Within 10 minutes the Bournemouth midfielder had been involved in England’s opening goal and the performance only got better from there, before he was withdrawn after 70 minutes.
‘No better feeling,’ he told ITV Football after the game. ‘First start and to start with a win like that is amazing. The quality in this squad – you could see from the first minute, the lads we’ve got in the front line, they’re pretty deadly.’
Scott was in direct opposition to veteran midfielder Luka Modric, who used to play for Tottenham Hotspur, the team Scott supported as a youngster.
‘It’s pretty surreal, one of my favourite players growing up, and to be on the same pitch and competing with him was a great honour.’
The 23-year-old had become just the second Guernseyman after Matt Le Tissier, and third Channel Islander, to play for England’s men when he came off the bench in Prague earlier in the week.
Twice a European age-group champion in England colours, he attracted plenty of plaudits after his first senior start.
‘Outstanding. Genuinely outstanding,’ said former England defender Matthew Upson, who was commtentating for BBC Radio 5 Live.
‘I’m so pleased for him. He’s got a lovely manner. Lovely attitude. He’s so pleased and excited and happy and hungry for what this is. Playing for his country, you can tell he wants the next bit, he wants the next step. He’s done brilliantly tonight,’ he said.
While the Press Association’s Jonathan Veal said he ‘looked every inch the international midfielder on his first start.’
‘A long England career beckons.’
He could win a third cap when England return to Wembley to face Czechia on Tuesday in their final Nations League game of this international window.
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