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The anthems ahead of Scotland's last match of 2013. The Tartan Army are

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in Molde following Gordon Strachan and company. Norway versus Scotland

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coming up. Norway against Scotland is live on

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the BBC. Commentary coming from Billy Dodds and Liam McLeod.

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A year of transition for Scotland ends. The curtain comes down on act

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one for the new coach. Gordon Strachan looking at a 4-4-3-2-1

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formation. Pedersen is back to cover injuries. The former Blackburn man

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scored twice the last time the Scots were in this country in 2009. The

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keeper is getting his first cap tonight. The front two have just

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eight between them. It is 4-2-3-1 again for Scotland.

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There is a first skater for Craig -- start for Craig Bryson. Anya is back

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in on the left for his fourth cap. Steven Naismith replaces Stephen

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Fletcher up front. Stephen Fletcher back with Sunderland. Gordon

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Strachan felt he had seen enough of the main striker for the national

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team just now. The officials didn't have to travel too far. They are

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from Sweden. 36-year-old Martin Strombergsson is the referee and he

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has been in charge of top flight games in Sweden for four years.

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There has been some serious lights coming through the national team in

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recent times and they want to end Gordon Strachan's first year on a

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high note. And they're taking on a know wee January -- Norwegian side

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about a year behind the Scots in form and ability. They flopped badly

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in their World Cup Qualifier if Iing Qualifier if Iing group. They

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feignished fourth -- finished fourth. They were just a point

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better off than lowly Albania were the Norwegians. A Scotland win

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tonight would see them win back-to-back away games for the

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first time in six years. They have beaten Macedonia and Croatia away

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before the low-key 0-0 draw with the United States at the weekend. How do

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the Scots approach this game, Billy Dodds? Well full of confidence, but

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it is a difficult pitch. Just looking for another decent

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performance. We have got the momentum and that should see is

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through nicely to the draw for the European Championships in Nice in

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February. We thought Snodgrass may tock in behind, but it is Bryson.

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Snodgrass is out on the right. Scandinavia in mid-November, there

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is much to look forward to before February's euro draw something to

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anticipate. The snow has been falling heavily

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today. Just a few hours ago it was a white sheet out there. There was a

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first touch for Forren who plays his club football here.

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Pedersen the first experienced player in the Norwegian line up.

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Steady defending from Whittaker. Some expected Lee Wallace to start

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tonight. Gordon Greer had a comfortable night

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against the United States. Yes a couple of scary moments. But he is

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on the left tonight and he played on the right the other night. So it is

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another test for him. Two strikers, Gordon Greer and Russell Martin have

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to contend with tonight. Just the second time there has been an

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international here in Molde. The first was back in May 1998, Norway

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beat Saudi Arabia 6-0 in a friendly match ahead of the World Cup in

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France. They were of course in Scotland's group.

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Norway were beaten in Denmark when Scotland were playing the United

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States. They lost 2-1. Both goals they conceded came from crosses,

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headers. Because we only have the lone

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striker, they can push their full backs forward. Hogly on the left and

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the other one. A reasonable ball in there for Marcus Pedersen. He got

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the goal on Friday in Denmark. He is on loan at Barnsley from Arnhem.

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David Marshall earning his tenth cap tonight. What will the conditions be

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like. The snow was falling for most of the morning. It will be a slick

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surface, maybe some bobbling with the snow. But it could be

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energy-sapping, there could be some tired legs at the end of this one.

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That was a foul by Forren on Naismith. Talk about the good job

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Anya has done, but Martin has done well at the back with Grant Hanley.

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He isn't playing. But Steven Naismith has been a revelation - as

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Anya goes for goal! He had the right to do so as well. Almost

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capitalising on a Norwegian error. There was no real pressure and

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Naismith closed him down. It was a shocking clearance. Anya, all he

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needed was the right connection and direction and the ball is in the

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net. But he took it out wide. It ended up going for a throw in

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actually. That cross took an awkward touch and

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Greer did well just to get rid of it.

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Marshall quickly off his line and he had to be because Marcus Pedersen

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was slipped through there. I thought he had the better of Martin. A good

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ball through. To Skjelbred. Pedersen is getting there before Martin and

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Marshall has to react quickly. The wide men come into the pitch and it

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lets the full backs get up the pitch and it is causing us a problem so

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far. Skjelbred has drifted into the central area. He is main lay

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right-hand sided midfielder, the Hertha Berlin man. That was lax from

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Brown, but Kamara was left frustrated as the back door was shut

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by Martin. Cut out at source. That was the

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right back, all the way up at the corner flag.

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A good take. Marshall breathes a sigh of relief. Pedersen with

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another chance and the keeper managed to get something on it. It

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wasn't convincing. Norway have started brighter there is no doubt

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about it. Marshall has collided with Pedersen

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there. There was a couple of awkward balls in for Marshall to deal with

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in these early stages. They get it in. The header comes out from Greer

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and they don't defend it properly. Kamara gets the header on target.

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Not great defending and we're allowing too many crosses to come

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into the box. Pedersen earning his 76th cap. Kamara should be in good

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spirit, his team have just won the Norwegian league title.

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Martin finds Naismith, tried to lock it in to the path of Bryson, who we

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have not seen on the ball yet. A big night for him. He has been in

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terrific form. There are options to the right of

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Naismith. Bryson took the middle. Marshall grabs and for the second

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time. -- grabs on. Great strike through the legs. Do you think we

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have kept the ball that well so far? We have not defended so well.

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The Swedish referee is having none of it.

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Kamara is on the ball. Pedersen, wonderful cross. The first ball in

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the channel for Kamara. Get a touch on, it ends up in a net.

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Lucky for us, Pedersen misses it completely.

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They have settled well, the Norwegians.

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I do not think we have got grips in that midfield. Whittaker is up high

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rooftop -- is up high. We give it away again.

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Norway are under new management. The new manager came in in September.

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The results did not get that much better. This is a long-term budget

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for him. -- project. Perhaps not the right option in the

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and. Bryson just gets rid of it. Not going forward defensively. Hogli is

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in behind him. He is off and running. The coach looks quite happy

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with the way things are going already.

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The former Blackburn man. That is Jenssen.

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He looks more comfortable. His first clean sheet, for this country, David

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Marshall. Tom Hogli again. He is in behind

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Snodgrass here. Cannot quite pull it back as he would like, but it is

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still alive for the inner regions. Marshall takes command of the

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situation. -- the Norwegians. Hogli and Pedersen are causing all kinds

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of problems out there. I think they were both struggling out there a

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little bit. Not quite getting to grips when they have to change, and

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who takes Houma. The Norwegians just get forward and are crossing it

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well. Just coming up to the 17th minute. Going to plan so far. Here

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comes Hogli from left back again. Alan Hutton, the most capped player

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in the Scotland team tonight. This is cap number 58 for him.

