Scotland praying for Kieran Tierney miracle as Jack Hendry pinning hopes on scan for Euro 2024 reprieve

Jack Hendry has revealed how Scotland’s stars were praying for a miracle as devastated Kieran Tierney waits to discover if his Euros are over.

Defensive stalwart Tierney had to be carried off the pitch in Cologne on Wednesday in obvious distress after appearing to damage a hamstring in a desperate attempt to prevent Switzerland from knocking Steve Clarke’s side out of the tournament. The manager has already ruled Tierney out of playing any part in the win or bust Group A showdown with Hungary on Sunday, the outcome of which will determine if history is to be made here in Germany this summer.

But Hendry insisted yesterday that Tierney has not yet given up hope of playing some part in the knock-out stages - and that his team mates are refusing to accept that his time in camp is almost definitely up. Hendry said: “I feel for KT obviously, it is never nice to see your teammates go down injured and as soon as it happened after the game all the boys rallied around him and tried to say as many positive things as possible.

“Hopefully, fingers crossed, when he gets his scan it is not as bad as what he thinks. It is not good. It is never nice to see a fellow professional get injured but fingers crossed he is OK. You never know. Obviously I am not an expert. KT is not an expert.

“It’ll be down to the physios and the medical team to look at and assess and as I said, fingers crossed it is not as bad as first feared. It will just be a waiting game to find out the extent.”

It was Hendry’s stray pass which forced Tierney into drastic action as he attempted to rush back and shut down Swiss danger man Dan Ndoye with the teams locked at 1-1. And Hendry went on: “It was a night that obviously involved a lot of high intensity runs with their