Andy Robertson has hit out at the boo boys who again jeered the Scotland players after they narrowly went down to the Ivory Coast on Tuesday.
Despite putting on a decent display against the Africans, Steve Clarke’s side slid to defeat in their latest World Cup warm up game through Nicolas Pepe’s early goal.
Emanating from a minority of the Tartan Army, the disharmony at time up came on the back of the side also being barracked by some fans at the end of Saturday’s defeat to Japan.
And while Robertson is certain that the majority of those inside Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium were encouraged by witnessing a better performance than they saw at the weekend, the skipper made it clear that he felt those who did boo were out of order.
‘What I will say is 95 per cent of the fans drowned it out very quickly,’ said the Liverpool full-back.
‘So, it’s a small minority. It was a small minority at Hampden on Saturday, and it was a small minority on Tuesday.
Andy Robertson admitted he hates getting beat after Scotland lost to Ivory Coast 1-0
Scotland lost both friendlies 1-0 during the international window, to Japan and Ivory Coast
‘I think everyone behind that goal when we were clapping were fans that were appreciative of what they’ve seen, appreciative of the team that took them to World Cup.
‘And the reception at the end was unbelievable. So, it’s only a few people.
‘Now, I don’t know whether it’s just, you know, they just want to boo for the sake of it or whatever.
‘Because for me, that’s not a booing performance.
‘That was a performance that, you know, okay, we got beat and I hate getting beat…
‘But there was a lot of positives to take. It wasn’t for a want of trying. We played some really good stuff, especially in the second half.
‘I think a lot of people saw that. And I think that’s why the reception was so good when we were doing our lap of thanks.’
Clarke believes the booing at the end of Tuesday’s match was partly to do with the fact that the issue had been discussed after the Japan match.
Asked if he was concerned that it could start to affect the confidence of his players ahead of the finals this summer, he said: ‘I wouldn’t like to think so.
‘I think the more you speak about it the more you encourage people to be negative so I would rather not talk about it.
‘I thought my team was really positive and that’s what I take out of the game.’
Scotland next face Curaçao at Hampden on May 30 then Bolivia in New Jersey on June 6 before facing Haiti in the Group C opener on June 13.
