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Friday. For now, good luck on tonight's football. A bit of luck

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would be nice, Alex. Welcome to Sportscene, only once has the

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Scotland football team ended the qualifying stages for a major

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international tournament in the bottom spot.

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That was back in the early 80s, Gordon Strachan was a player and

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then stage and he doesn't fancy the same again as the Scotland manager.

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It is live on the BBC. We will hear later from these two, Pat Nevin and

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Craig Gordon, but let's get straight to Skopje and our commentary team,

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Billy Dodds and Liam McLeod. It is exactly one year since

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Macedonia visited Hampden park in what many felt was a must win match

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for Scotland. The Scots have gone rapidly downhill since then in this

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group. The win in Zagreb apart. This has been one of the poorest ever

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attempt to qualify for a major finals in memory. The Potter date --

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possibility of finishing at the bottom of the group, like San

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Marino, the Faroe Islands elsewhere, is now a distinct,

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horrific possibility. They can also still finished third, albeit that

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would take two wins and a strange set of results elsewhere.

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# But we can still rise now. # And be the nation again.

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# But we can still rise now. # And be the nation again. # But we can

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still rise now. # And be the nation again.

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this group of Scotland players will try and win both their remaining

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matches in a bid to try and stave off the bottom spot, both here in

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Skopje and when Croatia visit Glasgow in the final match of the

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group next month. Freddie's defeated to build and was

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disappointed but hardly unexpected. As Michael Friday's defeat.

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Macedonia are the only team in the group ranked below Scotland in the

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FIFA world rankings. They have been buoyed by wins over Bulgaria last

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month and the Welsh, also here last Friday night.

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Last time the Scots were here, they also lost, George Burley's first

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competitive match in charge of the national side. The Macedonian coach

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has handed player-3-macro is first international start.

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The officials tonight or from France and led by a 41-year-old banker, ,

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Fredy Fautrel. David Marshall, looking to pick up

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his first clean sheet as a Scotland goalkeeper. He hasn't been on the

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winning side, either, when he has been selected. Of course, Alan

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McGregor, the first choice now, injured.

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Scott Brown and Goran Pandev, what a talent he is. He bossed things at

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pound -- and in part in the meeting 12 months ago. -- at Hampden. James

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Forrest has been worsening an injury so he and the suspended Snodgrass

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will not play tonight. It is a first start for Watford's Ikechi Anya on

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the left. The Scots go looking for a second group a victory.

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Although Scotland fans hope and some sect that macro expected from the

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Serbia and Macedonia double-header ideal ago six points, but 12 months

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later the Scots still haven't picked up six points, just the win over

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Croatia to go with the opening drawers in a campaign full of

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disappointment. There was disappointment here the last time

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the Scots visited Skopje in George Burley's competitive fixture. The

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arena has had a face-lift since then. They have spent something in

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the region of £60 million on a refurbishment. Sadly, the pitch

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looks in need of an upgrade, Billy Dodds. Yes, it looks really poor.

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There is an athletics track around here and you wonder what kind of

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sport is played on the pitch. I saw people out replacing holes. Gordon

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Strachan was talking about it before the game. I can only imagine how

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Gordon Strachan is failing. Looking at the two games played so far, we

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thought Serbia would be the hard one, but for me Macedonia was the

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hard won at Hampden. I would take one point here tonight and I am sure

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Gordon Strachan would come as well, and a good performance. I would bite

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the hand of them for that win. Fourth meeting with Macedonia. This

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is Ikechi Anya. He looked quite lively against Belgium on Friday

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night. Both Mulgrew and Brown were

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excellent in the engine room against the Belgians. You can see the bobble

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on the ball as it made its way across to Alan Hutton.

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Already we are seeing some good movement in the final third.

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We look as if we are getting support, Shaun Maloney find himself

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in that left channel. I doubt whether that was offside at all, but

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good movement, good to see Maloney getting into those times of areas.

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It will be interesting to see how he plays, the number eight. He plays in

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the Second Division in Spain. High hopes for him. That is Alan Hutton

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going along looking for the run of Brown. And we're back with Thomas

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Bukovsky, the Macedonian goalkeeper. As macro Tomislav Packovski. --

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Tomislav Packovski. Player-5-macro, the man who opened

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the scoring at Hampden park, Kenny Miller cancelled it out. It really

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has been one big struggle since then. -- player-5-macro.

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Ikechi Anya cannot prevent the corner, the first of the match and

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it goes to the hosts. He had to cover, because Steven Whittaker was

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sucked into the central role, and Anya has too much the overlapping

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full-back. He did that with aplomb but had to

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give away the corner, good defence by Anya.

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Three to fit in the middle in red, but we are setting up for another

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corner. Pandev of Napoli going to take this,

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30 years old, he seems to have been around for ever.

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I was worried about the back post area, but not to matter, David

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Marshall claimant collected. Grant Hanley on his 10th cap

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tonight. He and Russell Martin came in and played so well against

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Croatia in June. Gordon Strachan has stuck with them.

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In behind Giorgevski, almost found Steven Naismith, as well. A positive

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run. There is no flag this time. He

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decided to have a go, it just dropped over his shoulder. I think

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it is sitting there to be hit. He certainly knew really goal was. He

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couldn't get the direction, Steven Naismith, but it was a good effort.

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A lovely height to try and find the far post. it was a good ball across,

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Maloney and Naismith were in there, just about How important would win

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tonight be? It would be massive in terms of confidence, get off the

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bottom of the group. We shouldn't be finishing there but that is where we

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are and we have to be realistic, it will be a tough job against

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Macedonia, they are a good team. Already, we saw on Friday night,

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Leigh Griffiths, he was a peripheral figure, really. It was just the way

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the Belgians played the game, they didn't allow us into the match at

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all. But already, we are seeing, didn't allow us into the match at

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albeit against a lesser opponent, Naismith and Maloney and Griffiths

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making an impact on this match. It is the difference in quality. We

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have to be realistic. We have to be judged... We are as good as

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Macedonia, we just have to prove it and we haven't yet this campaign.

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Macedonia came from Potter five when the draw was made for this group --

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pot five. Scotland were in pot four, worried looks like will be for

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friends 2016, the draw for which is made in mid-February. -- Frantz

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2016. Still no great pressure on us,

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allowing us to get on the ball, get a feel of it.

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Something that Scotland are not blessed with the night of the front

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its height, Steven Naismith is the tallest at five feet ten.

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Grant Hanley will be looking for a strong start. It was his error that

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led to the second Belgian goal on Friday. Just as it looked as though

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it was petering out to a 1-0 defeat. They have done a terrific job with

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the stadium here. It is all enclosed now, but 33,000 capacity, not even

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half full tonight. Janevski, the Macedonian coach, on the right.

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Too much on at that time. They are going to try and get the ball to him

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as often as they can and you can see why. He certainly looks an outlet so

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far. He looks the danger man to Scotland.

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Good play by Alan Hutton, brought down. Free kick level with the

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penalty spot. No doubt there, Hutton goes to the

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deck, pics of the free kick in a dangerous position. -- picks up.

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Wrist of skee was the offender, plays his football in Italy.

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It has got to be two or three yards further out, make the goalkeeper

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think. It was too close to him. We haven't seen much of the number

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nine Macedonia. When Scotland were losing to Belgium

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on Friday night, Macedonia were beating Wales 2-1.

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There is a good zip about the Scottish performance so far.

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Roar goes up from the Macedonian fans as Goran Pandev picks it up on

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the counter. David Marshall prevents the corner,

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to the anger of the natives. The linesman, you can see him, that is

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where he was standing. He couldn't cover the distance to see whether it

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was out or not, we may have got away with one there.

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He would love a clean sheet tonight, David Marshall. It is 19 goals in

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seven caps that he has conceded. Kiichi and yet testing Georgievski

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again. I like the movement, they are

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playing the two lines of America for and the likes of Maloney, they don't

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know whether to leave him or move into the space -- two lines of four.

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Speaker it will be difficult for the

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Scottish tonight with set pieces, crossing it in, with the Macedonian

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height. 1,000 Scotland fans, we think, made

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the trip to the Balkans for the third time this campaign. They have

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been to Serbia and Croatia already. Pandev trying to hook it towards

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goal. He was in between three bodies, it was too easy, in terms of

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what Scotland want to do defensively. He just couldn't get to

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touch he needed to control it. But the danger was there. By a long way,

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Pandev is the top scorer in Macedonia's International history.

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26 times he has scored in 73 caps before tonight.

