Football: Strachan calls for calm heads against England

Glasgow (AFP) – Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has warned his players not to lose their cool in Saturday’s 2018 World Cup qualifier at home to old enemies England. Scotland-England encounters have traditionally been blood-and-thunder affairs, but Strachan says the evolution of the sport means players can no longer afford to go clattering into challenges. “We were speaking about it the other day, the ‘get into them’ kind of theory,” Strachan told journalists during Friday’s pre-game press conference at Glasgow’s Hampden Park. “It’s what a lot of people in Scotland are desperate for us to do when I meet them as

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