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Elabdellaoui, formerly of Manchester City. Elabdellaoui again. Naismith

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has struggled to see the ball in the opening 18 minutes or so.

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We were speaking to the Scottish national coach and his management

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team before kick-off, and it did appear that when they have the ball,

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they can turn the formation quite quickly, with Snodgrass on the right

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and Anya on the left, and Bryson supporting Naismith through the

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middle. The flag goes up and Anya. I did not see him on Friday night. He

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was suffering a little injury and was resting. He was not offside,

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Anya was a bit unlucky. Tom Hogli. It has been a good ten months for

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Gordon Strachan. Started slowly. There were the games against Wales

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and Serbia in March, and two defeats that ruled Scotland out of the World

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Cup next summer. They lost at Wembley to a very fine

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Belgian team in September. It has been mainly positives throughout his

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short tenure so far. Wonderful. As he got the ball to

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match? He does not. -- has he got the ball. He just darted in between

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the two Scotland players. Anya has been switching off and behind them.

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We have to start matching up in those areas. This was the ball. That

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was the running mate as well. A lovely pass, wasn't it? -- that was

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the run made. Elabdellaoui plays in Germany. He did play for Manchester

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City. Naismith was left by Snodgrass. They

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are asking a lot of Steven Whittaker. A quarter of the game,

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and gone, and Scotland cannot really string three or four passes

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together. They looked as though they could eat getting to a period where

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they managed to do that, get a bit more comfortable possession, but it

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has not happened yet. We have to certainly keep the ball, because we

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are playing this formation. They have been threatening so far in the

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match, but that is what we have to do. When we get it, we have to get

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people to keep the ball. We have not done that yet, because as soon as we

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have got it, we have given the ball straight back. Scott Brown says his

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strap is to type. Scott Fox is the substitution

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goalkeeper. James McArthur, Christophe Berra. Conway had that

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great start against the US. Steve Armstrong -- Stuart Armstrong is

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another latecomer to this match. Fired long I Vegard Forren. -- long

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by. Skjelbred. He is asking the question, what else

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could I have done with it? That was snuffed out by Eikrem.

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Snodgrass finds Whittaker. The two Norwich man. Russell Martin, there

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he is. Naismith appears to have fouled

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Jenssen there. Scotland have not really played yet, but we have

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already seen more zip and paste about the game than we saw at

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Hampden Park on Friday. It is because we have had to be solid for

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top it has all been defensive so far. Pressure has put us on the back

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foot. I think we have had to be a bit brighter, a little bit more fast

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paced. The tempo has to go up. Morten Gamst Pedersen Hogly fouled

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by Bryson. Eikrem is over this free kick for

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Norway. Scotland have got everyone back to defend.

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Forren challenging with Brown. Prevents the corner. Norway happy

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with the throw. Forren has gone down in the challenge with Brown. Well we

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have seen that flick out before haven't we? Champions League duty.

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Not saying he should have been sent off, but pet last night -- petulant

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you have to say. He takes a chance every time he does it. It has cost

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him his place in the Celtic team against AC Milan a week tonight.

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Snodgrass losing that dual with Eikrem again. It is a corner this

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time. They're really at it, the Norwegians, putting us under

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pressure. Snodgrass has been caught a couple of times. I think it was

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Pedersen that read the situation, was it it?

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A good header down by Reginiussen. That was just tossed in by ehas been

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Del lieuy. -- a couple of hundred Scotland fans have made the trip

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over. They haven't been spending as much

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time outdoors as they normally do on their travels!

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Anya wins the header and Naismith commits the foul. That was

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frustration as well from the Everton man. Anya does well when that ball's

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on the right hand side. You always want your opposite wide man in the

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box. The ball in again and again there was a freeby for Pedersen. He

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is a striker and he gets himself between Martin and Greer. Again it

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is a good ball in. He shouldn't be in between the two centre halves. A

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better header will punish us. They have been bright haven't they?

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Norway. You see what they're doing, I know

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it's only a friendly, you wonder how they did struggle in their group.

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Yes they were only a point better off than Scotland were in their

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group. They were behind Slovenia, who finished third.

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Morten Gamst Pedersen was prowling. That is hogly back in. They keep

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knocking on the door. He has been a real find hasn't he,

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Anya? Yes, excellent so far. You see so far to have the confidence to

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take that touch in the box. We have seen Snodgrass take a couple and he

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has lost possession. But going forward the matches he has played

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for Scotland have been excellent so far. That goal he scored was the

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standout. They will be concerned that they

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haven't tested the novice goalkeeper, Nyland. He has been a

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spectator really. Both here and Forren the left centre half play

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their club foot pal in Molde, who are managed by the Manchester United

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legend d. That is Solskjaer. I think we have matched up, we will see if

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Snodgrass does go to the right, but Bryson looks as if he is playing

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there now. We have flatten odd out -- flattened out the midfield. It

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looked as if we had switched it there for a moment. Norway are

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almost a front four when they're attacking and they have got the full

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backs in support of that. We never had the experience on the

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pitch to just gauge when full backs are coming, when our full back takes

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their wide midfielder and when our midfielder takes the wide

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midfielder. We weren't communicating quickly enough and their system

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certainly had the better of us. So sit simplifies it for us, man for

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man about the pitch. Anya was fouled by the deferned. -- defender.

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Naismith is asking the referee why there wasn't a free kick a moment

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ago when he was challenged in the air. The referee is still having a

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go at Naismith. That one is a foul. That was Forren.

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Just wondering if back in the studio they might have a look at that

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change and why we did it. An opportunity for the Scots in what

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has been a testing night in Scandinavia so far for them.

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Straight through to Nyland. He finally sees the ball!

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We know Charlie Adam has got better delivery than he produced there.

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A definite free kick. He was caught late. Pedersen on Brown.

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That was a bad touch by Brown, but he managed to bail himself out.

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Marcus Pedersen can't believe the decision has gone against him there.

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It is a fair old lunge. That is a couple from the Norway striker in

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the last couple of minutes. Whittaker can't get it past Eikrem.

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Just breaking down in the final third time and again for Scotland

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tonight. The couple of touches from

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Elabdellaoui that we have seen suggest that he can make a mark at

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Manchester City. It is his third loan spell now in Germany. Forren

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was taken down on the edge of the D there. Pedersen scoops is it over

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with the help of a deflection which has led to a Norway corner. That was

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a decent block in the end, but it was too easy again. Fed into him,

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takes a touch, holds the player off and gets a quick strike. He has not

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got himself a goal yet, but he looks sharp.

