McLeish suffers defeat to Costa Rica in first game back

ByReuters

Published 23/03/2018 at 22:10 GMT

March 23 (Reuters) - Alex McLeish's second stint as Scotland manager got off to a disappointing start as they were beaten 1-0 on their own turf by the World Cup-bound Costa Rica in Glasgow.

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The Central Americans got off to a strong start at Hampden Park and were in front within the first 15 minutes when a well-placed cross by Bryan Oviedo was met with a low finish from striker Marco Urena.

Costa Rica, who famously also beat Scotland 1-0 in the 1990 World Cup finals, almost doubled their advantage shortly after halftime but Bryan Ruiz's fierce drive hit the crossbar.

It marked a disppointing return for McLeish, who enjoyed a successful first spell as Scotland manager in 2007.

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His side now travel to Budapest to take on Hungary on Tuesday, while Costa Rica meet Tunisia in Nice, France. (Reporting by Christian Radnedge Editing by Ian Chadband)

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