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Scotland lost 5-1 to Portugal in their opening game in Group D of the 2022 men's Uefa under-17 European Championship in Israel.

They conceded in the opening 10 minutes and were trailing 3-0 at half-time. Celtic's Magnus Mackenzie pulled one back just after the hour mark before Portugal scored twice to end any hopes of a dramatic comeback.

The other game in the group saw Sweden beat Denmark 2-1 to mean Scotland realistically needed to win both of their remaining games to progress to the knockout stages.

Scotland fell to a 3-1 defeat against Denmark. Rory Wilson had equalised for the Scots but an own goal from Magnus Mackenzie and a third from Markus Jensen guaranteed victory for Denmark.

Germany and Netherlands have already guaranteed their place in the next round with wins in their opening two matches.

Scotland are the only home nation’s representative in the men’s event. Coached by former Celtic and Wigan player Brian McLaughlin, the team has qualified for five previous European Championship finals, achieving its best result in 2014 when they got to the semi-finals.

Exciting forward Ben Doak (recently signed by Liverpool) misses out on the tournament through injury. However, potential names to look out include Rangers’ Rory Wilson– who was named Man of the Match in the recent Scottish FA Youth Cup Final after scoring a brace in a 2-1 win over Hearts.

Defending champions and four-times winners the Netherlands go into the tournament as favourites.

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Live coverage of men's under-17 European Championship will be available across ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport.

Scotland are the sole British representatives in Israel, and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport has all their group games as well as all the matches in the knockout stages.

All matches will be shown on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Red Button, ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport website and app and be available as catch-up for 30 days.

Friday, 20 May

Denmark v Scotland - 12:15-14:30

Monday, 23 May

Sweden v Scotland - 17:45-20:00

Wednesday, 25 May

Quarter-final 1:15:15-17:30

Quarter-final 2:17:45-20:00

Thursday, 26 May

Quarter-final 3:15:15-17:30

Quarter-final 4:17:45-20:00

Sunday, 29 May

Semi-final 1:15:15-17:30

Semi-final 2:18:45-21:00

Wednesday, 1 June

Final:16:45-19:00

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