World media reacts as Scotland cause a football icon to froth with fury and Ralston served up universal slapdown

Who had Ossie Ardilles going off the handle about Scotland in their Euro 2024 bingo card?

Yep, us neither. But the Argentina and Tottenham legend was simply furious at both ourselves and Group A rivals Switzerland in the wake of, what everyone else thought, was a cracking game in Cologne. But not Ossie, oh no, he claims it is one of the worst games he witnessed and slammed pundits who were bigging it up. In an angry blast, he said: "Scotland vs Switzerland. What a terrible, terrible game it was. How can two teams play so badly? No ideas going forward. Pele, (his) immortal words: Football is a beautiful game... You must be joking. What an embarrassment. The comments on TV, if anything, are even worse."

Sorry, Ossie, it's high time to inform you Ricky Villa is our favourite bygone Argentina legend. But is Ardilles' view reflected across the globe in other outlets? Record Sport keeps a close eye on what has been said as others appear enthused about the 1-1 draw with Scott McTominay and Xherdan Shaqiri scoring – with the latter capitalising on a major gaffe by Anthony Raston. Scotland know a win over Hungary will likely see them into the last 16 while the Swiss are all but there.

There were platitudes – both genuine and mocking – from our friends in Switzerland. They stated: "Thank you, Anthony Ralston. And: Thank you, Xherdan Shaqiri! Ralston's disastrous back pass became the perfect pass for Shaqiri. The 32-year-old's dream shot from 18 meters hits the crossbar perfectly. An unstoppable stroke of genius. Scottish defender Ralston plays a pass into the centre that would have earned the boot from even a junior team. Shaqiri doesn't care: he smells a rat and scores miraculously.

"Even if we lose against Germany, it would