Scotland suffered a heavy defeat in their Nations League clash with Switzerland on Tuesday night. Sebastien Pocognoli made his debut in the Hampden Park dugout, but he won't want to remember the occasion.
Jack Hendry was sent off after just 11 minutes, and to make matters worse, Switzerland scored the resulting free-kick through Ricardo Rodriguez.
The next two goals did not arrive until the second half, with Nico Elvedi scoring 10 minutes after half-time and Zeki Amdouni putting the final touches on the scoreline with eight minutes to go.
But the 10 men of Scotland were never in the game. They managed a total of one shot, none on target, and only 28% possession, while their visitors racked up 21 shots and nine on target.
"It's not easy against a good team to be with 10 men," said Pocognoli after taking charge of his second game.
"It will be more about the reaction. We had an unlucky red card, punished with the free-kick, that's the worst scenario. The guys did the best they could and hopefully we will remember this night differently later on."
Defender Andy Robertson concured with his boss, adding: "It was incredibly hard with 11 men on the pitch, it was even harder with 10.
"Football is about split second decisions, Jack has tried to nick the ball. As soon as the referee said it was outside the box I thought we would have been better taking the penalty and the yellow card."
"What we've planned for the last three days went completely out the window. We had to rip up the plan and try something else.
"Ultimately I don't think we'll take too much from this game in terms of how we want to look as a Scotland team. It's up to everyone to stay positive."
The result puts Scotland five points behind group favourites Switzerland and three behind Slovenia, although those teams play each other next up, while Scotland take on North Macedonia, who are yet to pick up a point after two games.
That game is away from home while the Slovenia game next Tuesday is at home.
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