Struggling Scotland host a Portugal side that is coming off a win even without their missing superstar Cristiano Ronald in an international friendly match Sunday.
A Scotland side that has dropped six of its last eight international matches, per 11v11, without so much as a draw going back to last November, will be further hampered by the absence of three top stars when they face a European Champion Portugal squad whose motto seems to be “No Ronaldo, No Problem,” when the two nations square off in a UEFA international friendly match that will live stream from Glasgow on Sunday.
Defender Kieran Tierney was released from his international duties due to “match fatigue,” while center-backs Charlie Mulgrew and John Souttar will be unavailable for Sunday’s Portugal clash due to injuries, according to a BBC report. So how will Manager Alex McLeish arrange his back four against the reigning Euro champions? Ahead of the match, he is not saying.
“That’s a secret,” McLeish said on Saturday. “We know how to play the back four. We have changed the system in Hungary, we changed it in Mexico City, so we’ve got the capacity to change it as well.”
Meanwhile, Portugal continue to be without their global superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus, who has not joined the squad for its latest round of international matches as he confronts an accusation of rape by an American woman in Las Vegas, as the magazine Der Spiegel first reported.
To find out how to watch a live stream of the international friendly match pitting reigning European champions Portugal against a Scotland side that has lost six of its last eight matches, see the streaming information at the bottom of this article. Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. British Summer Time at 53,000-seat Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday, October 14. In Portugal, that kickoff time will also be 5 p.m. Western European Summer Time. Fans in the United States can log in to the live stream at noon Eastern Daylight Time on Sunday, or 9 a.m. Pacific. Fans in India can catch the live stream starting at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday night.
Sevilla striker Andre Silva at age 22 has provided plenty of goal-scoring punch for Portugal in Ronaldo’s absence, getting on the board in his last three international matches, bringing his total to nine in his young international career, according to the BBC.
Even without Ronaldo, Portugal come into the Scotland friendly off of two successive wins in the UEFA Nations League — a 1-0 blanking of Italy in September and a 3-2 topping of Poland on Thursday, 11v11 reports.
Watch Scotland Manager Alex McLeish offer his own preview of the match against Portugal in his pre-match press conference, seen in the video below courtesy of the Scotland National Team.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VH4GYutq-zU%3Ffeature%3Doembed
To watch a free live stream of the Scotland vs. Portugal international friendly clash, use the stream provided by ESPN+, the recently inaugurated online subscription sports network of the sports media giant ESPN. The ESPN+ streaming network is available with a subscription fee of $4.99 per month but comes with a seven-day free trial. If the trial is canceled before the weeklong period, fans can watch the Scotland vs. Portugal friendly match at no charge.
Another way to watch the Scotland vs. Portugal showdown live stream online from Glasgow, Scotland, is to access the streaming video provided by Univision Now or download the Univision app. Univision also streams live on the Roku set-top streaming device, allowing fans to watch the Scotland vs. Portugal exhibition game streaming live on their TV sets.
But there is also a way to watch the match stream live for free without a cable login. Fans should sign up for a free trial of an online streaming TV package that carries the Univision stream, such as Fubo TV, or Sling TV. Those providers require credit card information and subscription fees, but each also offers a seven-day free trial — and if the subscription is canceled prior to the expiration of that weeklong period, fans can watch the Scotland-Portugal game live stream for free.
In Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the live stream will be carried by Sky GO. In Portugal, the Scotland vs. Portugal friendly will be streamed live by Sport TV. And in India, Sony LIV will carry the live stream of the Glasgow showdown.
For a comprehensive list of outlets around the globe that may carry a live stream of the Scotland vs. Portugal international friendly match, see LiveSoccerTV.com.
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