Ryan Christie admits Scotland heartbreak means he won't watch Ukraine's World Cup showdown with Wales

Crestfallen Ryan Christie admits he can’t bear to watch Sunday’s World Cup decider between Wales and Ukraine as he struggles to come to terms with seeing Scotland’s own Qatar dreams dashed.

The Bournemouth ace was praying it would be Steve Clarke’s team heading down to Cardiff for a shot at glory this weekend.

But those hopes were crushed as Oleksandr Petrakov’s brave Ukraine side swept to the victory that leaves them just 90 minutes away from a place at this winter’s global extravaganza.

The Ukrainians were treated to a warm round of applause as the final whistle blew on Wednesday’s 3-1 Hampden win, with the Tartan Army showing their support for the war-hit nation.

But while Christie will now wish both Ukraine and Wales well, the dejected forward admits tuning into the action might be just too painful to stomach.

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“To be honest, I don’t even know if I’ll be able to watch that one,” said the former Celtic and Aberdeen playmaker.

“It would be a tough one to look at what could have been.

“We certainly didn’t want to look too far ahead as we knew how big a game Ukraine was.

“We were hoping that we were the team that was going to Cardiff. It’s not to be so whoever goes through will deserve it.”

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