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Brown's challenge and the referee is not interested in Norwegian appeals

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that time. A foul by Forren on Naismith. It keeps the pressure off

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again. Is this the kind of game Gordon

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Strachan would have expected tonight? I think so. Just the way

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the Norwegians have gone about it, quite an attacking formation, going

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to put us on that back foot as I was saying. Quick tempo to the game as

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well. It has been mostly defensive from us so far, but we have had to

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defend and we have defended OK. The bonus so far is that we haven't lost

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a goal. Scoring has not been too much of an

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issue for them. There have not been many teams that have been able to

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shut out Scotland in the USA. Only the USA and Serbia amongst others.

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Just five blanks and 25 matches. -- in 25 matches.

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An exchange between Hutton and Pedersen. I am sure it was all

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pleasant. Still at it. I just wonder if there

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has been anything previous between those two before. Hutton is very

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much out of club level. He has not played for Aston Villa since May of

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2012. He played for his old team spurs on that occasion. He had a

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long spell in Spain on his last campaign. He is out of the picture

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at Villa Park. His only appearances this season have come in the

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Scotland shirt. He is a player that Gordon Strachan likes.

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I think changing the formation is stopping our way from doing what

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they were doing for the last ten minutes. It was comfortable for

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Scotland, but it wasn't the case at the start of the match.

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Beaten to it there by Marcus Pederson, and cleared by Martin.

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Skjelbred to Elabdellaoui. They take on Anya here. Left for scale bread.

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Get some space to get the cross him. -- scale bread.

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He is not getting the corner. It was not enough to trouble David Marshall

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in the end. You can see the wall spinning. I thought that was nicked

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off. It cuts across it. Does not miss that post by much, does it?

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Whether Whittaker touched it or not, it was enough to put off the

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Norwegian. He thought his team were in front there just before the

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interval. We're giving it away again. -- Greer.

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Poor attach, the story of the half for the visitors. A good performance

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tonight for Charlie Mulgrew. He has performed terrifically well

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alongside Scott Brown. Almost to the extent that it was the first part of

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the team that Gordon Strachan filled out. Brown and Mulgrew, Mulgrew back

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at his club. Mulgrew and Brown, Champions League level. You just

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think they could play anywhere. They look so comfortable. No stoppage

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time at the end of a trying first half. For Scotland and Norway

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tonight, Kamara, one of the players who have had a glimpse of a goal in

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the opening 45. Scotland have managed to stand firm despite an

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onslaught here in Scandinavia. At half-time, it is 0-0.

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Scotland's last match of 2013 has not been graded viewing so far, has

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it? -- great viewing. My guests are here with me in the studio. We are

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often pretty sharpish in terms of the television show, so we will be

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going into extra time ourselves to add to the reaction that we can show

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you. It will be available on the website at the address you see on

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the screen at the moment for as long as it takes to bring you all of the

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analysis and reaction to tonight's game. Pat, we are used to seeing

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better from Scotland of late. Are they toying with a new system? Our

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players underperforming? It is difficult to know what is wrong.

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Many things seem to be wrong. We have enjoyed watching Scotland, but

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the last four or five games, it has been a job to -- a joy to watch, but

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everything is upside down at the moment. There are quite a few

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players who are having off days. We could make the excuse that the pitch

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is not that easy to play on, but it does not seem to affect the

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Norwegians that badly. At the moment, not a very good 45 minutes

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for Scotland. Should we be bothering about this anyway? Does this affect

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the performance tonight, where Scotland are going long-term? It

:51:13.:51:16.

would be good to keep the momentum going. We have done well in the last

:51:17.:51:21.

few games and it would be a shame to get a poor result tonight. The

:51:22.:51:26.

energy was not quite there. They seem to be in our faces, taking the

:51:27.:51:32.

ball off us and coming forward at will. Scotland were dominating for

:51:33.:51:37.

the first two minutes! The first two minutes were all right for top I do

:51:38.:51:42.

not think we have been in the box since then. All right. At least it

:51:43.:51:47.

is 0-0 for the unsure we can change things after half-time and have a

:51:48.:51:58.

better showing in the second half. The keeper made a mistake here. He

:51:59.:52:05.

had had a chance post up there was a long touch on it. You have to have a

:52:06.:52:12.

go. He has a smash at it. Maybe this is just the one point where we can

:52:13.:52:17.

show what is best about Scotland. Anya has worked incredibly hard and

:52:18.:52:22.

has tried to get the ball rights when it hasn't been right. He has

:52:23.:52:29.

also worked really hard defensively. That has kind of stopped them coming

:52:30.:52:33.

down that area a little bit. But apart from that, there is not a lot

:52:34.:52:37.

else that I would call plus points of stopped -- points. Maybe they

:52:38.:52:48.

have lulled us into a false sense of security. It has been slack

:52:49.:52:52.

Scotland. It has not been great. Some of the first touches have not

:52:53.:52:59.

been great. We have played ourselves into a lot of trouble. I do not

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know, I cannot put my finger on why it has gone so wrong. It is such a

:53:08.:53:12.

simple part of the game. We have not seen passing going right. There has

:53:13.:53:17.

been a lot of pressure. Giving it away easily when you have

:53:18.:53:21.

possession, you have to make sure you do it right. A little bit slack.

:53:22.:53:27.

It has to be more than that. You have to be aware of everything that

:53:28.:53:33.

is around you and know that your team is up for it. The Norwegians

:53:34.:53:38.

are definitely up for it. Even Snodgrass, who has been so good, he

:53:39.:53:45.

has been caught with the ball a few times, and that could have ended up

:53:46.:53:49.

back in the net. This is almost typical. Just straight out of the

:53:50.:53:54.

park. We are generally not like that. We had a long chat during the

:53:55.:54:01.

game, we are not necessarily playing the normal formation, but a

:54:02.:54:07.

different one, and there is almost no-one to pass it to. It is you can

:54:08.:54:13.

cut out a little bit because we are not really on top of it. It is a

:54:14.:54:18.

different system, but it does ossify players different from the team that

:54:19.:54:23.

started on night against the USA. -- but it is also five different

:54:24.:54:32.

players. Everybody knows what is going on. International football is

:54:33.:54:36.

like that, you get a lot of changes from one game to the next, and you

:54:37.:54:40.

go months without seeing each other. They have to be able to go in and

:54:41.:54:44.

adapt to a system that they know. Maybe that has not worked tonight as

:54:45.:54:51.

quickly in the first half, so it was changed at the end. We might see a

:54:52.:54:54.

different formation in this half again. Can we go to if needed in a

:54:55.:55:01.

qualifying campaign maybe not after that. Does the system matter that

:55:02.:55:13.

much? Some of the teams, I think it comes back to... If you set the

:55:14.:55:21.

midfield players and they are giving the ball away too easily, they just

:55:22.:55:28.

come through with ease. Well done, Marshall, coming up here. That was

:55:29.:55:38.

really well read by the goalkeeper. In the rights back area, they have

:55:39.:55:41.

got far too many crosses and opportunities from there. He was

:55:42.:55:50.

trying to play for two touches. You see, he was not trying to play for

:55:51.:55:57.

that. Coming up on the left ear, their best chances for me, I do not

:55:58.:56:01.

know if the -- if you would actually call this a chance, but it was one

:56:02.:56:05.

hell of a cross. If he gets a foot on that, but it is so often that you

:56:06.:56:11.

get the sort of half chances and never get a foot on it and you come

:56:12.:56:15.

down the left with such ease. That was absolutely incredible. It is

:56:16.:56:21.