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Big basketball finals on in Macedonia just now, perhaps that is

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something to do with the crowd. It wasn't great when Chris Coleman's

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Wales were here on Friday either. They had independence day to

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celebrate on Sunday two, 22 years has passed since they broke away

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from the former Yugoslavia. Ikechi Anya was in lots of space on

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the left hand side. He is still there. Still out there.

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Gordon Strachan, always so animated. He said yesterday, he just wants to

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get some wins under the belt. It is all very well about people talking

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about the fact they are moving forward, there is more positivity in

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the camp, he beat Estonia in his first match in charge at the tawdry,

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and then the wind in Croatia. -- at Pittodrie and then the winning

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and then the wind in Croatia. -- at Croatia was most unexpected.

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You have to say, it is a much better Scottish performance than we saw

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against the same opposition 12 months ago. It is practically the

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against the same opposition 12 same team, a couple of changes but

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pretty much the same side that Macedonia have put out there.

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Macedonia certainly weren't giving the ball away as often at Hampden

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Park. Its users to come here, we have lost control and we can -- it

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suits us to come here, we have looked control and we can

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counterattack. Good loud call. Two crosses he has

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had to deal with. There was a little push their on

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Naismith. Spotted by the French official.

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It has gone right through to Bukovsky, an anti-climax.

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Et al a lot of pace on it, they were never going to be able to get onto

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the end of it, the three players on the right-hand side of the box.

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The man in the middle just having a quick word with Grant Hanley for

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that. Maloney trying to knock it off the

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Macedonian player, but it didn't work. So the pressure will continue

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on the Scottish defence. Martin is primarily a fallback at

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his club, Norwich City -- a full back.

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John Toshack left Macedonia last year, just before World Cup

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qualification got underway. That was the one area where there

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was nobody in a Scottish jersey, but again, that is the outlet. It is his

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determination to get there, great pace. It is a pity Barry back and

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had gone to the front post. If he had hand-out, he might have had a

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better opportunity -- Barry Bannon. A lot of good passing from Scotland

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tonight, they are retaining the ball a lot better than they have had died

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macro in other matches -- than they have in other matches.

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That is a quart of -- quality class in from Anya. I think he should have

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done better, Steven Naismith, it doesn't look as if he is a long way

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off the ground. Look who is on his own again,

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Giorgevski trying to get back at him. The change of pace, almost came

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back to Naismith. Brown will retrieve.

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That is good play from Scotland once more. This time it came down the

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right flank with Alan Hutton. Nearly twice for Steven Naismith,

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again from Anya, outstanding wing play, a quality cross, as well. Then

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Naismith, again, nearly on the end of it, Hutton that time. Nearly

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there. Well, it is the first Scotland

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corner of the match, Barry Bannan. The keeper thought about coming,

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changed his mind. Grant Hanley has already scored in

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this qualification campaign. This is obviously a training ground

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set piece because the two or three at the front post turn as if they

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are running into their own men and split again, and it leaves Hanley on

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his own at the back post, you just can't direct it on target. They look

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like they are really open, they don't look comfortable playing at

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home. At Hampden Park they were able to come and attack us, but tonight

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the onus is on them and we are causing them problems tonight,

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especially in behind the midfield and back line, they are finding a

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lot of space in there. Babunski we have not seen much of

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yet, but he has floated that one forward for Goran Pandev.

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New has hardly touched it in the match so far, Pandev.

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He has pretty much spent his entire career in Italy. He went to Napoli

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couple of summers ago. He was at Inter Milan and Lazio, as

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well, it was at Lazio that he played a really prominent role in Serie A.

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Sikov beat Naismith to it. The flag is up.

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All that is missing is a goal, isn't it? There is no doubt they have been

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pretty solid in defence, a good, high line, nullified Pandev's space.

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Certainly the three in behind Steven Naismith are causing loads of

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problems. Brown finds himself facing Pandev on

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the edge of his own penalty area. Well dealt with.

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The pitch in that half is cutting up dreadfully now, as Mulgrew goes

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down, Babunski picks up and finds Pandev, and there is a rampaging run

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to the left from Aleksandar Trajkovski. He couldn't find him.

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I hear Serbia have taken the lead against Wales, 1-0. That is the

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other game taking place in the group tonight. Gordon Strachan, pensive.

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He must be reasonably happy with what he is seeing out there, though.

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It is not often in recent times that Scotland have come to an away

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fixture, a competitive away fixture, against a troublesome side, and had

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the better of the opening half an hour. They certainly have tonight.

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Naismith, Bannan and Maloney all in the box. Goalkick only.

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He has been the star man so far. Blessed with great pains, as well,

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causing problems, but that delivery, as well, he can be quick, rabbit,

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but sometimes the delivery lets you down. His certainly hasn't so far.

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-- he can be quick, rapid. He is going to come from nowhere, Ikechi

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Anya, he has had a good season and a half with Watford.

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Nigerian father, Romanian mother, he started his life in Castlemilk in

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Glasgow. Naismith has managed to feed it through for Brown, what a

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chance! That should be 1-0 to the visitors.

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The best chance of the game so far. First thoughts, I am thinking, lift

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it! Brilliant for Naismith, he gets off his markers. A lovely ball

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through, I think he just has to pop it over the goalkeeper, Scott Brown.

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Very encouraging. The goalkeeper is fuel, Tomislav Packovski.

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Only two targets in the box there, Brown and Bannan. Naismith had

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started the move. Yes, but they are knocking on the

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door. They haven't busted the door down yet, though. They just seem

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sharper than the hosts. Macedonia, looking for arrest third

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win on the bounce -- looking for a array third win on the bench. They

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beat Bulgaria and then had a 2-1 win over the Welsh.

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The Tartan Army could have a new favourite here in Ikechi Anya. He

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looks as if he is growing in confidence by the minute, doesn't

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he? A little trick on that occasion. Comfortable at this level.

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Nikolce Noveski over to Stefan Ristovski.

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I am not sure if the referee overruled his linesman on the other

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half of the field, he initially gave this throw to Macedonia. Fredy

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Fautrel has given it the other way. Just over ten minutes to half-time.

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Scotland, trying to get their noses in front before the interval. They

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deserve to be ahead. That Scott Brown opportunity, the

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pick of the bunch so far. Whittaker, now at Norwich city.

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There is a couple of times Steven Whittaker in the last minute, it

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looks as though he is just about to sell a team-mate short with a pass.

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Anya busting a gut to get into the middle there, he has come out, but

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so is the goalkeeper. Leaving an opening, he fancied himself there.

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And it breaks up to Ivan Trickovski. A difficult ball for Naismith to

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control there. That is good again, Brown, no space

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for Pandev to play in, ten yards apart, in four cuts it out. They are

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keeping Pandev quiet as a mouse now, can to give him a yard. -- cannot

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give him. There are three waiting in the

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middle in Macedonian shirts. Maloney applying the pressure,

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Ristovski has managed to get it in but it is Marshall's all the way. It

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is warm and humid here tonight, but nothing converted to the conditions

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the Scots faced last time they came here. Gordon Strachan brought the

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squad out on Sunday, last time they came out the day before and were

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playing the match at 5pm in the afternoon. It was at the same time

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of year and at 5pm this afternoon temperatures over 30 Celsius. I was

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here, and I tell you what, I was just tired commentating on it, it

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was that warm. We didn't play well on the day, as

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well, we didn't deserve anything from the game.

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Lost that 11-0, then Macedonia popping up in a qualification group

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couple of campaigns later. -- we lost that 1-0.

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I don't know if he was brought down by Trajkovski there, the referee

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wasn't impressed with Hutton going down.

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Russell Martin asked a lot of Maloney there. Trying to feed it out

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to Alan Hutton. That is unfortunate. Aleksandar Trajkovski on it.

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Trajkovski played it in. Sikov steps into it, Macedonia trying to finish

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the first half strongly. Six minutes to go.

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Naismith. It is very out there Michael for Naismith, he is getting

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support melodies. -- it is very lonely out there for Naismith.

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Mulgrew will be in Italy next week on champions league duty with Celtic

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in their opening match against AC Milan a week tomorrow.

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If it does look as though they are going to make a change in a moment

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or two, before the interval. Mulgrew losing output at the referee

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has given the free kick to Scotland. The change is being made and it is

:48:28.:48:35.

Babunksi, the Barcelona reserve player who is going to be coming

:48:35.:48:43.

off, replaced by Tasevski. We have seen how they were shaping up, I

:48:43.:48:46.

don't think it was working for them, the way they were shaping up.

