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Aston Villa captain McGinn tells Rodri: Spain should've selected a stronger team!

Aston Villa captain John McGinn has dismissed Rodri's criticism of Scotland's style of play.

After Spain's Euro qualifying defeat at Hampden this week, Manchester City midfielder Rodri slammed Scotland's football as "rubbish".

McGinn said: "We managed the match well, with maturity. Did we waste some time? Sure, because we unlocked it immediately. If anyone expected a 90-minute tiqui-taca against Spain, hoping to win...

"If we played like this, we wouldn't have been so lucky. Everyone has to be realistic; we had to find a way to beat this team and we succeeded. We had a lot of confidence and they gave us courage with their selection: we don't know if it was implemented to rest someone or because they thought they could beat us with any team..."

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