Anya who is at left back there. This is probably arguably the best

:56:22.:56:26.

chance. There was a little bit of luck there at the end. It just takes

:56:27.:56:35.

it wide. There was no chance. It just makes by the past -- far

:56:36.:56:42.

poster. Marshall is looking pretty scarlet -- solid four Scotland. What

:56:43.:56:48.

is the difference between McGregor and Marshall at the moment? Not a

:56:49.:56:54.

lot at the moment. Allen is injured at the moment. David has come in

:56:55.:57:00.

with his first clean sheet against the USA and is looking to build on

:57:01.:57:04.

that now. He had a really solid start. There is not a lot for us to

:57:05.:57:10.

induce about tonight, but the score line has been on their way, and

:57:11.:57:15.

thankfully, no damage done. That is basically only a positive. It is

:57:16.:57:22.

quite a good thing and the fact that we can do last-ditch defending, but

:57:23.:57:27.

this is not meant to be a back to the wall performance. This is not a

:57:28.:57:30.

team set out to play that way. This is a team that wants to get forward

:57:31.:57:35.

and we just have not been able to do it so far. We have seen the

:57:36.:57:38.

opportunity to get there. I am sure Orden Strachan is scratching his

:57:39.:57:46.

head. -- court in Strachan -- Gordon Strachan. He will try another one

:57:47.:57:53.

for 15 minutes and then there will be another one or two changes as

:57:54.:58:00.

well. The big about it, we ended up doing so much the opposite of what

:58:01.:58:04.

Gordon Strachan genuinely wants his team to do. You want to go and find

:58:05.:58:10.

players. These are just two or three. And that tells me there is a

:58:11.:58:19.

little bit of a lack of belief. The lads have not been doing that

:58:20.:58:27.

recently. We have almost been spoiled by not having it that way

:58:28.:58:31.

for a wild. Under boarding, we have done a lot better come and it just

:58:32.:58:37.

feels a bit poor for us. -- under Gordon Strachan. I just did not feel

:58:38.:58:44.

that that is he -- how he would want his team to play. Not playing for

:58:45.:58:48.

Scotland tonight is probably a good idea. Maybe it enhances your

:58:49.:58:54.

thoughts of value of C Mulgrew and the central area with Scott Brown.

:58:55.:58:59.

-- Charlie Mulgrew. They keep possession so well. Your view of

:59:00.:59:05.

Charlie Mulgrew is a must put up by what is not happening here. Playing

:59:06.:59:11.

together at club level, they know each other's game and they have an

:59:12.:59:15.

understanding between them. It helps when they come into the

:59:16.:59:18.

international football to know what each other will do. They are not in

:59:19.:59:24.

that area where defensive qualities and working together is so

:59:25.:59:29.

important. Because they have that relationship at club level, it can't

:59:30.:59:33.

carry through to the national team, and they are probably -- it can

:59:34.:59:37.

carry through to the national team. Scott Brown, such a valuable member

:59:38.:59:45.

of the Scotland team, but we can do without the petulance, can't we,

:59:46.:59:50.

which got him into trouble during Celtic against Barcelona. Revery

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Celtic fan must look at this and thishgs Scott, have you not learned

:00:01.:00:06.

your lesson. It is not violent bs but it got him a three-match ban

:00:07.:00:12.

unnecessarily. It is unthinkable you can keep doing that. Scott Brown we

:00:13.:00:18.

will rave about, because he is a superb player, he is not missing

:00:19.:00:23.

games, he has got himself fit. Everything says alongside Mulgrew

:00:24.:00:30.

for Celtic are fantastic. But don't do that. It's so naive. That is why

:00:31.:00:36.

we need to flag it up. You can't ignore it. Eventually let's hope it

:00:37.:00:40.

drills home that it is unacceptable at any point. Some people are

:00:41.:00:44.

thinking we are putting a magnifying class over that, but there was a

:00:45.:00:49.

time in football where you could get away with that, because the coverage

:00:50.:00:53.

wasn't so good. But that sort of thing will be picked up. He is

:00:54.:00:58.

already paying the price at club level for exactly that. It is silly.

:00:59.:01:03.

He hasn't done it for such a long time. He has not had many red cards.

:01:04.:01:13.

He is a wee bit frustrated today. Yes and he has lashed out a bit. It

:01:14.:01:20.

is not the worst kick. The guy doesn't need to be rolling about for

:01:21.:01:25.

five minutes. But he runs the risk. Most of the Norwegian threat has

:01:26.:01:30.

come down the left. Yes it seems like a hatchet job, but we are not

:01:31.:01:35.

getting close enough in the full back area. Alan Hutton's not getting

:01:36.:01:39.

a lot of games and he has been playing well for Scotland. In fact

:01:40.:01:43.

he has been playing unbelievably well considering he doesn't get any

:01:44.:01:48.

games for Villa. Part of the problem was the ease in which they were

:01:49.:01:52.

getting crosses. The ball out here, you have got to get closer. We know

:01:53.:01:59.

they're a danger and are getting chances from that side. So you can't

:02:00.:02:04.

stand off and particularly with Morten Gamst Pedersen. He is a

:02:05.:02:10.

fantastic crosser of the ball. In the end we have got away with it

:02:11.:02:16.

until now. We will not get away with it for another 45 minutes. What will

:02:17.:02:21.

the manager's reaction be at half time? I don't think he will be

:02:22.:02:26.

happy. We have seen him on the touchline, he wasn't happy,

:02:27.:02:29.

especially with keeping the ball. They have done it well, they have

:02:30.:02:33.

threaded balls through the middle and I think we have to be braver on

:02:34.:02:39.

the ball to take possession in difficult areas and keep on it. Then

:02:40.:02:44.

we can start to attack. We haven't kept the ball long enough. That will

:02:45.:02:47.

be something he will look to change. That is the his man trashgs that is

:02:48.:02:58.

