What is the best counter opening for scotch gambit

When  i played a chess tournament the other day, I loss a chess game ( I was White) because of scotch gambit. Can anyone help

If you're white, you initiated the gambit.  You can't really counter a gambit that you initiate.  What happened?

I thought he was black...

OP--rule of thumb, when you're white, YOU control the tempo in the opening! It is your duty to put YOUR opponent in a position that he is not familiar with. Get what I'm saying? DON'T play an opening YOU are not familiar with! Translation: You're obviously not familiar with the Scotch gambit so DON'T play the Scotch gambit!

I think that there is an attempt to provide Scotch Gambit advice in Chess Openings for White, Explained by Alburt, Dzindzichashvili & Perelshteyn (2006).

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627032909/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen89.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140626210017/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen132.pdf

http://www.theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/good...good...good...disastrous

You enter the move into a computer n let the engine help you out

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