says it’s something “I’ll look into with the powers that be after this match”.

The Scotland flight was also delayed by an hour leaving Glasgow Airport, but Clarke says, despite that, he has “a good group of players who’ll turn up tomorrow and be fresh and ready to go”.

Admits, with the quick turn around in games, he can’t always work on things in training, so to eradicate mistakes, he’s been “making his players aware and getting into their minds that when you play against pot one teams, top teams, they have to be focused”.

Feels the players have been able to move on from the disappointing result on Thursday night at home to Poland. Feels his defenders can handle the like of Cristiano Ronaldo’s threat. “They’ll want to challenge themselves.”

Admits the side need a “good performance. Have to be defensively sound but also show a threat at the other end.”

Says Portugal have other players who are just as dangerous as Ronaldo, so expecting a tough challenge.

On Ben Doak, he says “we have to protect him. He’s a young man who’s starting his career”. Says the winger is not ready to play 90 minutes at this level.