{"id":211344,"date":"2025-10-13T23:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211344\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T23:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:25:18","slug":"che-adams-backs-booing-scotland-fans-in-world-cup-qualifer-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211344\/","title":{"rendered":"Che Adams backs booing Scotland fans in World Cup qualifer win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Che Adams<\/a> had no complaints about the fans who showed their dissatisfaction following Scotland’s World Cup qualifying win<\/a> over Belarus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But he is sure the whole country will be united as Steve Clarke’s side close in on an exciting finale to their Group C campaign with a genuine chance of ending their absence from the world stage this century.<\/p>\n

A small section of the Hampden crowd booed when the full-time whistle blew on a 2-1 win over Belarus after the visitors made it a nervy last few minutes following a stoppage-time strike.<\/p>\n

There had been a similar reaction at half-time against Greece three days earlier after a goalless 45 minutes that were dominated by the visitors.<\/p>\n

Again, Scotland<\/a> got over the line in that game to win 3-1 and their opponents were later eliminated from the running after suffering a defeat against Denmark<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Che Adams backed Scotland fans who booed despite seeing their side defeat Belarus in World Cup qualifying.\u00a0Craig Foy\/SNS Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n

That result ensured a top-two finish for Scotland and a draw in Piraeus on November 15 would guarantee a final-day shoot-out for top spot and a place at next year’s finals in North America when they host Denmark three days later. Clarke’s side would almost certainly need a victory to avoid going into the play-offs.<\/p>\n

Scotland have now lost just once in 20 World Cup qualifying group games – against the Danes – and are unbeaten at Hampden in the competition since 2013.<\/p>\n

With those results come expectations and Adams knew they had not reached the required level of performance against a Belarus side who had lost 6-0 against Denmark days earlier.<\/p>\n

When asked about the booing fans, the Torino<\/a> striker said: “I think they were right. It was some poor decision-making, not concentrating in key moments of the game.<\/p>\n

“We need to do better next time. At times it felt like we were pressing singly or not together as a unit. It’s difficult to put a finger on anything specifically.<\/p>\n

“But it was a positive camp. Six points all round. So we know how difficult it’s going to be next camp but we need to stick together now and get things right.<\/p>\n

“Everyone knows how important the two games are and how much we have to stick together.<\/p>\n

– Race to the 2026 World Cup: Who can book their place this week?<\/a>
– Billy Gilmour: I want to prove I should start for Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n

“It’s a long and difficult campaign to get to the World Cup, but we’re two games away from achieving great things, so everyone’s concentrating on that.”<\/p>\n

Adams opened the scoring with a good touch and finish to make it five goals in his last five internationals.<\/p>\n

“As a striker, you want to score, but ultimately it’s a team game and to get the points is more important,” said the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n

“Lyndon [Dykes] came on the other game and got a goal, so I think all strikers are firing and we’re happy to help the team and put pressure on. When one’s tired, another one comes in. It’s good for everyone.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Che Adams had no complaints about the fans who showed their dissatisfaction following Scotland’s World Cup qualifying win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-211344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}