\n They were thrashed 6-0 by section leaders Denmark in Zalaegerszeg on Thursday night \u2013 a defeat which left them with zero points and a negative goal difference of minus 12 after three outings.\n<\/p>\n
\n Read more:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cEverybody knows what our situation is,\u201d Alos said. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t name a normal squad like any other national team. We have added some under-21 players, and I am happy with them. The squad is younger but that can be a positive.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cWe have some experienced players who are important for us, but the young players can make a step forward and adding some young players is always important. They have some experience with under-21 games and club matches.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cWe have to believe, not complain and not use excuses. I do not want to keep talking about visa problems, it\u2019s not about how many players we could not pick, it was the fact we had to name the squad two months ago. That is not normal.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n \n He continued, \u201cI couldn\u2019t replace injured players at short notice, so I have brought three or four under-21 players. I\u2019m a football coach, I am adapting to all situations.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cWe are fighting. This is our reality. We have to play in Hungary, we have to name the squad earlier. I am not a lawyer, I don\u2019t like to cry, I will get on with it. It will be 11 against 11 and we cannot use these issues as an excuse. We will play the game and at the end we will shake hands.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n Belarus\u00a0bounced back from the 5-1 defeat they suffered at the hands of Greece last month with a vastly improvesd display against Scotland \u2013 they were only beaten 2-0 in Hungary.\n<\/p>\n \n Alos is optimistic his charges can give a better account of themselves against \u201cFootball always gives you a chance to make amends,\u201d he said. \u201cTwo days ago we suffered a big defeat and now we have a chance to change the feeling.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cWe know the level of the group now, these are tough matches, but it\u2019s not an excuse. We can\u2019t spend time crying. We are alive, we have to fight and compete and show our fans and the country that we can change our fortunes.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n Read more:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \n Belarus midfielder Valery Gromyko has recent experience of success against Scottish opposition – he helped Kairat Almaty knock Celtic<\/a> out of the Champions League<\/a> play-offs in August.\n<\/p>\n \n But he does not feel that match will have any bearing on the World Cup qualifier against Scotland this evening.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cPlaying for your club and country is totally different,\u201d Gromyko said. \u201cYou have much more time to prepare for your club whereas with the national team you have two or three days and then you are on the pitch.\n<\/p>\n \n \u201cThere were no Celtic players in the starting team on Thursday night, so it\u2019s totally different teams. It\u2019s hard to say if this will help.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n He added: \u201cThis is a country where football is truly loved. People live through football here and you can feel that in the atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spanish head coach Alos has been forced to call up some of the eastern European nation\u2019s under-21 players…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-492169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-scotland","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115358104544000052","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Belarus team (Image: PA)\n<\/p>\n