:48:46.:48:54.

Babunksi, I don't know if he has picked up an injury, but he was all

:48:54.:48:58.

over the place trying to match up the Scotland movement and suddenly

:48:59.:49:02.

he is hooked. Whether it is an injury or not, I don't know, but I

:49:02.:49:07.

don't think Macedonia's shape was working, that is visual. That is a

:49:07.:49:17.

direct replacement, Babunksi for Kevin skee. It is his 44th cap, he

:49:17.:49:29.

did play against Wales -- for Kevin Tasevski.

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A good save, Naismith was waiting in the middle but Ikechi Anya could not

:50:05.:50:20.

resist. It was there to be hit and with the confidence he has played

:50:20.:50:28.

with so far, it was worth a go. He was quite right to just wrap his

:50:28.:50:32.

foot around that. Pretty straightforward for the goalkeeper.

:50:32.:50:53.

Just wondering whether Scott Brown was a better option. Here is the

:50:53.:51:01.

counter. Macedonia flooding forward. This would be a hammer blow... It

:51:01.:51:10.

was waiting for the cutback, Pandev was waiting on the six yard line to

:51:10.:51:14.

knock it in, but it didn't arrive for him, and for Scotland's sake, it

:51:14.:51:24.

is a good job it didn't. Any cutback, they probably score. It is

:51:24.:51:26.

just a blessing for us that he has cutback, they probably score. It is

:51:26.:51:34.

picked the wrong option, because they had other options. I was going

:51:34.:51:36.

back to Scott Brown, Russell Martin could have got out the way let Scott

:51:36.:51:56.

Brown have a go. Pandev was I rate with the player there. -- I rate.

:51:56.:52:07.

I don't think the player at the back post was too happy either, he may be

:52:07.:52:14.

getting a thumping from two or three. A Scotland free kick,

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meantime. Macedonia are doing just enough.

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Illegal from Grant Hanley, says the referee. What have you made of the

:52:46.:52:51.

first half? Excellent so far by Scotland, all that is missing is a

:52:52.:52:56.

goal. They have created a few chances, Anya in particular has been

:52:56.:53:00.

the star of the show. We looked dangerous. I think it suits us, I

:53:00.:53:04.

think Gordon Strachan will be content, lots of possession, picking

:53:04.:53:08.

the right passes and a lot of movement and pace. So far, we just

:53:08.:53:12.

have to watch. We saw that a minute before half-time, we were up for a

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set piece and committed people forward and we really could and

:53:16.:53:18.

should have been punished. That is it for the first half.

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Really good, encouraging performance from the Scots, you have to say.

:53:40.:53:45.

They look like they have a hero in Ikechi Anya, who has brought out a

:53:45.:53:49.

save from the goalkeeper. Scott Brown with a massive chance,

:53:49.:53:54.

one-on-one with the Macedonian goalkeeper, who pulled up the save.

:53:54.:54:00.

Anya has caused all sorts of problems of the left-hand side, he

:54:00.:54:04.

looks like he has a good future with the Scotland international team. But

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at half-time, it is 0-0. And the only disappointment is the

:54:10.:54:13.

scoreline so far, that has been really impressive for Scotland in

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Skopje. Two matches in Group A this evening affecting bottom spot.

:54:22.:54:28.

Serbia are ahead in Cardiff by one goal to nil. Serbia going ahead

:54:28.:54:34.

after nine minutes. If those calls were to be final scores, Scotland

:54:34.:54:37.

and Wales would be level on points at the bottom of Group A, but goals

:54:37.:54:42.

so far in Skopje. Let's get the thoughts of Pat Nevin and Craig

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Gordon. I am pleasantly surprised a bad performance, Pat. You? I am

:54:47.:54:53.

going past pleasantly surprised. That is the best 45 minutes on the

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Gordon Strachan, brilliant play, creating chances. A lot of the best

:54:56.:55:02.

play. You could hear the booing at the end of the half, the home

:55:02.:55:05.

supporters are not happy at all. They have had to make one change

:55:05.:55:09.

before half-time, they have created one decent chance towards the end

:55:09.:55:12.

and I think Georgievski, he has gone one decent chance towards the end

:55:12.:55:16.

down for a cup of tea and some therapy, because he has got hammered

:55:16.:55:21.

in the half. Get the ball out to Anya every second you can. They have

:55:21.:55:25.

looked a poor team, Macedonia, but we have to remember how well they

:55:25.:55:29.

played at Hampden a year ago and they beat Wales on Friday night.

:55:30.:55:34.

Scotland have managed to make them look ordinary. Yes, that is down to

:55:34.:55:37.

the way Scotland have played, the shape we have got and the switches

:55:37.:55:42.

play, especially to Anya on the left-hand side, have caused them all

:55:42.:55:46.

sorts of problems. He seems to have the pace on the right back, he has

:55:46.:55:51.

come outside, got the ball, had a run at him, and got that fallback on

:55:51.:55:59.

toast. -- full back. His final ball hasn't been ideal, a couple

:55:59.:56:01.

occasions it could have been better but the more he gets on the ball, he

:56:01.:56:06.

will create something. That is the name, Ikechi Anya, that was not on

:56:06.:56:11.

the radar for the Tartan Army a few weeks ago. He made an impact on the

:56:11.:56:15.

bench against Belgium and he has been a major threat to night. First

:56:15.:56:21.

of all, I am delighted for him, he's incredibly positive. I'm a bit

:56:21.:56:24.

jealous, imagine getting the ball but much as a winger. That is the

:56:24.:56:28.

first ten seconds of the game, the first thing he does is positive. But

:56:28.:56:33.

it is not all about going forward, great pace and willingness to get

:56:33.:56:37.

back and cover. But this is willingness to go beyond. It is one

:56:37.:56:41.

of the things we have said, we have not had a real pace for a long time.

:56:41.:56:46.

It is hard to think back when we have had real pace, and we can

:56:46.:56:49.

think, we are in trouble, go and switch it wide and switch it long.

:56:49.:56:54.

As Craig said, the final ball has not been great, but look at this,

:56:54.:57:00.

time and again. Georgievski will be asking to go off. Once or twice, the

:57:00.:57:05.

problem has been that he is so quick, nobody in the middle is able

:57:05.:57:09.

to keep up with him. It gives us such a different guy mentioned going

:57:09.:57:13.

in behind like that, having the pace. This one, everyone is trying

:57:13.:57:17.

to catch up. He has to hold it up and again, the final ball wasn't

:57:17.:57:21.

perfect. But for a team to be able to have that option to played into

:57:22.:57:31.

that area and know he's going to get on the end of it and create

:57:31.:57:33.

something. That was a great ball. This one is a really good as well,

:57:33.:57:37.

one of his best moments of the game. I think the last thing they expected

:57:37.:57:41.

was a shot from this point. He really has mixed it up. It is

:57:41.:57:44.

certainly worth seeing again, because the way he takes it, it is a

:57:44.:57:48.

bobbly pitch, but he takes it first time. Just doesn't get enough bend

:57:48.:57:54.

on it. He has hardly done anything wrong, apart from that final ball

:57:54.:57:59.

into the middle. But he has not always got a lot to aim at. But I

:57:59.:58:03.

would love to see him keep it up, I thought he would run out of energy

:58:03.:58:06.

by now but if you are playing that well, getting that much of the ball,

:58:06.:58:13.

the full back is losing the energy. Lots of people wondered about Steven

:58:13.:58:16.

Naismith in the main striking position, how would that go.

:58:16.:58:17.

Naismith in the main striking position, how would It couldn't have

:58:17.:58:22.

gone much better. I knew he would do well in that respect. He is always

:58:22.:58:26.

fighting for the ball, he is a pest for defenders, a horrible striker to

:58:26.:58:30.

play against. That was a nasty tackle, he was lucky not to get

:58:30.:58:34.

injured. He is a very hard-working player. User right at the start, he

:58:34.:58:42.

will get us a lot of fouls. Like a modern-day cord injury, taking the

:58:42.:58:49.

hit, getting lots of free kicks -- like a modern-day Gordon Durie. And

:58:49.:58:57.

it gets a sub in the opposition half, which is good away from home.

:58:57.:59:02.

Lots of intelligence about his performance. I'm not surprised that

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bad, I remember previous to his injuries, the Rangers, watching him

:59:06.:59:11.

playing through the central area, and he has got pace as well. I think

:59:11.:59:15.

he has got pace as well. I think he's probably relieved, it has not

:59:15.:59:17.

gone that well for him at Everton, through no fault of against it.

