'It's been the toughest 10 days of my football career': Andy Robertson opens up after World Cup play-off heartache with Scotland follows 首相 League and 支持する／優勝者s League agony with Liverpool

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Scotland captain Andy Robertson 収容する／認めるs he is 苦しむing the worst emotions of his football career after a number of 近づく 行方不明になるs in 抱擁する games.

But the Liverpool player is more 関心d about the feeling of loss の中で his Scotland team-mates after their World Cup hopes were dashed by ウクライナ共和国.

A 3-1 Hampden 敗北・負かす in the play-off 半分-決勝戦 on Wednesday means Scotland's long wait for a first World Cup experience since 1998 continues.

Scotland 苦しむd World Cup heartbreak at Hampden as they were beaten 3-1 by ウクライナ共和国

The 敗北・負かす followed quickly from Liverpool's 支持する／優勝者s League final 逆転する against Real Madrid and 存在 pipped by Manchester City まっただ中に late 演劇 on the final day of the 首相 League season.

Robertson has also come in for 批評 after 存在 filmed drinking beer on Liverpool's open 最高の，を越す bus 小旅行する three days before the game with ウクライナ共和国.

The 28-year-old said: '本人自身で, it's been the toughest 10 days of my football career, of course it has been. Emotionally, mentally, 肉体的に, everything. So it's not been 広大な／多数の／重要な.

Andy Robertson （人命などを）奪う，主張するd it had been the worst 10 days of his football career?

'But to be honest I will を取り引きする that myself, I will go away and think about that myself.

'But I am just gutted for those lads in there. 明白に I was desperate for them to get to a World Cup and play on the biggest 行う／開催する／段階 and unfortunately we have fallen short.

'But we need to be ready the next time it comes around. The way it is with international football, people get older and you never know when your last chance of it will be. That's why it 傷つけるs so much.'

ウクライナ共和国 戦う／戦いd throughout and in the end were too 決定するd and much for Scotland?

Only Craig Gordon 妨げるd ウクライナ共和国 存在 out of sight before Callum McGregor made it 2-1 in the 79th minute, and Scotland's late 圧力 （機の）カム to nothing before they were caught out on the 反対する-attack with the last kick of the ball.

ウクライナ共和国 原因（となる）d Scotland all sorts of problems as they 選ぶd up good 所有／入手 in dangerous areas and Steve Clarke's men looked nothing like the team that had won their final six games in the qualifying group.

'We didn't put a 業績／成果 in tha t deserved to go through,' Robertson said. 'We didn't やめる get our foot on the ball. They settled quicker. Usually in these games the team that settles quicker has the upper 手渡す, and that's what happened.

The left 支援する 苦しむd heartache in Paris as Liverpool were beaten 1-0 by Real Madrid

'We didn't play our football until it was too late. We knew they were going to tire but we didn't start really putting 圧力 on them until the last 15 when you are 2-0 負かす／撃墜する and you start chasing the game and you leave yourselves open to 反対する-attacks.

'But we had to 押し進める and we gave it a fight for the last 15, but that's not good enough to 勝利，勝つ a game.'

There were 前例のない emotions surrounding the game as ウクライナ共和国 returned to 活動／戦闘 for the first time since the 侵略 of Russia in February.

Liverpool struggled to break Madrid 負かす／撃墜する and lost their second final in four years to Real

When asked if that had 衝撃d on the game, Robertson said: 'I can't answer for them. I know we were 高度に 動機づけるd, 高度に 決定するd to get to the World Cup, something we have never 達成するd before. You would need to ask them how emotional or 決定するd they were.'

Scotland will need to 改善する to make their Nations League （選挙などの）運動をする a success given that ウクライナ共和国 are also in their group.

They now 準備する for a 二塁打-header against Armenia either 味方する of a trip to the 共和国 of Ireland as they look to get off to a quick start in a 競争 which 証明するd a passageway to the previous European 選手権 決勝戦 and could be again.

にもかかわらず （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Wolves on the final day, Liverpool were 否定するd the 肩書を与える by a point?

Robertson said: 'Look, we are building something here. I believe いつかs you need to take bumps in the road and this is certainly a 抱擁する one.

'But we have already been to one (major 決勝戦) and we have to try and get to another.

'明白に the Nations League was the way in last time to the Euros and that starts next week. So we need to be ready for that and we need to be ready for the Euro （選挙などの）運動をする.

'We had a really good （選挙などの）運動をする this time 一連の会議、交渉／完成する that 安全な・保証するd the play-off but the play-off game we weren't good enough unfortunately.'