-- mantra, that is every successful manager's mantra. If he doesn't

:02:59.:03:03.

change the personnel, I hope for Charlie Adam's sake he puts it back

:03:04.:03:15.

to 4-3-2-1 and puts Charlie beside Scott Brown. He was was giving the

:03:16.:03:19.

ball away. It is easier if you're a deeper lying midfielder and are

:03:20.:03:25.

beside Scott Brown and the game is in front of you. Scotland look more

:03:26.:03:30.

comfortable playing that system. Everyone knows their job. I hope it

:03:31.:03:34.

changes back to that and gives Charlie a chance. Because there is a

:03:35.:03:38.

lot of pressure on him. He knows he is not the first choice and he is

:03:39.:03:42.

probably just desperate to do well. I asked Craig this, how much do you

:03:43.:03:47.

read into what is happening or not happening for Scotland, having taken

:03:48.:03:52.

so many steps forward, could this be a significant step back if the match

:03:53.:03:58.

continues like this? It is not a good situation. There have been

:03:59.:04:02.

important games where we have, in competitive games we have done

:04:03.:04:06.

better. I wouldn't panic about it too much. There are a few changes to

:04:07.:04:10.

the team. This is not your first choice team and the ball wasn't

:04:11.:04:19.

being held up. Well as I say, one of the changes will be made. Barry

:04:20.:04:25.

Bannan enters the fray as we return to our commentary team. We saw him

:04:26.:04:33.

go up the tunnel during the half time warm up, Bannan has replaced

:04:34.:04:42.

Bryson. Goalless and the Norwegians will get us under way for the second

:04:43.:04:47.

45. Can Scotland turn the tables, because we were up against it for a

:04:48.:04:53.

lot of first half. Bannan, having started the last couple of

:04:54.:05:00.

international matches. He has been one of Gordon Strachan's first

:05:01.:05:05.

choice picks. On his for his 16th cap in Norway. What have the Scots

:05:06.:05:11.

got in the locker this second half. The 18th meeting between the

:05:12.:05:14.

nations. Scotland have won seven. Snodgrass goes down and it will be a

:05:15.:05:39.

Scottish free kick. Billy Dodds, Barry Bannan on. Yes, yus a natural

:05:40.:05:45.

wide man. -- just a natural wide man. It is unlucky for Bryson. But

:05:46.:05:54.

he is not a natural wide man. The Norwegians have made a change.

:05:55.:06:17.

Hogly is one of the survivors from the 4-1 win over the Scots. Morten

:06:18.:06:26.

Gamst Pedersen is the other. There was just a little header. It

:06:27.:06:59.

is a fierce strike isn't it? Straight at Marshall though. Well

:07:00.:07:09.

held. A clean hit. The substitutes that have on the bench, Bannan

:07:10.:07:16.

wasn't listed on the team sheet. It wasn't until we saw him warming up

:07:17.:07:20.

that we realised he was part of the party tonight.

:07:21.:07:35.

Norway haven't won in their last five, since beating Cyprus in

:07:36.:07:43.

September. A change of fortune in the Aker Stadium in Molde. 11,800

:07:44.:07:52.

capacity here. They are putting an artificial pitch in after this game.

:07:53.:07:57.

The Norwegian league season is over. It has been a heavy pitch tonight.

:07:58.:08:03.

Bannan is back to prevent the corner. Yes he did. Hogli wants the

:08:04.:08:14.

corner. I don't know if he did. The linesman culledn't -- couldn't keep

:08:15.:08:19.

up with him on that far side. A throw in.

:08:20.:08:39.

He must have been delighted to bring Morten Gamst Pedersen back into the

:08:40.:08:50.

squad. He retired from international football 12 months ago. He is back

:08:51.:08:53.

in to cover injuries really. There he is fighting with Bannan. He

:08:54.:09:07.

has -- it has gone against the Scotland player. Here is another

:09:08.:09:11.

change. Craig Conway ready to come on and he will want to banish

:09:12.:09:17.

memories of that miss against the United States on Friday night. He

:09:18.:09:22.

must have been thinking about his goal for Dundee United in the

:09:23.:09:29.

victory over Ross County as he bore down on goal. I think there will be

:09:30.:09:36.

a lot of substitutions in the second half.

:09:37.:09:57.

Pedersen there. Just can't quite get it to bend enough. You see our two

:09:58.:10:07.

central midfielders out of the the play, Brown and Adam. When they pick

:10:08.:10:15.

it up, he just wants to find that far post area. Just can't quite get

:10:16.:10:20.

there. That is the Anya, he is struggling. Craig Conway is the

:10:21.:10:23.

natural replacement. He can just go out on the left hand side. It looks

:10:24.:10:29.

as though Anya's evening is over. Right at the start of the second

:10:30.:10:32.

half. Anya's international year ends earl

:10:33.:10:45.

year than he would have -- earlier than he would have liked. He has

:10:46.:10:48.

been a real find for Gordon Strachan. Craig Conway, a good

:10:49.:10:54.

player on his day as well. But a word on Anya and the impact he has

:10:55.:10:59.

made? Yes, we said that in the first half, he has been a real find. But

:11:00.:11:05.

it is worrying for him that he has picked up a few knock and not found

:11:06.:11:09.

himself in the Watford team because of that, and another injury tonight.

:11:10.:11:17.

It is kind of stop/start for him not just at international level. But

:11:18.:11:22.

certainly a real pros effect -- prospect. A seventh cap for Craig

:11:23.:11:28.

Conway. He is at Brighton just now. He wasn't named in Cardiff city's

:11:29.:11:34.

squad for the English Premier League season as the cross comes in.

:11:35.:11:42.

Abdellaoue with a chance there. But it is Morten Gamst Pedersen again,

:11:43.:11:46.

some of his deliveries, look at the deep areas he is putting it in from.

:11:47.:11:51.

He doesn't even think about it, he just delivers it. Just a little

:11:52.:11:58.

flick header. He got too much on it. Morten Gamst Pedersen is one of the

:11:59.:12:04.

Norwegian players who is fit to put his name like the likes of

:12:05.:12:09.

Solskjaer. A classy player. The hand ball has been given against

:12:10.:12:30.

Bannan. The ball was flighted right across him. It was close to him.

:12:31.:12:35.

That is unlucky. What can you do about that? I know the hand's up,

:12:36.:12:42.

but he is trying to pull it away. A poor decision.

:12:43.:12:57.

Marshall is organising things. Skjelbred is over this as well.

:12:58.:13:09.

Eikrem takes. They're wanting another hand ball off Bannan, this

:13:10.:13:16.

time inside the penalty area. Still nursing an injury from the first.

:13:17.:13:24.

This one he turns hiss back. He has only been on the pitch for eight

:13:25.:13:28.

minutes and he is in the wars, involved.

:13:29.:13:43.

