Angus Gunn by no means felt the stress of following in his father’s footballing footsteps, though he admits he did annoy his dad by shortly surpassing his Scotland achievements.
The Norwich goalkeeper has gained 9 caps since switching allegiance from England in 2023, already three greater than dad Bryan earned throughout his profession.
Gunn has been primary because the begin of European qualifying and did not concede a objective from open play within the first 5 matches – together with a memorable clear sheet towards Spain.
He instructed Sky Sports activities that being the son of an expert footballer didn’t imply expectations had been any increased.
“All the way through my career, even when I was growing up in academies, he always left me to it,” he mentioned of Bryan, who made nearly 400 appearances for Norwich.
“He let the coaches do all of the teaching. He was simply there to assist me and information me if I ever wanted it. He was solely there as a father and I loved it that means as effectively, probably not placing an excessive amount of stress on me.
“Everybody does it in a different way however from my standpoint if he tried to place stress on me, particularly as a teenager, which may have pushed me away a little bit bit.
“He was proud watching my debut against Cyprus, he was there and I think he was a bit gutted when I surpassed his six caps but it only took me a few months to be honest which I think was a bit more annoying for him!”
Angus Gunn made his Scotland debut towards Cyprus
Scotland kick-off Euro 2024 towards hosts Germany on June 14 and Gunn is focusing on a “huge upset,” believing Steve Clarke has taken the nationwide facet to the “next level.”
“We’re all confident. No Scotland team has ever qualified for the knockout stages and the manager has said quite a few times in the last campaign that we want to be a team to create history,” he added.
“I think we did that the way we qualified for the tournament, and who says we can’t do it by getting out of that group as well?
“That’s our goal for the match, and we’ll be going there to attempt and ensure we try this.
“Obviously the opening game is against Germany, the hosts of the tournament. I think it’s our job to let them have the pressure, go into it as a free hit and hopefully cause a big upset.”
Since making his Scotland debut in March 2023, Gunn has gained 9 caps and insists Steve Clarke is the person to deliver much more success to the nationwide facet after main them to back-to-back Euros.
“I’ve only been there for about a year now and ever since I’ve joined the squad I’ve felt really welcome, not only him but the staff and all the lads as well,” he added.
“It just shows what he’s built over the last few years in terms of building that group from where they were as maybe a pot three or pot four team building us into a pot two team and going into the Nations League top tier as well.
“It simply exhibits what occurs whenever you put belief within the supervisor and let him construct one thing. He is actually taken the nationwide crew to the following degree.”
Scotland’s Euro 2024 group-stage matches
Friday June 14 – Group A: Germany vs Scotland (Allianz Arena, Munich)
Wednesday June 19 – Group A: Scotland vs Switzerland (RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne)
Sunday June 23 – Group A: Scotland vs Hungary (MHPArena, Stuttgart)
The top two in each group plus the four best third-placed teams go through
If Scotland end as one among 4 greatest third-placed groups…
One in every of:
Sunday June 30 – Group B winners vs third-placed facet from Group A/D/E/F (RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne)
Monday July 1 – Group F winners vs third-placed facet from Group A/B/C (Waldstadion, Frankfurt)
Tuesday July 2: Group E winners vs third-placed facet Group A/B/C/D (Allianz Enviornment, Munich)
Quarter-finals
If Scotland end first in Group A and win spherical of 16 sport…
Friday July 5 (MHPArena, Stuttgart)
If Scotland end second in Group A and win spherical of 16 sport…
Saturday July 6 (Merkur Spiel-Enviornment, Dusseldorf)
If Scotland end as one among 4 greatest third-placed groups and win spherical of 16 sport…
One in every of:
Friday July 5 (MHPArena, Stuttgart)
Friday July 5 (Volksparkstadion, Hamburg)
Saturday July 6 – (Olympiastadion, Berlin)
Semi-finals
If Scotland end first in Group A, win spherical of 16 sport and win quarter-final…
Tuesday July 9 – kick-off 8pm (Allianz Enviornment, Munich)
If England end second in Group A, win spherical of 16 sport and win quarter-final…
Wednesday July 10 – kick-off 8pm (Westfalenstadion, Dortmund)
If Scotland end as one among 4 greatest third-placed groups, win spherical of 16 sport and win quarter-final…
One in every of:
Tuesday July 9 – kick-off 8pm (Allianz Enviornment, Munich)
Wednesday July 10 – kick-off 8pm (Westfalenstadion, Dortmund)
And eventually, the ultimate…
Sunday July 14 – kick-off 8pm (Olympiastadion, Berlin)