:59:17.:59:21.

Sometimes, international football, international football can you get

:59:21.:59:22.

Sometimes, international football, international football can you away

:59:22.:59:25.

from the stresses of your club and you just enjoy it. He feels like he

:59:26.:59:29.

is released and from the first moment on, he has been holding up

:59:29.:59:34.

the ball pretty well. He is not the tallest but he's good in the air and

:59:34.:59:38.

he gets those free kicks. He is not diving, he's just taking their hits.

:59:38.:59:43.

So seeing Anya and Naismith individually, but collectively, they

:59:43.:59:44.

have made some impact. Yes, they seem to have some

:59:44.:59:56.

understanding there. Naismith has been hold-up play, bringing others

:59:56.:00:00.

into play and it allows you to get up and support when you're striker

:00:00.:00:03.

is doing that. He might have got that on target, he couldn't quite

:00:03.:00:08.

get over the top of it. It is good build-up play, getting it into

:00:08.:00:12.

Naismith, back into midfield and getting it wide, getting into the

:00:12.:00:16.

box the crosses. Which is what you want. Just that simple things are

:00:16.:00:20.

getting the ball down and playing it back, allowing the play to go on.

:00:20.:00:25.

You're desperate to get on the ball, but you have to make sure when it

:00:25.:00:28.

goes up to the centre forward, it sticks. They didn't get a great deal

:00:28.:00:33.

out of that, but if it comes up to Naismith, he will hold it. His

:00:33.:00:36.

touches have been good and intelligent and he just lays it.

:00:36.:00:40.

There are plenty of guys who try to turn around and dribble and take

:00:40.:00:44.

three men on, and you don't get much out of that, but he is doing the

:00:44.:00:47.

intelligent thing, adapting his game to that position well. We have been

:00:47.:00:52.

looking around him, we know someone has got to take Kenny Miller's

:00:53.:00:57.

position. 45 minutes, I am not saying it is sorted, but he is

:00:57.:01:01.

putting a claim in. Gordon Strachan knows exactly how he wants his

:01:01.:01:05.

Scotland team to play and part of that involves David Marshall rolling

:01:05.:01:08.

it out, getting it on the deck and passing the ball up the pitch.

:01:08.:01:14.

There have been a few opportunities to get the ball out into the

:01:14.:01:20.

midfield and starting from there. We haven't got the strongest team out

:01:20.:01:24.

there, we do lack a bit of height, but this is the way to go about it.

:01:24.:01:28.

Switching the play, that is how we are going to unlock this defence,

:01:28.:01:33.

especially than that left-hand side. There have been instances down the

:01:33.:01:37.

right but especially down the left we have looked dangerous. That was

:01:37.:01:40.

another good ball in and every time we put a bit of action together, it

:01:40.:01:45.

ends up with Anya, whatever the piece of action is, it ends up on

:01:45.:01:50.

the left-hand side. The first three or four times without the ball back,

:01:50.:01:54.

David Marshall rolled the out. No doubt, the Macedonians have pushed

:01:54.:01:58.

up a wee bit and made us kick it, and we don't want to kick it. But

:01:58.:02:03.

the odd thing is, we have been getting the knock-downs, Naismith

:02:03.:02:05.

has been clever, so the whole plan seems to be coming together pretty

:02:05.:02:09.

well. I am really delighted, really nice to be able to show that pass

:02:09.:02:13.

and move stuff, because that is what we haven't been doing for a long

:02:13.:02:16.

time. But each game that we have done here, we have been able to show

:02:16.:02:21.

good passages of play, even against the Belgians. What we have not

:02:22.:02:30.

mentioned or maybe even noticed is the quality of the page. It is a

:02:30.:02:33.

dodgy playing surface, but that says a lot for the quality of the

:02:33.:02:35.

Scottish football. They look very confident on the ball. They are

:02:35.:02:38.

having it in tight areas, and even if we are having to go back to get

:02:38.:02:41.

the ball, they have circulated well and have been probing down both

:02:41.:02:44.

wings. It has been a complete performance first off, all we are

:02:44.:02:49.

missing is that goal. If we can play like its second half, we give

:02:49.:02:52.

ourselves a great chance. And this could so easily have been the goal

:02:52.:03:00.

from Scott Brown. When, he loves doing this, a chance

:03:00.:03:05.

to break through, timing is fantastic - of what a great ball, by

:03:05.:03:13.

the way, by Naismith - maybe he is considering he is not going to be

:03:13.:03:16.

able to clip it over or it took a slight bobble, but he has it on

:03:16.:03:20.

target, he ran to get there, but knowing Scott Brown he will be

:03:21.:03:23.

gutted. He nearly scored the other night and the ball went a little

:03:23.:03:29.

bit. As we have been saying, Scotland is

:03:29.:03:33.

threatening down both sides. We have seen a fair bit of name Ella Nash

:03:33.:03:38.

back to Anya in our analysis and this is Alan Hutton on the

:03:38.:03:42.

right-hand side. He has not been quite as forward as

:03:42.:03:47.

Anya, but the full-back is tucking in and allowing that space down that

:03:47.:03:52.

side. A free kick in a dangerous area, and here he is up play,

:03:52.:03:56.

getting in behind, and that is a really good ball. That was what we

:03:56.:04:03.

were talking about Belgium the other night, getting across that front

:04:03.:04:07.

post. He didn't manage to get across the front post, but we talked about

:04:07.:04:11.

the Belgians getting to the byline time and time again and we weren't

:04:11.:04:13.

doing that. But we are tonight. Maybe there is

:04:13.:04:17.

something about teams playing away from home. Also maybe it is to do

:04:17.:04:21.

with the fact that we are playing really well and getting back to the

:04:21.:04:24.

fact that Anya has been so positive, I think he has dragged

:04:24.:04:34.

them back. They may have been a timely warning

:04:34.:04:37.

for Scotland just ahead of our time, it could have easily been a sucker

:04:37.:04:39.

punch call, Scotland having. Had dominated.

:04:39.:04:42.

Yes, we were lucky to get back, slashing at flat with his left foot,

:04:42.:04:46.

it has gone wide. If we could have gotten someone to it in midfield

:04:46.:04:50.

just to stop that, because we were assured for numbers on the back and

:04:50.:04:54.

it was always looking dangerous on the counter. There has been another

:04:54.:04:59.

goal in Cardiff, a second goal for Serbia against Wales, 2-0.

:04:59.:05:06.

That match kicked off 15 minutes after the game in Skopje. Wales are

:05:06.:05:13.

two down and let's hope Scotland can press on in the second half and get

:05:13.:05:17.

the goal the play deserves so far, because that will be disappointing,

:05:17.:05:21.

not to be on the scoresheet at half-time. Again, you don't want to

:05:21.:05:25.

speak too soon, but if you keep that up you will get chances. And you

:05:25.:05:29.

expect you will get a goal from that.

:05:29.:05:33.

But also, they will not be that bad again. They have already made one

:05:33.:05:38.

change, they may made -- make another,

:05:38.:06:46.

I am looking through the whole team and asking who is not having a good

:06:46.:06:49.

night. I am looking through the whole team

:06:49.:06:53.

and asking who is not Everyone is having a good night. As usual,

:06:53.:06:57.

Martin, when he doesn't kick a good night. As usual, Martin, when he

:06:57.:07:00.

doesn't kick a ball, team, everyone is doing well. It almost goes

:07:00.:07:08.

without saying that they would look comfortable in the central area.

:07:08.:07:11.

Maybe we could as a wee bit more from Barry Bannon, but all of the

:07:11.:07:17.

play has come down the left. Sometimes, you have to accept, it is

:07:17.:07:20.

not a right-hand game tonight, we just need to cover the area and the

:07:20.:07:29.

only other factor is we need that goal. And if we could get it at the

:07:29.:07:33.

start of the second half, that would be brilliant, it would drag them out

:07:33.:07:40.

even further. Pandev is having a quiet game, that is another area

:07:40.:07:44.