David Marshall made his Scotland debut just over ten years ago, a

:13:44.:13:59.

defeat to Hungary at Hampden. Alan McGregor the first choice, but he is

:14:00.:14:04.

back at his club Hull City. He picked up an injury just before

:14:05.:14:06.

Gordon Strachan named the squad. A similar pattern to that of the

:14:07.:14:56.

first half. Scotland are struggling to make an impression with the

:14:57.:15:07.

Norwegian defence. I do not think they have given us as big of a

:15:08.:15:14.

problem as they did in the first half. You would expect that to

:15:15.:15:24.

happen due to the quality of Gamst Pedersen. Gamst Pedersen tried to

:15:25.:15:34.

slip it through on the right-hand side of the box. He has scored a

:15:35.:15:45.

couple against Barnsley in the campaign. How do we do better going

:15:46.:15:52.

forward? Not too much to shout about in the match offensively. They have

:15:53.:16:00.

got to grips defensively. That has sort of notified them. Almost.

:16:01.:16:13.

Charlie Adam has gone into the book in the interim as well. I think

:16:14.:16:21.

Gordon Strachan would certainly like his team to be a bigger threat in

:16:22.:16:26.

the match. It has not happened as yet.

:16:27.:16:43.

Vegard Forren certainly got on the scene just in the nick of time. That

:16:44.:16:51.

has resulted in the first booking of the night. It does come back. David

:16:52.:17:02.

Marshall, making the save. Marcus Pederson must've thought he scored,

:17:03.:17:06.

and he probably should have. A let off for the Scots. You can call that

:17:07.:17:17.

lucky from Pedersen. As he hits a decent strike, it is too central.

:17:18.:17:22.

Marshall does well. He does some damage and blocks the shot. Strong

:17:23.:17:29.

play by Naismith. That was good. The ball comes in toward Snodgrass.

:17:30.:17:38.

Another important intervention for Vegard Forren. What an opportunity

:17:39.:17:45.

that was just a moment or two ago. Lucky dummy. Abdellaoue just plays

:17:46.:17:56.

it back in. Marshall does well, though. Unorthodox goalkeeping from

:17:57.:18:04.

David Marshall. That will do. Adam could not find Brown. Coming

:18:05.:18:22.

forward at pace. On the right-hand side. It is a Norway corner. He

:18:23.:18:31.

wants a free kick. I think the most important thing is he tracked a

:18:32.:18:45.

runner. He does well, Conway. The guys were highlighting the defensive

:18:46.:18:49.

job that Anya was doing in the first half. Gamst Patterson over in the --

:18:50.:19:00.

Gamst Pedersen over ending our region -- Norwegian corner. A

:19:01.:19:07.

cluster of players. It is headed over by Vegard Forren. He gets

:19:08.:19:13.

himself away from Russell Martin. Just has to keep it down. Marshall

:19:14.:19:31.

was blocked. Second change, who will replace Abdellaoue. Good use of the

:19:32.:19:51.

ball. The pace as well. Scotland's left-hand side will be happy to see

:19:52.:20:03.

the back of him. He is a right back but he can play right midfield. You

:20:04.:20:06.

will get up and down the park as well. A second Linnes. He was in the

:20:07.:20:22.

under 21 final in the summer, European championship finals.

:20:23.:20:32.

Snodgrass. Adam. Naismith. Good little touch for Brown. Scotland

:20:33.:20:43.

make the net! Scott Brown and a Scotland supporters do not care.

:20:44.:20:49.

Firing it into the net, the Scotland giver, the third for his country. --

:20:50.:20:58.

the Scotland skipper. Let's cut to the chase, we have not been good in

:20:59.:21:04.

this game, but you know what? Scott Brown just came out on the scene and

:21:05.:21:09.

just lashed at it. Flies past the goalkeeper. No chance for him. Pops

:21:10.:21:17.

back to Brown. He does the rest. Good strike but it is undeserved.

:21:18.:21:25.

But we will take it! Friendly or not, Scotland have done it tonight.

:21:26.:21:28.

They could have been won down just a moment or two ago. A great strike by

:21:29.:21:40.

Scott Brown. Coming bang on the hour mark for Gordon Strachan's side. It

:21:41.:21:51.

settled now. -- a bit settled now. Great strike from Brown. His 36th

:21:52.:22:01.

apt tonight. -- cap. Norway are looking to respond immediately.

:22:02.:22:05.

Write down the throat of David Marshall.

:22:06.:22:09.

We all know that they had been riding their luck so far this

:22:10.:22:20.

evening. James McArthur will be on in a moment or two of top the

:22:21.:22:24.

Norwegians are about to make another change as well. James McArthur, his

:22:25.:22:39.

15th cap for this country. Abdellaoue has run his team a

:22:40.:22:42.

corner. They will be scratching their heads, wondering, how are we

:22:43.:22:51.

behind the Norwegians? As I said, we will take it. Managed to get it for

:22:52.:23:02.

the corner. Rosenberg is about to come on for Norway Post op -- for

:23:03.:23:12.

Norway. A touch on that, just at the angle of the six yard box. And to

:23:13.:23:25.

Linnes. Poor ball. This changes will be made. Strandberg is on the for

:23:26.:23:35.

Norway. The Norwegian change will be made first. A centre half for a

:23:36.:23:44.

centre half. The Scotland changed is McArthur for Charlie Adam. Like for

:23:45.:23:53.

like. Id. Has given the ball away a lot tonight. -- Charlie Adam has

:23:54.:24:02.

given the ball away a lot tonight. His omentum carries him along. Scott

:24:03.:24:15.

Brown comes in. Names McArthur, on. -- James McArthur, and.

:24:16.:24:23.

International debut for Stefan Strandberg -- James McArthur, and.

:24:24.:24:29.

International debut for Stefan Strandberg.

:24:30.:24:45.

Orton generally placed -- martin generally plays at right back but he

:24:46.:24:55.

is doing a great job. There will be plenty more changes between now and

:24:56.:25:00.

the end. Eight chance perhaps for Kris Boyd -- a chance perhaps for

:25:01.:25:06.

Kris Boyd to come and. Stuart Armstrong, under 21 captain on the

:25:07.:25:17.

substitutes bench as well. First touch of the ball for banning. --

:25:18.:25:38.

Snodgrass goes down. That is a free kick challenge by

:25:39.:25:49.

Vegard Forren. What have you made at the defence? Since we have changed

:25:50.:25:52.

her formation, I think we have looked pretty comfortable

:25:53.:25:56.

defensively. -- changed our formation. Gradually we are going

:25:57.:26:02.

into the game. With our first real attack, we scored. That was a

:26:03.:26:06.

confidence boost. It has all gone our way at this point in the game.

