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SCOTLAND v AUSTRIA / EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS / FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP TAYLOR SETTING SIGHTS ON WORLD CUP QUALIFICATION FOLLOWING EUROS SUCCESS... By Michael Lamont, Scottish FA 36 Greg Taylor has qualified for a Euros with his country and lifted the Scottish Cup within the last six months. Now he has a World Cup in his sights. Despite a frustrating season for Celtic, the 23-year-old has been a regular in Steve Clarke’s squads of late and across the next three games he will be aiming to add to his four caps, the most recent of which was gained in Scotland’s last match at Hampden. Against Scotland’s Euro 2022 group opponents, Czech Republic, Taylor started on the left flank as his side marched to a 1-0 victory. Scotland’s next match was the famous win in Serbia and with the country still on a high from that success Taylor is confident this group of players can use the feel-good factor to propel them to a positive start in the group, starting tonight against Austria. QHow much are you looking forward to these upcoming games, especially given the buzz around the national team right now? AI love coming away with the national team and every time I see my name on that squad list I get a feeling of immense pride. It’s just a huge honour, especially for these upcoming games. We want to start well and we’ve got a great chance of doing that with three consecutive matches. The last thing we want to do is to be chasing our tail come the end of the campaign. We’ve avoided a lot of the so called bigger nations in the group but at international level, every side is top class. I’ve noticed in the games I’ve played that all of the players handle the ball well and are tactically astute. We’re up against top quality opposition tonight and then we know that Israel are strong having faced them a few times recently. Prior to the last two games we were unbeaten for a number of matches and that really helped the belief within the camp. It’s important to recognise that we have lost the last couple though, so we can’t be complacent just because we’ve qualified for the Euros. We know we need to bounce back and recapture the form that enabled us to qualify. QDo these matches also represent a chance to stake your claim for a place in the Euros squad, as well as helping Scotland return to a World Cup? AWhether it’s playing for Celtic or Scotland I’m always trying to impress and I now have the ultimate motivation in the summer of the European Championships. That is HAMPDEN PARK / THURSDAY, 25 MARCH 2021
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