Scotland have succeeded, the main man for the Macedonians has been

:07:44.:07:49.

quiet. That is the area, in front of the back four, Brown and Mulgrew are

:07:49.:07:57.

denying him space and that will be important in the second half, when

:07:57.:08:00.

the game might be stretched, that we control that area. It might only

:08:00.:08:03.

take him a second to change the course of this match, so we have to

:08:03.:08:08.

keep on top. It has been a great first top Scotland and all that has

:08:08.:08:12.

been missing in Macedonia is a goal. This was the best chance of

:08:12.:08:17.

the first 45 minutes. Skipper Scott Brown bursting from the midfield, on

:08:17.:08:20.

the end of Steven Naismith's excellent pass. A great chance to

:08:20.:08:27.

score and saved by the goalkeeper. Gold in Skopje, halfway through. A

:08:27.:08:33.

change of goalkeeper, Matt Gilks for David Marshall. The Tartan Army will

:08:33.:08:38.

be coming to terms with that change shortly but they will hope that the

:08:38.:08:41.

same again in terms of a Scottish performance. A goal or two would be

:08:41.:08:45.

nice. Back to Billy Dodds and Liam McLeod.

:08:45.:08:50.

it is the first time that Matt Gilks has been involved in a competitive

:08:50.:09:08.

match in Scotland. He is given the second half because of a hip injury

:09:08.:09:13.

sustained by David Marshall. Macedonia made a change towards the

:09:13.:09:19.

end of the first half as well, Tasevski coming on. It will be them

:09:19.:09:27.

that gets is underway. Can Scotland force the issue again, as they did

:09:27.:09:37.

throughout the opening 45 minutes? The French referee getting is

:09:37.:09:45.

underway. They have started the match without the goalkeeper! I have

:09:45.:09:49.

to say, I have never seen that before. You are a lot more

:09:49.:09:53.

experienced at this game than I am, Billy Dodds, have you two apart from

:09:53.:09:58.

in Estonia, where nobody turned up. I have seen a lot in the game but

:09:58.:10:03.

never seen that. That is astonishing. That is a pity, we

:10:03.:10:06.

could have had a quick goal in the second half. He checked everyone

:10:07.:10:11.

else, the referee, Fredy Fautrel. He is seeing the funny side of it, so

:10:11.:10:16.

fair play to him, I hope the UEFA delegate wasn't back for his

:10:16.:10:33.

half-time pie. This is player-3-macro for

:10:33.:10:34.

Macedonia. Scotland need to win back-to-back

:10:34.:11:01.

competitive away matches. The last time they did that was in 2007 when

:11:01.:11:06.

they beat the Faroe Islands in June, then France in Paris. Remember that?

:11:06.:11:15.

Exactly six years ago since McFadden did all that. Brown, Maloney and

:11:15.:11:25.

Hutton are all playing today, and were in that squad. Allan Macgregor

:11:25.:11:27.

is injured tonight. Couldn't quite prevent it going at

:11:27.:11:42.

for the goalkick. It is a no-brainer, just give the ball to

:11:42.:11:46.

him. After his performance in the first half, he was exceptional.

:11:46.:11:53.

What a pass from Barry Bannan, that was 5060 yards from right to left.

:11:53.:11:59.

You have to do that, he could do it right away with that diagonal.

:11:59.:12:06.

Matt Gilks has three clean sheets for his team in the league so far,

:12:06.:12:09.

unbeaten so far. Scotland supporters are just to the

:12:09.:12:37.

right of the goal as you watch the match on your screens. The Scotland

:12:37.:12:42.

fans are skipped -- stood behind Macedonian goal. 1000 of them. The

:12:42.:12:51.

long ball is not an option for Scotland tonight.

:12:51.:12:54.

Perhaps that is a good thing, Billy, in that they have to keep it on the

:12:54.:13:03.

deck to hit the players in the final third. They have a nice little

:13:03.:13:09.

triangle there of Anya, Maloney and Naismith.

:13:09.:13:14.

I think they have handled the pitch really well, because it is bubbling

:13:14.:13:18.

sometimes. We are forced to get it down, make no mistake, this --

:13:18.:13:23.

something of this sort of pitch can put you off your passing game, but

:13:23.:13:26.

it certainly hasn't put the Scottish lads off tonight.

:13:26.:13:32.

No matter how bad the pic is here tonight, it was nowhere near as poor

:13:32.:13:37.

as the one when we lost to Serbia. -- no matter how bad the pitch is.

:13:37.:13:54.

They will not want to give Goran Pandev any encouragement. It is the

:13:54.:14:01.

first time we have seen him knock a ball in behind the Scottish

:14:01.:14:07.

rearguard. It almost came to fruition with Trajkovski. As, he's

:14:07.:14:13.

not in the back, Trajkovski on that side, there was a moment if he had

:14:13.:14:17.

cleared him there would have been all sorts of trouble, but a good

:14:17.:14:20.

header away. Good positioning from the big centre

:14:20.:14:21.

half from Scotland. Anya goes around Giorgevski.

:14:21.:14:42.

Greenhough. I am sure his manager enjoyed the square ball across his

:14:42.:14:46.

own -- I am not sure his manager enjoyed the square ball across his

:14:46.:14:48.

own 18 yard there. The home fans did not like that.

:14:48.:15:39.

There is one thing the offensive players have done really well

:15:39.:15:43.

tonight, as well. We sought Anya early in the game, Maloney getting

:15:44.:15:49.

back a few months ago, and we also see Naismith and Bannan. They have

:15:49.:15:52.

not just been attacking and doing well, they have been getting back

:15:52.:15:54.

down the park, doing the shift. Gilks got game time against

:15:54.:16:23.

Australia in Luxembourg in friendly matches last year. That was under

:16:23.:16:29.

Craig Levein at Easter Road against the Aussies.

:16:29.:17:12.

Already it is a lot better from the Macedonians in this second half.

:17:12.:17:24.

Yes, we held our line pretty well, in three and that post area getting

:17:24.:17:37.

cleared of the danger. The defence is looking good, but for a couple of

:17:37.:17:40.

the goals that were lost against England at Wembley last month.

:17:40.:17:45.

A couple of headers from Danny Welbeck and Lambert.

:17:45.:17:49.

Trajkovski was not on his toes there. Luckily for us, it was a good

:17:50.:18:15.

ball through. Gilks is taking his time over this.

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He is being hurried along by the natives.

:18:26.:19:07.

We haven't seen that much Shaun Maloney in the game tonight. He is

:19:07.:19:11.

We haven't seen that much Shaun getting a bit more involved.

:19:11.:19:18.

I don't think Scott Brown really wanted the ball back from Naismith

:19:18.:19:24.

then. It was a case of turn around and start again, on that occasion

:19:24.:19:30.

Naismith forced it. He looks unhappy there, Gordon Strachan. It is his

:19:30.:19:34.

seventh game as Scotland manager, two wins and four defeats.

:19:34.:19:49.

Another change coming up for Macedonia. Janevski rolling the dice

:19:49.:19:55.

game, but not yet. -- again. There is the change, it is Ivanovski

:19:55.:20:25.

who is going to come on for Macedonia. He is a striker. I'm not

:20:25.:20:35.

sure who will come off for him. That is up and coming.

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The ball looked like it was going out for a throw in, but it took a

:21:03.:21:09.

vicious bobble and went out for a goal kick. The man coming off is

:21:09.:21:17.

Trajkovski, one of the wide players. Replaced by Ivanovski, who

:21:17.:21:23.

places football in Romania. He has scored once for the national team

:21:23.:21:27.

before. Just 23, he is considered very, very promising.

:21:27.:21:35.

Macedonia are saying that if he could have more luck than those who

:21:35.:21:44.

have gone before -- are seeing if. Looks as if it is a straight swap,

:21:44.:21:52.

Trajkovski. Even skee has gone out to this right-hand side. --

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Ivanovski. That is disappointing. Really good

:21:55.:22:20.

from Naismith. Once he feeds it said, you just think, just get at

:22:20.:22:24.

him. You can see he is looking for that far post again. He just

:22:24.:22:30.

executes it all wrong, leaning back. He brought a good save out of the

:22:30.:22:36.

goalkeeper in the first half, Anya. A bit further away that time.

:22:36.:22:40.

I think Pandev took a touch too many. For me, he should have

:22:40.:23:26.

released Yarra -- Jara . He didn't catch that one Swede,

:23:26.:23:52.

that visual. Not the quite same tempo from Scotland, is that then to

:23:52.:23:56.

Macedonia? I think the manager will have had a pop at them at half-time,

:23:56.:24:00.

they have come out and had much more of the ball.

:24:00.:24:06.

Ikechi Anya puts Scotland in front! On his first start for his country.

:24:06.:24:14.

The Tartan Army didn't even know who he was a couple of weeks ago and

:24:14.:24:18.

they know all about him now, they have a new hero, Ikechi Anya!

:24:18.:24:25.

