Former St Mirren star John McGinn sets sights on Spain after climbing Scotland all-time scorers chart
28.03.2023 - 08:43
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Former St Mirren star John McGinn believes Spain won’t be looking forward to their trip to a sold-out Hampden Park this evening.
Tonight’s clash is set to be a cracker with the Tartan Army hoping to roar their heroes on to a famous win against the Group A favourites.
McGinn, who came through the Ralston youth academy and helped the Buddies bag the League Cup in 2013, scored Scotland’s opener against Cyprus on Saturday in an important 3-0 win.
The Aston Villa midfielder believes his country can pull off a shock result against the Spaniards but admits they’ll need to up their game to have a chance of picking up another three points in Glasgow.
McGinn said: “I’m delighted to get on the scoresheet again, but I just wanted anyone to break the deadlock.
“These games can be difficult if you take too long to get the first goal.
“It was good get to the early goal but after that we didn’t really build on it, which was frustrating.
“We need to be honest, if we want to get to the Euros we need to improve. If we want to move to the next level, we need to be better and we felt that walking off.
“We need to be brighter, we were a bit flat. I am being a bit picky as we won 3-0, but it was one of those days where it could have been 1-1.
“Maybe I am being harsh on us. There is plenty to improve on but we have ended the hoodoo from the last few campaigns and started off with a win.
“As much as we know we can improve on the performance, that’s a big three points.
“We are getting greedy – we want the performance and the result but the main thing is the win.
“We will give it a go against Spain and we are confident. They won’t want to play us in the vein of form we are in, especially at home.
“We will make it difficult for them, we will have our