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Scotland's dreams of emerging from a group stage of a tournament for the first time in history were ended by classy Croatia at Hampden.
On a night when nothing less than a victory would do for Steve Clarke’s men, the World Cup finalists turned on the style to condemn the Scots to bottom place in Group D of Euro 2020 with a 3-1 win.
Despite the result, the side were given an ovation from the Tartan Army as the full-time whistle signalled the end of their involvement in the competition.
Scotland midfielder John McGinn said the players would learn from the Euro 2020 heartache
Vowing that this was a new beginning for the national team at this level, midfielder John McGinn said: ‘We’re just devastated that we aren’t through. Obviously we’re extremely proud of the effort throughout the whole campaign.
‘We didn’t get off to the best of starts but tonight we came up against a excellent team and their experience of tournaments showed in the end.
‘They are an excellent team. We knew that. We were ignoring all the noise that they were an ageing team and that they were slow.
‘Tonight they were experienced and they’ve got one of the best players in the world in Luka Modric.
The players were given an ovation from the Tartan Army despite failing to make the last 16
‘We did lose goals at poor times.
‘The main thing we’ve got to do is use this experience to drive us on to go to more tournaments.
‘The World Cup is our aim now. When you look around the dressing room, we’ve got a good age group, determined guys.
‘We feel as if we didn’t do ourselves justice but what we did do is create history by coming here
