Scotland withdraw from closed-door friendly with Norway

The two nations were reportedly set to face off in an unofficial 'training game' on Monday, June 8th, but the match will no longer take place.

A member of the Norwegian FA's media team stated that the Scots pulled out of the friendly due to injury concerns.

"Today, we learned that Scotland unfortunately had to withdraw from the agreement because of injuries," media manager Morten Morisbak Skjonsberg said.

"Instead, we will train at Greensboro."

Norway manager Stale Solbakken admitted he will now adjust his plans ahead of the World Cup.

"The cancellation means I will make more changes in our game against Morocco.

"The idea of playing Scotland was that we could get some minutes in the legs of the guys who do not play in the Morocco game."

Scotland star Billy Gilmour recently had to withdraw from their World Cup squad after getting injured in a 4-1 win over Curacao, although manager Steve Clarke said that there were no fresh injury concerns after their 4-0 victory against Bolivia in their final pre-World Cup friendly.