Ryan Porteous to miss Scotland’s next two games at Euro 2024 after his red card ban was extended

Ryan Porteous will miss Scotland’s next two games at Euro 2024 after his red card ban was extended. 

The former Hibs defender, 25, was sent off late in the first half of Friday’s 5-1 defeat by Germany after conceding a penalty with his mistimed challenge on Ilkay Gundogan. 

Kai Havertz scoring from the subsequent penalty to make the halftime score 3-0 to the hosts. 

It was initially expected that Porteous would be suspended for one game however Uefa’s control, ethics and disciplinary body added an extra match to the suspension for “serious rough play” after reviewing the incident. 

Scotland meet Switzerland on Wednesday and end the group phase against Hungary on Sunday.  

Speaking about the incident Scotland boss Steve Clarke said: “The other night, he was trying to stop a clear goal-scoring opportunity and he definitely went in too hard and we are pleased that Gundogan appears to have no lasting damage. 

“It is something that Ryan will learn, but is an honest challenge to try to get the ball, to try to stop a goal-scoring opportunity so I wouldn’t be too hard on him. 

“He was one of my cuddles. I explained the situation. It doesn’t look good. Ryan didn’t want to make that challenge, he wanted to stop a goal. 

“He is very down, as you would expect, but we will pick him up, don’t worry about that.”