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We look as comfortable as we have ever been in the game. It is a free

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kick for banning. Under pressure from Conway. Away I

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Vegard Forren, who gave away the free kick in the first place. --

:26:31.:26:38.

away by. Norway are trying to make another change here. Another who had

:26:39.:26:46.

a short journey to the Stadium. He is going to come on for Skjelbred.

:26:47.:27:01.

Did not really see too much of him. Skjelbred is off. Daehli is on. His

:27:02.:27:11.

second cap. He is one of the new players for the Norwegians. Starting

:27:12.:27:16.

-- starting from scratch, almost. Snodgrass in the base of Vegard

:27:17.:27:32.

Forren. -- the face. Marcus Pederson was the target.

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Doing the sensible thing. David Marshall, he made that

:27:44.:28:15.

important save from Marcus Pederson just a couple of minutes before

:28:16.:28:21.

Scott Brown but Butland in front. -- Scotland. Temperatures are

:28:22.:28:27.

plummeting in Norway, but the Scotland supporters are enjoying it.

:28:28.:28:39.

Greer is enjoying his time in the setup. He is 33 soon.

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He is sitting more comfortably now. Not for long-he never -- not for

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long - he never does, Gordon Strachan!

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Regardless of whether it is a friendly match, when you're playing

:29:23.:29:28.

a team of a similar standard to yourselves, you're going to have to

:29:29.:29:32.

have some kind of luck and soak up a lot of pressure, regardless of

:29:33.:29:36.

whether it is a meaningful match or not. Yes, and we certainly did that.

:29:37.:29:41.

And we have grown throughout the game and got to grips with their

:29:42.:29:48.

system. The centre halves like a bit more solid than at the start of the

:29:49.:29:54.

game. Then you get the confidence booster of getting that goal and you

:29:55.:29:58.

look not the better team, but so much more solid.

:29:59.:30:44.

A good shout from the keeper. Told Martin to leave it. That's been one

:30:45.:30:56.

of the most encouraging aspeshgts of -- spects of the good run Gordon

:30:57.:31:01.

Strachan has put together, is the defensive area, because they were

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conceding goals. Russell Martin plays right back normally, Grant is

:31:07.:31:12.

not with the squad. Gordon Greer has looked the part. It has sorted a

:31:13.:31:16.

problem that Gordon Strachan had. And there are other centre halves

:31:17.:31:23.

who are keen to get into the team, Mark Reynolds at Aberdeen.

:31:24.:31:33.

It has looked more assured at the back. Yes specially because we were

:31:34.:31:45.

crying out for one twor centre halves to break through. And they

:31:46.:31:48.

have looked comfortable in the last couple of games. Hopefully they can

:31:49.:31:52.

keep another cheap sheet tonight and then you have to look at your

:31:53.:31:55.

keeper, I think Marshall has done well. He has made a couple of

:31:56.:32:02.

important stops and commanded his box. We are looking pretty good

:32:03.:32:10.

defensively. But I don't want to tempt fate too much! He is in good

:32:11.:32:18.

form and playing in the top flight for Cardiff, Marshall. A couple of

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big results against the big teams and the victory against Swansea

:32:25.:32:27.

recently. It is turned wide. Morten Gamst

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Pedersen. Linnes showing he can get forward down that right hand side.

:32:46.:32:54.

Daehli just laying it inside. And just off balance, isn't he? Morten

:32:55.:32:59.

Gamst Pedersen just has to direct it on target. He sort of stumbles on to

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the ball and knocks it wide. He should have been able to take it

:33:07.:33:08.

with the right foot there. Daehli looks a threat on the right.

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He has caused the foot back, Whittaker, a couple of issues since

:33:34.:33:37.

coming on. The manager trying to work out how

:33:38.:34:28.

to get his team back into this. He took over the job from Olsen. He has

:34:29.:34:38.

been rubbing his eyes as to why his team are behind.

:34:39.:34:57.

A bit of defending for the Scots to do in the last 15 minutes of the

:34:58.:35:07.

match. Brown's goal came on 61. Taking no chances with Strandberg.

:35:08.:35:17.

The Scotland boss was asked to come back to the country and the SOS was

:35:18.:35:37.

issued to him from the stands as the Scots went down in Belgium. He has

:35:38.:35:42.

certainly done that in the last ten months.

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The one area of the box there was no one in red, thankfully from a

:35:59.:36:06.

Scottish point of view. Despite the changes, Norway beginning to get

:36:07.:36:10.

back into their passing routine and exert more pressure. We started

:36:11.:36:17.

seeing the full backs getting forward again. Linnes on the far

:36:18.:36:22.

side and Hogli on this side. A couple of crosses. But again

:36:23.:36:24.

Scotland defend it pretty well. Jenssen taken out by Snodgrass.

:36:25.:36:46.

Another set piece opportunity for the Norwegians.

:36:47.:36:54.

Snodgrass picking up his 15th cap tonight.

:36:55.:37:22.

Marshall makes the save from Marcus Pedersen. It is Scot brown who gets

:37:23.:37:30.

caught on the end of that zonal line. The cross field ball catches

:37:31.:37:39.

him going from the central area. Scot brown just -- Scott Brown just

:37:40.:37:46.

back pedalling. It is a decent save from Marshall. Good strong arms.

:37:47.:37:50.

Scotland with a couple of very good keepers on the go, David Marshall

:37:51.:37:59.

and Alan McGregor, not in the squad. Scott Fox of Partick Thistle is the

:38:00.:38:03.

substitute keeper tonight. Not a great ball from Whittaker. He

:38:04.:38:21.

was trying to find Conway. But try as he might, he can't get into the

:38:22.:38:24.

game, the left-winger. A poor ball from Forren. Another

:38:25.:38:49.

change in the offing for Norwegians, they are going to bring Konradsen on

:38:50.:38:56.

in a moment. He plays for Rennes in France. It will just be his third

:38:57.:38:59.

cap. The most expensive export from the

:39:00.:39:21.

new Norwegian champions. A midfielder for a midfielder. ?1.5

:39:22.:39:32.

million it took Rennes to prise him from his club in his homeland. He

:39:33.:39:34.

hasn't seen much action for Rennes. Another promising opportunity.

:39:35.:39:58.

Labd's shot was -- Abdellaoue's shot was blocked. Barry Bannan gets down

:39:59.:40:05.

on this -- done on this near side and het gets caught ball-watching.

:40:06.:40:11.

Abdellaoue gets the shot off. Bannan is reacting too late. He pulled

:40:12.:40:19.

back, Abdellaoue, it is a good block from Greer. When you're in those

:40:20.:40:24.

wide areas, that is why the full backs are getting forward. The wide

:40:25.:40:30.

midfielders really have to switch on. Another Norway free kick, Morten

:40:31.:40:39.