Macedonia zero, Scotland one. It comes from the worst period of the

:24:25.:24:30.

game but it is a special goal. It is fed out to him and you are thinking,

:24:30.:24:35.

he had that shot a few minutes ago, but it was a sweet strike. And boy,

:24:35.:24:41.

does it fall into that far corner. He has been the top man so far. We

:24:41.:24:47.

have deserve it, you have to say. Although we haven't started the

:24:47.:24:49.

second half as well, he has been a special player tonight. Look at

:24:49.:24:56.

that, only thinking one thing. There is it. Brilliant, brilliant finish.

:24:56.:25:03.

Ikechi Anya announces his arrival properly on the international stage,

:25:03.:25:06.

having had a cameo against Belgium on Friday night. Even from the start

:25:06.:25:13.

today, really good first-half performance. Solidifying his inner

:25:13.:25:22.

reputation -- his international reputation, which is strengthening

:25:22.:25:25.

all the time. Scotland lead in Skopje. The goal coming bang on the

:25:25.:25:31.

hour mark in the Macedonian capital. The hosts will try and react but it

:25:31.:25:42.

is the Scotland fans in good voice now, and little wonder.

:25:42.:25:49.

Typical Scott Brown, tigerish in midfield, doesn't give it up.

:25:49.:25:57.

Eventually, he was outnumbered. Another terrific run from the Celtic

:25:57.:25:58.

player. It was important, Billy, that

:25:58.:26:10.

Scotland got that goal tonight. Especially after the first half

:26:10.:26:14.

performance, but we were talking about it, on cue, that they were

:26:15.:26:19.

having their best spell in the game. It is a ball flicked over the top,

:26:19.:26:23.

off the shoulder of the defender, he has given him a hard time all

:26:23.:26:27.

night, Georgievski. It was a hard chance, at the angle, he had to time

:26:27.:26:32.

it right and strike its weekly and he did all of that. -- strike it

:26:32.:26:36.

sweetly. Pandev ominous again, but the sting

:26:36.:26:39.

was taken out of the cross. He is the one class act in the

:26:39.:26:57.

Macedonia side, Pandev. He has been in the squad now for ten or 11

:26:57.:27:00.

years. Out of the entire Macedonia squad,

:27:00.:27:11.

he is the one that plays at the very, very highest level.

:27:11.:27:19.

This is better from them, though, and it is Ristovski, left back, who

:27:20.:27:25.

has won the corner. That Anya goal was just Scotland's

:27:25.:27:40.

fifth of this qualification campaign that started over a year ago. It is

:27:40.:27:46.

Ivan Trickovski who takes the corner kick. Flicked away by Hutton, who

:27:46.:27:54.

conceded it in the first place. It just might open them up a little

:27:54.:27:58.

more now, which I think will suit us. They look a counterattack team

:27:58.:28:00.

set up with it, with Pandev. Well, that will do, Scotland just

:28:00.:28:47.

protecting their lead. The team that concedes normally do

:28:47.:28:57.

come straight back at you. Tasevski ball, ice Tasevski's ball,

:28:57.:29:08.

good switch. Howls of derision, from the

:29:08.:29:43.

Macedonian faithful. That was a positive ball forward by

:29:43.:30:07.

Trickovski originally, knocking it into the D. Well, they are happy,

:30:07.:30:14.

Billy Dodds. No wonder. They have given them something, not just with

:30:14.:30:18.

the goal, but the performance tonight, we just needed a goal,

:30:18.:30:22.

talking about it at half-time, then suddenly we produced the goal, as

:30:22.:30:26.

well, so we have plenty to sing about tonight.

:30:26.:30:32.

That is what I meant when I was talking about it was so important

:30:32.:30:35.

Scotland got a goal on the back of such a good performance in the first

:30:35.:30:39.

half. They had chances to score in the opening period, Scott Brown and

:30:39.:30:41.

one on one being the pick of them. The Naismith header, Anya, who later

:30:41.:30:53.

got a goal, drawing a save from the keeper.

:30:53.:31:00.

Good interchange, Naismith continued his run, but Sikov managed to break

:31:00.:31:06.

up the attack. Charlie Mulgrew is in trouble here, it is yellow for

:31:06.:31:10.

Charlie Mulgrew. That is the first card of the evening. A little bit

:31:10.:31:16.

overzealous. Yes, I don't think Mulgrew can have

:31:16.:31:23.

any complaints. There have not been too many bad fouls in the match, but

:31:23.:31:26.

you would expect to pick up a bidding -- bricking all day long for

:31:26.:31:34.

that. -- you would expect to pick up a booking. Please in Belgium,

:31:34.:31:42.

Trickovski, he scored against Wales last week.

:31:42.:31:45.

He was also in the Champions League team that did so well a couple of

:31:45.:31:51.

weeks ago, scoring for Jack Kardon -esque a couple of weeks ago. --

:31:51.:32:04.

pitch. With Pandev he looks like the one who can create. -- Shaktar

:32:04.:32:06.

Donetsk. This looks like a Scotland team that

:32:06.:32:58.

can hit on the counter if it breaks down for Macedonia in the final

:32:58.:33:02.

third. Their mackerel is peace, skill, we have shown that already

:33:02.:33:05.

tonight. -- there is pace, skill. That is well dealt with. Yes,

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Mulgrew again, he follows Pandev wherever he goes on the pitch. The

:33:44.:33:50.

-- he has been excellent, in and Brown.

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Yes, they were good against Belgium, as well.

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It is a system that Gordon Strachan has brought in, with two sitting

:33:58.:34:05.

midfielders in Brown and Mulgrew, the spoilers.

:34:05.:34:16.

It may be touched his hand their mackerel and bounced up. -- it may

:34:16.:34:23.

be touched his hand their mackerel. Just having the wide men is

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stretching matters only, creating holes. -- stretching and Macedonia.

:34:45.:34:52.

Into the final quarter here in Skopje.

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Tasevski has managed to thread it through, he just makes the save and

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granted on the second attempt. Trickovski even sneaks in, Scotland

:35:09.:35:14.

cut open really for the first time in the game. It is a good ball,

:35:14.:35:19.

Trickovski takes a wonderful touch, that enables him to get a shot away

:35:19.:35:25.

and Gilks does ever so well, because Pandev has a tap in if it bounces

:35:25.:35:31.

any further away from him. Wales losing 2-0 as we heard in

:35:31.:35:39.

Cardiff, that would put Scotland above them and off the foot of the

:35:39.:35:41.

table in group A. Add maybe another card, indeed it

:35:41.:35:56.

is, for Stjepanovic. Yes, very unlike Mulgrew. The same

:35:56.:36:02.

sort of tackle, through the back, no doubt it is a yellow.

:36:02.:36:10.

We are into the final quarter of the game, Billy, how does God and

:36:10.:36:20.

Strachan play it? -- how does Gordon Strachan two I think they have been

:36:20.:36:23.

excellent tonight, he looks content, rightly so.

:36:23.:36:30.

We talk about the back for holding the line to nullify Pandev's space,

:36:30.:36:38.

they will allow a player 20 or 25 yards space to play in, nullify it

:36:38.:36:43.

and make it ten yards. Steven Whittaker has been booked for what

:36:44.:36:50.

the referee sees as time wasting. The midfield have been excellent as

:36:50.:36:55.

well, and we know the middle front for her been excellent, as well.

:36:55.:37:00.

Awkward bounce from Maloney, he was down, no free kick, Scotland wanted

:37:00.:37:17.

one. Scotland are keeping this alive.

:37:17.:37:23.

A good challenge by Giorgevski, who is in trouble.

:37:23.:37:27.

Here they come on the counter with Pandev.

:37:27.:37:34.

Ivanovski! A good save by Gilks, brilliant goalkeeping. He had to be

:37:34.:37:39.

strong. What a hit from Ivanovski. Pandev

:37:40.:37:45.

does shift it that time. We still have five back there but that pass

:37:45.:37:48.

allows that strike. It was travelling, a good reaction saved by

:37:48.:37:58.

Gilks. At the expense of the Macedonian corner kick. We move into

:37:58.:38:03.

the final 17 minutes. Everyone in White was back to defend that.

:38:03.:38:10.

That is a poor ball from Trickovski. He got that all wrong. He has been

:38:10.:38:17.

the main danger in the second half, Ivan Trickovski, as his coach

:38:17.:38:21.

watches. Yes, then that left-hand side, he made a good run a few

:38:21.:38:26.

minutes ago, took a good touch, allowed a shot, Gilks gathered on

:38:26.:38:27.

the second attempt. The referee had a look at that as

:38:27.:38:49.

the shot comes in and Gilks has to make the save again. I think Pandev

:38:49.:38:55.

thought he should have had a penalty kick there. Once we lose the ball,

:38:55.:39:03.

