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Scotland boss Clarke refuses to confirm if star man Doak will start must-win clash with Poland

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Steve Clarke has warned that he won’t gamble on playing Ben Doak against Poland if he feels that two games in four days would place too much strain on the teenage winger.

The 19-year-old terrorised Manchester City’s £77million left-back Josko Gvardiol during a man-of-the-match display in Scotland’s 1-0 win over Croatia at Hampden last Friday.

Victory in Warsaw tomorrow evening — combined with a Croatia loss to Portugal — could potentially seal second place in Group A1 of the Nations League and secure a pot-one seeding for next month’s draw for the World Cup qualifiers.