Clarke 'praying' Gilmour makes World Cup

Billy Gilmour goes off injured in first half of Scotland's World Cup warm-up win over Curacao at Hampden; Steve Clarke admits he is '100 per cent worried' about the midfielder who has gone for a scan; Scotland start their World Cup campaign on June 14

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>Scotland boss Steve Clarke says he is "100 per cent worried" about Billy Gilmour after the midfielder hobbled off injured against Curacao on the eve of the World Cup.

>The 24-year-old fell to the turf with no one around him in the first half of Scotland's 4-1 win over Dick Advocaat's side at Hampden and was immediately substituted.

>Clarke revealed Gilmour had gone for a scan to assess what damage had been done, but admitted he is concerned about the Napoli player's availability for the World Cup, with Scotland's first game against Haiti in Boston a little over two weeks away.

>"One big disappointment is the injury to Billy and we are just waiting on it being assessed and we'll find out how bad it is," Clarke said after the game.

>"He has gone for a scan so I haven't had a chance to speak to him, but I am 100 per cent worried.

>"He hurt himself in the tackle then made the decision to take himself off - he knew it wasn't right. There's no point speculating, let's wait and see what the medics say.

>"I'm sitting here hoping and praying he's on the plane."

>Gilmour's replacement in the game, Findlay Curtis, got his first senior international goal to bring Scotland level after they fell behind against Curacao, with a Lawrence Shankland double and Ryan Christie penalty sealing the win before the squad flies out to America.

>Scotland struggled against Curacao in the early stages and found themselves 1-0 down after Tahith Chong's goal but a red card for Jurgen Locadia seven minutes before the interval swung the game back in Scotland's favour, even if Clarke would rather that both sides kept a full complement on the pitch.

>"The red card obviously changes the whole dynamic of the game and from there, at least, against the 10 we managed to start creating chances and got a few goals," he said.

>"It is obviously nice to win any international game, but I think it would have been better if it stayed 11 vs 11 and then we'd have been asked more questions about finding the spaces on the pitch - could we create the chances that we created against 10 men against 11? That would have been a better exercise for us."