Scotland World Cup news: Steve Clarke branded "unprofessional" by Norway counterpart Stale Solbakken after friendly cancellation

Scotland manager Steve Clarke has been branded "unprofessional" by Norway counterpart Stale Solbakken aft the cancellation of a pre-World Cup friendly.

On Saturday evening, the Tartan Army concluded their nationalist affable docket up of the tourney with a 4-0 triumph implicit Bolivia.

However, determination had been plans for Scotland and Norway to quadrate disconnected successful a behind-closed-doors fixture arsenic last mentation for the competition, which starts connected Thursday.

Citing wounded issues successful the Scotland camp, Clarke told BBC Scotland that the lucifer - described arsenic an hour-long crippled astatine their grooming crushed - was not "worth the risk".

Nevertheless, speaking to Norwegian broadcaster NRK, Solbakken has deed retired astatine his other number.

Solbakken calls Scotland brag Clarke "unprofessional"

Solbakken suggested to the outlet that helium had made changes during Sunday's 1-1 gully with Morocco with the planned Scotland fixture successful mind.

He said: "It is unprofessional of Scotland. It is unprofessional that the manager has not called me, that they usage the squad manager and telephone and accidental it aft we person finished training.

"I don't deliberation the injuries they're blaming came from the past grooming session. That's not the case. It's disappointing. It's unprofessional.

"But we person to unrecorded with that. That's wherefore we adjusted a spot successful the game."

The presumption of Solbakken was shared by squad manager Brede Hangeland, who labelled the determination arsenic "embarrassing".

Hangeland, the erstwhile Fulham defender, said: "It is embarrassing to cancel it a mates of days before. We can't bash thing astir it.

"We conscionable person to hide astir it and marque the champion of it. But determination has been a batch of organisation, agreements and gentlemen's agreements and past abruptly they don't privation to.

"I deliberation that was weak, truthful to speak."

When bash Scotland, Norway commencement World Cup campaigns?

Scotland's archetypal crippled against Haiti is scheduled for the aboriginal hours of June 14, (BST).

Meanwhile, Norway's fixture versus Iraq does not instrumentality spot until June 16, astir precisely 3 days connected from Scotland's match.

Norway present efficaciously person 9 days disconnected earlier their World Cup opener.