Gemmill celebrates Scottish heart

Archie Gemmill hailed Scotland's "tremendous heart" as Calum Elliot's second-half header defeated the Czech Republic in Grodzisk Wielkopolski and sent the Scots into their first UEFA final for almost 25 years. Scotland ruled Europe at U18 level in 1982 but, to claim the U19 trophy, will have to overcome a Spanish side who have already defeated them 4-0 in this tournament in Saturday's showpiece in Poznan. uefa.com hears from the coaches.

Archie Gemmill, Scotland team manager
We played particularly well in the first half and perhaps we deserved to score another goal, but when you're only one in front it's always nervous and they pinned us back a bit. But I've always said right from the start this squad has tremendous heart and they showed that again today. I think it was our best performance of the finals today, we've got a great squad who keep coming up with the goods and they've done it yet again. We learnt a lot from our first game against Spain – mainly how to get hammered – but we'll give the final our best shot and see what happens. I'd be very disappointed if it was anything like the first game. But tonight's fantastic and I'm really pleased for the lads - it's something they'll remember for the rest of their lives. Forty years down the line, they'll be telling their grandchildren about this.

Miroslav Soukup, Czech Republic coach
The worst loss is by one goal, especially because I feel we played much better in the second half – once we were behind – than we had in the first and we had enough pressure to equalise. In the first 45 minutes, we struggled to create scoring chances; I don't know if Scotland changed their approach after going ahead but we were much better after that and I'm sad we couldn't equalise. This is the first time we haven't scored in the competition. It's happened in the semi-finals and we're out but this competition is a great learning ground for players – and coaches. We came up against very strong opponents whose tactics were really impressive but I don't think they can win the final. I know Spain beat Austria 5-0 in today's other semi-final and, although sometimes football is not logical, I think they will also win on Saturday.