Yep, you read that correctly – Scott McTominay has scored for Scotland against Spain. Twice.
It comes just days after he netted a late brace for his country against Cyprus on Saturday having come on as a late substitute.
As a reward, Steve Clarke awarded the Manchester United midfielder with a start in their next Euro 2024 qualifier, and he didn’t take long to make good of this decision, opening the scoring against Spain on Tuesday after just seven minutes.
Heโs at it again ๐
Scott McTominay with his third goal in two games to open the scoring against Spain. #SCOESP pic.twitter.com/QXZmvgYXGR
โ Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) March 28, 2023
1-0 Scotland.
MCTOMINAY OPENS THE SCORE VS SPAIN!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/1JuzE8gN0M
โ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ (@TheEuropeanLad) March 28, 2023
McTominay was pumped after giving Scotland the early lead against Spain ๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/AOtwc21oZc
โ B/R Football (@brfootball) March 28, 2023
3 – Scott McTominay has scored in consecutive appearances for the first time in his Scotland career, with his three goals being three times as many as he had netted in his first 37 international outings (1). Flying. pic.twitter.com/X1Rh8dNd3J
โ OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 28, 2023
Mctominay is carrying this International break pic.twitter.com/2N2S2et2rl
โ Trey (@UTDTrey) March 28, 2023
It’s becoming more and more known that McTominay came through Manchester United’s youth system while playing as a striker. He’s certainly got those goal scoring instincts.
Mctominay was actually introduced as a striker from the academy pic.twitter.com/AKMwO7cQj3
โ ToTo๎จ (@UTDkingsley) March 28, 2023
Mctominay as a striker for the remainder of the season, who says no? pic.twitter.com/UwnSjKcifR
โ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐’๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ (@CantonasCoIIar) March 28, 2023
Did you Know? Scott McTominay was originally a striker during the academy days for a long time. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฎโ๐จ
We can see why heโs so clinical, 4 goals in 2 games. ๐ฅถ pic.twitter.com/mCvKMOlfzo
โ centredevils. (@centredevils) March 28, 2023
Scott McTominay as striker ahead of Weghorst for the rest of the season then…๐๐ pic.twitter.com/oPqm3RMMNk
โ UtdActive (@UtdActive) March 28, 2023
McTominay has been our best striker all along pic.twitter.com/0x4gx0YIhJ
โ JM (@JMNDComps) March 28, 2023
Stand by my McTominay assessment. https://t.co/do7wMh7YBb
โ Grace Robertson ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ (@GraceOnFootball) March 28, 2023
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Scotland managed to hold off Spain’s advances for the rest of the first half, and just after the break, McTominay added a second, lashing home after the visitors were unable to clear a cross from Kieran Tierney.
He canโt stop scoring โฝ๏ธโฝ๏ธ
Scott McTominay doubles our lead against Spain ๐#SCOESP pic.twitter.com/0qIZveYtMv
โ Scotland National Team (@ScotlandNT) March 28, 2023
2 – Scott McTominay is the first Scotland player to score a brace against Spain since Mo Johnston in a World Cup qualifier in November 1984. Arrival. pic.twitter.com/1Wsp77BJCq
โ OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 28, 2023
Scott McTominay’s start to Euro 2024 qualifiers for Scotland:
โฝโฝ vs. Cyprus
โฝโฝ vs. Spain pic.twitter.com/Ul1DWzlgT7โ B/R Football (@brfootball) March 28, 2023
So the real question now is should United sell him to Newcastle this summer? What should the asking price be?
Newcastle thatโll be ยฃ40m for McTominay ๐
โ Zaid ใท (๐ถ๐ฆ) (@mufczaid) March 28, 2023
Dear Newcastle,
Thatโll be now ยฃ55 million for McTominay.
Please and thank you
โ Kristoffer Harris ๐ฐ (@britishkriss) March 28, 2023
ยฃ80 million for Scott McTominay is the starting point Newcastle.๐
โ The Guru, ๐ฆ PhD. ๐ต๏ธโโ๏ธ (@ajabbaruk) March 28, 2023
Scott McTominay might be worth ยฃ100m
โ Scott Saunders (@_scottsaunders) March 28, 2023
Scott Mctominay at Newcastle.
need to see that.
โ Kosiso ๐ด (@gustavocule_) March 28, 2023
Newcastle Mctominay is now 50m. I donโt make the rules
โ Ladi C-137 (@LadiAdeoluwa) March 28, 2023
Seriously tho McTominay has been so misprofiled his whole career. Heโll never be a great player but the further forward he plays, the better he is.
Heโll be good at Newcastle
โ Raph๐บ๐ฒ๐พ๐ช (@raphcancrash7) March 28, 2023
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