Scotland captain Andy Robertson admits this worldwide break has come at an excellent time for him because it makes latest disappointments with Liverpool “simpler to recover from”.
Final week the Reds have been crushed by Paris St-Germain on penalties within the Champions League final 16 then misplaced the League Cup ultimate to Newcastle.
“It in all probability wasn’t certainly one of our greatest weeks in soccer and that is half and parcel of it. However fortunately this season we have had many good weeks and final week wasn’t meant to be for various causes,” mentioned left-back Robertson.
“It is at all times an honour to satisfy up with Scotland. It is at all times a pleasure to satisfy up with the lads once more, to have recent faces, to take a break from a extremely intense time period as properly from Liverpool.
“So yeah, I am trying ahead to this week, it has been good and it is made it simpler to recover from the frustration.”
After no wins of their opening 4 Nations League video games, Scotland ended with wins over Croatia and Poland to arrange this week’s play-off with Greece as Steve Clarke’s aspect try to remain within the high tier.
“The ending was good. The boldness was rising inside us once more and I believe you’ve got seen that inside the performances,” added Robertson.
“The goal was at all times to get to the highest. We managed that and acquired to Group A. When you get there, you wish to keep there.
“I believe Greece are a improbable workforce. They acquired a wonderful end result at Wembley and gave England two actually exhausting video games. They have been in a tricky group as properly.”