Scotland captain Andy Robertson made his 99th appearance for his country in their home Nations League B Group 1 clash against Switzerland, putting him just one cap away from a century.
Our number three is now also just three games away from Kenny Dalglish’s all-time record of 102 caps, which was set in November 1986.
Unfortunately, Sebastien Pocognoli’s side were on the end of a 3-0 defeat at Hampden Park, playing the majority of the game with 10 players after the early dismissal of defender Jack Hendry.
On the flip side, Martin Dubravka played the full 90 minutes as Slovakia found a late winner against Kazakhstan to make it two wins from two in Nations League C.
David Hancko’s 82nd-minute winner secured three points in Group 3 for Vladimír Weiss Sr’s team, who also beat Moldova 2-0 last Saturday.
‘Robbo’ played 74 minutes in Scotland’s defeat to Switzerland at Hamden Park, starting at left back before being substituted in the second half for Josh Doig.
Eight minutes into the affair, the complexion of the game changed dramatically when Hendry brought down Dan Ndoye from behind, denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.
Referee Nenad Minakovic awarded a penalty and brandished a yellow card to the defender initially, but was quickly sent to review a replay by VAR officials.
The outcome was to change the decision to a free kick as it occurred just outside the 18-yard box, and to cancel the yellow card handed out and instead show Hendry a red.
Following the awarding of a free-kick, experienced defender Ricardo Rodriguez stood over the ball on the edge of the penalty area and powered a spectacular strike past Angus Gunn 11 minutes into proceedings.
Second-half goals from Nico Elvedi and Zeki Amdouni wrapped up the three points for the Swiss, with Scotland sitting in third place in Group 1 with one point from their two games under new boss Pocognoli.
In Kosice, Martin made his first start for his nation since their World Cup play-off semi-final loss to Kosovo in March, earning his 61st cap.
The shotstopper, who was ever present in their qualification campaign for the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico, was not selected in the squad for their summer friendlies against Malta and Montenegro and was an unused substitute against Moldova last weekend.
Stuttgart’s Leo Sauer opened the scoring for Slovakia, who are on a five-game unbeaten run, converting from close range 26 minutes in, but their lead didn’t last long.
Nine minutes later, Kazakhstan were level through Ramizan Karimov, who fired in an effort on the turn from the edge of the box.
Hancko was able to restore their lead late on, though, heading Ondrej Duda’s cross past Stas Pokatilov with eight minutes to play to open up a four-point gap to the second-placed Faroe Islands in Group 3.
Elsewhere, Antonin Kinsky was an unused substitute for Czechia, who welcomed England to Prague’s Fortuna Arena. The Three Lions were 2-0 winners thanks to second-half strikes from Anthony Gordon and Spurs great Harry Kane.
Next up for Toni and his teammates are World Champions Spain in Oviedo on Saturday, 3 October (7.45pm UK time), before the reverse fixture at Wembley on Tuesday, 6 October (7.45pm UK time).
Slovakia will now turn their attention to a date with the Faroese on Friday, 2 October (7.45pm UK time), before ending the international break with a second straight away trip on Tuesday, 6 October (7.45pm UK time), heading to Chisinau to play Moldova.
Robbo will hoping to make his 100th Scotland appearance against North Macedonia on Saturday, 3 October (7.45pm UK time). Three days later they return to Hampden to play Slovenia (7.45pm UK time), with whom they played a stalemate last Saturday.