Euro 2020 preview, Group D – Scotland: Ally McCoist backs Scotland to reach knockout stages

Che Adams have been an excellent acquisition for us but in terms of a player who can guarantee four or five goals, we don’t have that. What we will be hoping is that we can keep it tight as much as we can and then you never know. Set-pieces are going to be important for us and that may be where we get a lot of our goals from.

Give us the lowdown on your team’s star player?

Andy Robertson is the obvious one for Liverpool. He has turned into a superstar. What he has gone on to achieve at Liverpool is incredible. He is such a key player for Jurgen Klopp and that is the case for Scotland too.

He is an excellent full-back who can not only get forward and put in an excellent cross, you will see if come into the middle a lot for Scotland too. He has won big trophies for Liverpool so he will have no problem handling the pressure this summer.

And tell us about a player from your team who could be a breakthrough star at this tournament?

The one I have high hopes for is John McGinn. He has an excellent goalscoring record for us and that could continue into the tournament. He is obviously well known in the Premier League with Aston Villa but I do feel he is a little underrated.

I think we will see in this tournament exactly how good he is and hopefully his performances will help Scotland get some big results. I also think we could see a lot of Billy Gilmour. It would not be a shock to me to see him start a lot of matches and he is an excellent talent.

How far do you think your team can go in this tournament?

I think we will qualify from the group. It is obviously a lot easier now with some third places being enough to make the knockout stages. Anything after that would be a huge bonus and you never know as a lot will depend on how the draw works out.

If we can make the last 16 it would be amazing and no Scot would complain at that. You only have to look at what Wales achieved at Euro 2016 to show what can be done when the players are together. It has been such a long time since we last saw Scotland at a major tournament so it is just great to see them there.

Easy one to finish with, who wins the tournament, and who do you think will be top scorer?

France to win it and Karim Benzema to be the top goalscorer.