Brown tries to recover, bundles into the back of him, just on the line,

:39:03.:39:08.

get away with it, and the curling shot comes in, Gilks should be

:39:08.:39:15.

saving it, but still a decent save. He is a big striker, Jahovic, trying

:39:15.:39:21.

to bend it in the far corner. Like Anya in the first half, a little too

:39:21.:39:28.

central. The tide is just beginning to turn a little bit. Since the goal

:39:28.:39:33.

Macedonia have moved it by gear. James McArthur is getting ready to

:39:33.:39:35.

come on, the Wigan midfielder. Barry Bannan, now of Crystal Palace,

:39:35.:39:49.

he moved there on deadline day. That is for Anya, he is offside. He is

:39:49.:39:53.

going to get booked for that, lifting it over the bar. We do see

:39:53.:39:59.

it, and again it is something that the referees are told to penalise. I

:39:59.:40:07.

think he was right to do it, make sure you finish off the move,

:40:07.:40:10.

because sometimes you get a whistle from the crowd. He is not offside

:40:10.:40:15.

comedy is at least one yard on there, poor decision. He is onside,

:40:15.:40:21.

but the card for that kind of thing is unbelievable, really.

:40:21.:40:29.

Split second, isn't it? To decide whether you have heard the whistle

:40:29.:40:36.

or not. Yes, as Macedonia come forward, Gilks has an eye on that

:40:36.:40:38.

one. Macedonia are not happy, that was a

:40:38.:40:47.

bad challenge in the penalty area. That is a good step by Stjepanovic,

:40:47.:40:52.

he has managed to move it out to Giorgevski, but still Macedonia have

:40:52.:40:58.

a man down. That hits the side netting from Trickovski. That is a

:40:58.:41:05.

good pick out from Giorgevski. It is the first time he has been up the

:41:05.:41:09.

pitch, he has been pinned back by Anya all night. He makes sure he

:41:09.:41:14.

strikes it, he has to make sure he gets it on target. Well, he gets the

:41:14.:41:20.

first bit right. Just it's that sayyid netting. They have a bit of a

:41:20.:41:26.

sweat on now, Scotland, all of a sudden. Cedomir Janevski, he is the

:41:26.:41:33.

manager of the Macedonian national team. James McArthur will replace

:41:33.:41:36.

Barry Bannan in a moment. That was about a foot past. A chance

:41:36.:41:55.

to seal it. Maloney does ever so well. A good pick out again from

:41:55.:42:01.

Anya, once he is released. Bannan calling for it, his last action in

:42:01.:42:06.

the game. Like Anya's strike, you are waiting for it to nestle in that

:42:06.:42:10.

bottom corner but just misses the right-hand post. There is James

:42:10.:42:16.

McAvoy, about to win his first -- 13th cap, Barry Bannan the player

:42:16.:42:21.

coming off. He got his 13th cap tonight, too. It is a slight change

:42:21.:42:28.

to the forward triangle we were talking about earlier on. Maloney

:42:28.:42:35.

will move to the right to that, McArthur coming on. It is a little

:42:35.:42:43.

reshuffle. I think McArthur looks as if he is going to go over there and

:42:43.:42:49.

play a straight replacement for Bannan, try to see out the game

:42:49.:42:52.

because they have looked dangerous in the last few minutes, not a bad

:42:52.:42:54.

substitute from Gordon Strachan. That is a really good ball for

:42:54.:43:24.

Ivanovski. Another opportunity for the hosts. I think it tells you

:43:24.:43:30.

everything when Giorgevski in the last couple of moments has got up

:43:30.:43:38.

the pitch twice. But Ivanovski takes a lovely touch, that looked

:43:38.:43:42.

dangerous, but he gets that one all wrong. A lovely first touch sets it

:43:42.:43:48.

all up. We saw last year that Macedonia have good performances in

:43:48.:43:53.

them. And they have had good results in the past, the not too distant

:43:53.:44:00.

past, either. 2-2 here against Holland in the 2006 World Cup

:44:00.:44:05.

qualifiers, 0-0 in that campaign with the Dutch, too, and in the Euro

:44:05.:44:10.

2008 qualifiers they drew with England at Old Trafford. Here comes

:44:10.:44:15.

another change for Scotland, and it is Lee Wallace of Rangers who will

:44:15.:44:18.

replace Steven Whittaker, formerly of Rangers. Again, I don't know

:44:18.:44:25.

whether it is just because Whittaker on the yellow card, getting forward

:44:25.:44:29.

on both flanks, they are looking dangerous. Giorgevski, Ivanovski

:44:29.:44:37.

looking dangerous, so maybe just protect themselves. Gordon Strachan

:44:37.:44:40.

doesn't want to lose a player this late the game. Goal has made it 3-0

:44:40.:44:47.

to Serbia against Wales. They have looked more likely,

:44:47.:45:13.

Macedonia, in the final quarter of this game.

:45:13.:45:20.

Giorgevski again, just shaping a ball in. You have to be thinking the

:45:20.:45:26.

front post as a striker, as a forward thinking player he is

:45:26.:45:28.

clearly a yard off. Lee Wallace, this is his seventh

:45:28.:45:39.

cap. He was in the Scotland under 19 team that went all the way to the

:45:39.:45:42.

final of the European Championships in 2006. Steven Fletcher was

:45:42.:45:48.

involved in that, as well. What a pick me up this would be.

:45:48.:46:38.

Just as important as the match in Zagreb, because international

:46:38.:46:41.

football, normally when you come away from home in international

:46:41.:46:45.

football, a draw is a decent result, even against some of the

:46:45.:46:49.

teams that some of the fans don't consider to be the top nations.

:46:49.:46:57.

Adis Jahovic is being replaced by Jovan Kostovski.

:46:57.:47:13.

They probably had the best of him when he was so fish and tried to

:47:13.:47:18.

score at the near post when there was two other players. Not his

:47:18.:47:24.

finest night, Jahovic. Jovan Kostovski plays his football

:47:24.:47:27.

in Belgium, like a couple of his team-mates, for Leuven.

:47:27.:47:47.

The centre half trying to push Macedonia on.

:47:48.:48:13.

What a goal, what a ball from Pandev that cut Scotland open. And it is

:48:13.:48:26.

the man who has just come on who has scored. It is a first international

:48:26.:48:30.

goal for Christophe skee, but it was all Goran Pandev. He has been so

:48:30.:48:39.

quiet in the match but you cannot stop him in that situation, just a

:48:39.:48:42.

genius at work. Christophe it is a right to left, and he just

:48:42.:48:57.

rolls it past Matt Gilks, Kostovski. Brilliant from Pandev.

:48:57.:49:07.

What a ball from the Napoli player. Kostovski had the pleasure of

:49:07.:49:13.

finishing it off. Scotland must try and find another goal in the last

:49:13.:49:15.

few minutes here in Macedonia. Wales are losing to Serbia 3-0, but

:49:15.:49:36.

they have the benefit of the head-to-heads. Wales have two games

:49:36.:49:43.

to go after this, Scotland just the one.

:49:43.:49:48.

They will come looking for another one, Macedonia. They will want to

:49:48.:49:54.

win this game in front of their own fans.

:49:54.:50:33.

A bit of a slap, that goal. Yes, they have been pressing but our

:50:33.:50:43.

performance has been good. We scored when we were having our worst period

:50:43.:50:47.

of the game and it didn't look like we could get a breakthrough, and we

:50:47.:50:52.

scored. But we have sat back. They have got the equaliser, but we don't

:50:52.:50:56.

deserve to lose it. But they are threatening.

:50:56.:51:24.

The Macedonia fans think Scotland are time wasting for a draw here.

:51:24.:51:41.

They haven't managed to get the ball to Anya as much in the first half.

:51:41.:51:48.

Of course, he got his goal in the second half, but he hasn't been as

:51:48.:51:54.

involved. I don't think any of the front four have been. But that is

:51:54.:51:57.

down to them, you have got to complement them as well. Had the

:51:57.:52:00.

chance to kill it off with Maloney. A superb run by James McArthur. He

:52:00.:52:14.

has got a free kick, he was chopped to the ground. It is a pity he

:52:14.:52:17.

couldn't keep his balance. He was trying to stay up, because he has

:52:18.:52:28.

got Naismith that the -- he can poke it too. But he can't keep himself

:52:28.:52:32.

up. The challenge has gone but it was a great chance. Grant Hanley was

:52:32.:52:38.

up there as well. What an opportunity if he could have stayed

:52:38.:52:40.

on his feet. Shaun Maloney has a wonderful

:52:40.:52:47.

opportunity here. Charlie Mulgrew is there as well.

