Scotland’s Lawrence Shankland on Munich ‘hurt’, lifting spirts & inspiring others

Lawrence Shankland sat down with the Scotland media team, external to discuss the fallout from Munich, facing Switzerland and his journey to the Euros.

Here’s what the Hearts striker had to say:

On the painful defeat to Germany: “We got that initial hurt after the game, but you need to very quickly get over it. The past couple of days have been spent analysing what went wrong and trying to make things better.

“There are a lot of good characters in the changing room, you’ve seen that past couple of days when people have been lifting each other. We’ll move on positively.”

What it means to be at the Euros and inspiring others: “It’s great. It’s the stuff you dream of as a kid growing up. I’m delighted to be here and hopefully we can finish the group positively.

“Hopefully [my journey] inspires a few along the way. In football everyone has their journey. Some are really successful, some are up and down. I wouldn’t change much about mine, it’s been great. When you get moments like this it makes all the hard work worth it.”

On facing Switzerland: “We watched the game the other day. Every game is different, but we’ll analyse it and see how we can get at them.

“The scenario is the same. At the start of the group we knew we’d need four points to guarantee qualification, that’s still possible. That’s the important thing and that’s what everyone is focussing on.”

On the travelling support: “We know they’re out here for a good time regardless. They were there in their numbers the other night and would’ve left disappointed, as we were. We know the backing is there for us. Hopefully we can win the game for them.”

On what needs to change on Wednesday: “Just win. Plain and simple. That’s the case in tournament football.”