Sporting Kansas City forward Johnny Russell earned his 10th senior cap on Thursday as the Scotland Men's National Team opened UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying with a 3-0 loss at Kazakhstan.
Russell came off the bench in the 61st minute with Scotland trailing by three goals at Astana Stadium in the Kazakh capital of Astana. The hosts enjoyed a dream start, taking a sixth-minute lead through Yuriy Pertsukh and doubling their advantage on a Yan Vorogovskiy strike four minutes later, before Baktiyor Zainutdinov rounded out the scoring in the 51st minute.
Russell and Scotland will look to rebound on Sunday against Group I minnows San Marino, who rank dead-last in the most recent FIFA rankings at No.