Steve Clarke has stood by his decision not to start Billy Gilmour in his Scotland side which faced Germany.

But he has also dropped a big hint the Albion midfielder will be out there next time.

Scotland were hammered 5-1 by the hosts on the opening night of Euro 2024.

They now prepare to play Switzerland in Cologne on Wednesday.

Gilmour went on midway through the second half with his side 3-0 down and reduced to ten men.

Scotland boss Clarke said: “It would be difficult to leave anyone out the starting line-up.

"We couldn’t get a foothold in the game.

“I’m not too sure if it would have made any difference. But we will find out.”

Pascal Gross played the second half for a dominant German side after replacing Robert Andrich and saw a lot of the ball, with 73 touches and 65 successful passes from 67 completed.

By contrast, Gilmour had just nine touches of the ball.