:52:47.:52:58.

It is Shaun Maloney, and it is in! Wonderful from Shaun Maloney! An

:52:58.:53:07.

expert free kick from the free kick master! And Scotland are back in

:53:07.:53:13.

front and looking good, surely, in the final two minutes, for the three

:53:13.:53:17.

points. It looked as though it had slipped away from them. They

:53:17.:53:22.

deserved it after the run from MacArthur. He looked as though he

:53:22.:53:26.

was a certainty to score. Shaun Maloney has so much to do, he just

:53:26.:53:31.

puts his laces through it. He strikes through the valve, it is

:53:31.:53:35.

dipping and swerving but you have to get it in the right area. He puts it

:53:35.:53:40.

into that top corner, he does it for Wigan, and tonight he has done it in

:53:40.:53:44.

Scotland. It looks like it is the winner. We have scored two

:53:44.:53:48.

magnificent goals here tonight. There it was, the technique from

:53:48.:53:52.

Maloney, as beautiful as always, when he finds the net. The man who

:53:52.:53:57.

teed up Ben Watson's FA Cup winner for Wigan back in May has put

:53:57.:54:01.

Scotland back in the driving seat. But there is still more to do. That

:54:01.:54:10.

was Pandev. Pandev certainly involved in that, but the man who

:54:10.:54:13.

scored the goal for them, Kostovski got the final touch.

:54:13.:54:19.

Matt Gilks in no man's land. If he gets it on target, he scores his

:54:19.:54:28.

second. Russell Martin did enough, he was the meat in the sandwich. So

:54:28.:54:32.

three minutes of stoppage time being added on at the end here.

:54:32.:54:46.

It was a cynical foul but led to the free kick, which Maloney duly

:54:46.:54:55.

dispatched. It is Maloney's second international goal. He has scored a

:54:55.:55:03.

few already for Wigan this season, including recently against

:55:03.:55:05.

Nottingham Forest, just before the international break.

:55:05.:55:15.

He has had to wait a long time. I think I mentioned the Faroe Islands

:55:15.:55:24.

game before Paris in 2007. That was his first international goal.

:55:24.:55:38.

Cast of skee has looked dangerous, got the goal -- Kostovski has looked

:55:38.:55:51.

dangerous. But the goal, you just felt that Shaun Maloney was going to

:55:51.:55:55.

do it. Talking about the goal against the Faroe Islands, well, it

:55:55.:55:59.

is a special one tonight. What a goal, it looks as though it will win

:55:59.:56:03.

this match. Wales are trailing Serbia by 3-0 in

:56:03.:56:23.

Cardiff. Scotland are about to come off the bottom of Group A, perhaps.

:56:23.:56:32.

You just know Macedonia are going to get another opportunity, don't you?

:56:32.:56:37.

Let's hope not. I think overall we have deserved our victory tonight,

:56:37.:56:40.

we have played well. Especially that first half. We got two great goals,

:56:40.:56:46.

a lot of good individual performances.

:56:46.:57:07.

Anya has drawn the free kick, and that will do the Gordon Strachan's

:57:07.:57:10.

side. Just four wins in 16 competitive

:57:10.:57:23.

matches, going into this one. Two of those against the 148th ranked

:57:23.:57:25.

Lichtenstein. Naismith was offside from the free

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kick. He and Gjorgioski, a bit afters. -- a bit of afters.

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Not far away from really, truly sealing it. But we have played the

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three minutes from stoppage -- of stoppage time.

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It is a good win, a very good win for Gordon Strachan and his men.

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They opened the scoring after eight horrific first half, into this

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second period, from Ikechi Anya -- after eight horrific first half.

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That was cancelled out by Kostovski after a wonderful ball boy Goran

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Pandev. But Gordon Strachan's men have a victory at the James McArthur

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was upended, Shaun Maloney with a wonderful free kick, bent into the

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top corner, the goalkeeper's top right. That means it finishes here

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with the Scots coming off the bottom of World Cup qualifying Group A.

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That was great to watch, but only part of the equation that gets

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Scotland off the bottom of Group A. The other involves Wales not

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winning. Well, they are currently losing in Cardiff by three goals to

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nil against Serbia. What a performance that was and what a

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night for Ikechi Anya. His first Scotland start, Pat Nevin, his first

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goal. He was brilliant, start to finish. It is a great goal. He has

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smacked it on the half volley. Constantly trying to get behind the

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defence, an absolute star. He will get a nine out of ten in the papers

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tomorrow and he will deserve it. Fantastic for just starting his

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international career. Scotland deserved to win but for one awful

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moment on 83 minutes, it looks like we would have to settle for a

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point. Yes, we can't keep a clean sheet at the moment. It is a great

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ball, I mean that is the quality that Pandev has. Shaun Maloney has

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the win this, and he absolutely knows he has blown it there. You

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need to get your foot in. But what passed, the vision to chip that of a

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defence -- what a pass. It is a difficult one coming over his

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shoulder and he manages to product over the line. You could see Shaun

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Maloney looking in horror with his head in his hands. A few minutes

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later, his arms were in the air. A sublime free kick. Every single

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player knows that when you have made that kind of the state, head in

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hands and he was desperate to get this. We know he is well capable of

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this, he has done it enough domestically. He has not scored

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enough goals internationally, but he and the rest of the team were good.

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He has even taken it back a little bit to that distance so he can get

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it up and down, and that is exactly what he can do. Only his second

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international goal and it is surprising that he doesn't have

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more, when he has that quality. How good was the Scotland performance

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tonight? I think it is the best under Gordon Strachan yet. He has

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had to put it together with a lot of players missing, going all the way

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back to Fletcher, exception. You are beginning to see what it means

:01:29.:01:33.

there, the style of the play that he wants, and the belief that there is

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in the group of players. There is definite belief that they can play

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and the belief they had in the young lad, he has just come into that

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team. Gordon said, give him the ball until he is sick of it and they have

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done it and it is great that you get that belief in the team. The manager

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says give the kid the ball, so keep on giving it him. And it worked a

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treat. That is real progress. Zagreb, Wembley, Friday night, maybe

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not so good, but playing a top quality team, and then 2-1 in

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Macedonia. That was all was going to the be the big one, tonight, to get

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the three points. -- always going to be. The Belgian game would have been

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a bonus but tonight was the yardstick to tell how well we have

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come on and it was a great performance. I think right through

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the team, there were good performances. We kept the ball

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again, we touched on that before, and created some really good

:02:26.:02:30.

openings, even right at the end with Lee Wallace charging up the line.

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And we have got attack minded players. That is what we have been

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crying out for. By the way, Naismith, he was superb upfront.

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Before this we kept complaining, who is going to score the goals? And

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what was it, for goals we had scored before now? Not only did we scored

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two goals, we made plenty of chances, as well. There are two

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aspects about the commitment of tonight, because yes, we have a

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chance of getting off the bottom spot, though there are results out

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of our control that may affect that, but there is also a year's

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time and the kick-off of another qualification campaign. It begins to

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look as if we are getting somewhere. I think the next one at home to

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Croatia is another big step. We have shown that we can now do it away

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from home, Croatia, now Macedonia, and now can be put game plan in

:03:28.:03:33.

place for the con games? The setup seems to work really well for us

:03:33.:03:37.

away, can we experiment and do what we need to do to find something that

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works at home, as well? And finding some good players to add to what

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Gordon Strachan had? He said he was going to have to do that, to look

:03:47.:03:50.

around him and see who can do the job for him. He has brought in

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players that you are not really that we are off and it has been

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fantastic. Obviously Anya is the one we will think of tonight, but there

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have been others, as well. Yes, you have that as well, but we have not

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even had time to... Gilks came on tonight and did absolutely

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brilliantly when we call on him, that was always a worry. We are

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going to a third goalkeeper and he did well, as well. It is only

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Macedonia, by the way, but now we can see the green shoots of

:04:24.:04:26.

recovery. Let's hope we can keep it going until the end of this campaign

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and the next. Thank you to Pat Nevin and the next. Thank you to Pat Nevin

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Craig, Scotland are off the bottom spot of group A, and for a team that

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have been struggling for results, that was pretty memorable in

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Macedonia. Good night.

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