Gamst Pedersen was fouled according to the referee. The final ten

:40:40.:40:44.

minutes in Molde. Norway zero, Scotland one. It has been backs to

:40:45.:40:52.

the walls at times. Scott Brown with his third international goal

:40:53.:40:55.

separating the teams. Just under 10,000 in the stadium

:40:56.:41:12.

tonight. The natives don't get to see the Norwegian national team at

:41:13.:41:17.

close quarters very often. It is the first time since 1998. That is the

:41:18.:41:25.

only other occasion they have brought the national team here.

:41:26.:41:33.

Rangers played here in 1996 and drew 0-0 against Molde. That is the only

:41:34.:41:38.

famous Scottish side that has come here in recent occasions.

:41:39.:42:18.

The bounce not taking it through. It has taken a lot of punishment the

:42:19.:42:27.

pitch over the season. But even just today, because of the amount of snow

:42:28.:42:32.

that's fallen. It has been ripped up and is being replaced by an

:42:33.:42:39.

artificial turf as Conway is taken out of game and that will be a

:42:40.:42:43.

yellow card for Linnes. It is a Scottish free kick. It is level with

:42:44.:42:50.

the six yard line of Norway. A positive run by Conway. He takes him

:42:51.:42:53.

out. Snodgrass's effort is deflected and

:42:54.:43:21.

Brown looked for a second. We saw that move in Gordon Strachan's first

:43:22.:43:26.

game against Estonia. Mulgrew scored from it on that occasion. They did

:43:27.:43:32.

it against the Americans. This time it is Snodgrass is the man who works

:43:33.:43:40.

the area. That would have been the cherry on the cake, wouldn't it?

:43:41.:43:56.

The ball exactly where Scotland want it going into the time six minutes.

:43:57.:44:23.

A poor ball. A very poor ball. Linnes up from right back perhaps

:44:24.:45:03.

not the same delivery ability as the man he replaced in Elabdellaoui.

:45:04.:45:13.

Another change for the Norwegians. Elyounoussi will come on.

:45:14.:45:32.

Tarik Elyounoussi will be on fairly soon. It was going to happen there

:45:33.:45:37.

but the referee did not spot it. Norway are back on the ball.

:45:38.:45:48.

Gordon Strachan said the traditional formation was a thing of the past.

:45:49.:45:56.

In general, we have matched them up since we have got in that shape.

:45:57.:45:59.

Martin. Gamst Patterson -- Gamst Pedersen

:46:00.:46:21.

began. There were no takers at the cross. The angle just against them

:46:22.:46:30.

from the strike. They just gambled on it. A lot of the flexion. You can

:46:31.:46:37.

see the angle is just not there. -- the flexion stopped -- supply chain.

:46:38.:46:57.

That was easier for Marshall to deal with that time, the effort for

:46:58.:47:20.

Abdellaoue. -- from Abdellaoue. Just three minutes left.

:47:21.:47:28.

Norway are trailing Scotland by one goal. The assistant referee's flag

:47:29.:47:42.

is waving manically. I think that was for McArthur. The referee did

:47:43.:47:50.

not spot it but the linesman it. -- did.

:47:51.:48:24.

Hogli has tried to sneak in behind them. It has been a poor 2013 for

:48:25.:48:37.

Norway. A big contrast between then and Scotland. As a mentioned at the

:48:38.:48:41.

start of the match, Norway... This time last year, Scotland one their

:48:42.:48:54.

game. Scotland were in between managers on that occasion. They have

:48:55.:48:59.

come on leaps and bounds in the last 12 months. Job not done for the

:49:00.:49:15.

Scots left. -- yet. Linnes is trying to take Whittaker out of the game.

:49:16.:49:25.

Jenssen's ball drops back. Final minute.

:49:26.:49:35.

Abdellaoue has been the of space -- plenty of space. Another opportunity

:49:36.:49:49.

comes and goes in for Norway. Marshall has been there. When they

:49:50.:49:56.

do get a good connection on it, they do not hit the target, and that is

:49:57.:50:02.

exactly what he has done there. A lovely header by Gamst Pedersen. It

:50:03.:50:11.

is about a foot wide. Four minutes of stoppage time added on by the

:50:12.:50:16.

Swedish referee because of all of the changes that were made to

:50:17.:50:24.

Scotland. The Norway team are full of new blood.

:50:25.:50:36.

Naismith was fouled by Vegard Forren.

:50:37.:51:01.

Scotland are looking at a change as well. They are being readied for

:51:02.:51:10.

action on the bench. This is the first time Conway has been able to

:51:11.:51:17.

have a run down the left flank. He is going to stretch his legs.

:51:18.:51:25.

Not grass was coming back from what he thought was an offside position

:51:26.:51:29.

there. -- Snodgrass. Straight to Naismith. Scotland are

:51:30.:51:42.

going to finish this game off in stoppage time. McArthur does well.

:51:43.:51:52.

Turns it back to Brown. Looking up a bit for Scott Brown here. Scotland

:51:53.:52:01.

have not been able to do that much tonight. Really good at this stage

:52:02.:52:05.

of the game for Scott Brown. Two minutes, Norway, to try to

:52:06.:52:32.

level. Norway has been on the periphery of the international scene

:52:33.:52:40.

in recent times. There has been a good defensive partnership for

:52:41.:52:49.

Scotland. Conway trying to attack Linnes. Looking for Snodgrass at the

:52:50.:52:59.

back post. Picked up by Nilan -- picked up by the goalkeeper. Gamst

:53:00.:53:01.

Pedersen. I do not know if there I will get on

:53:02.:53:25.

until the final moments. That was a foul by Gamst Pedersen. From a

:53:26.:53:34.

Scotland point of view, that re-kick has bought them some seconds to try

:53:35.:53:42.

and see this game out. -- free kick of the -- free kick.

:53:43.:53:52.

I think Gordon Strachan will look at that and think, he plays all over

:53:53.:53:57.

the place in the first half, switch some things tactically, but pleased

:53:58.:54:07.

with the second half. 28 cap for the player who has just come on.

:54:08.:54:17.

Jenssen's long ball. Scotland just about there. Gamst Pedersen, perhaps

:54:18.:54:21.

one last chance for the Norwegians. Norway are going to have a free kick

:54:22.:54:34.

here, deep into the fifth minute of stoppage time.

:54:35.:54:46.

Everyone back behind the ball. Gamst Pedersen, one last leg of his left

:54:47.:54:56.

boot here to try and salvage this game for Norway. I do not manage.

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Scotland have ended what has been a year of transition, a year of hope,

:55:03.:55:07.

with a victory here in Norway. Scott Brown with the only goal of the

:55:08.:55:14.

game. Cooper coming to the fore. -- the skipper coming to the fore. It

:55:15.:55:19.

was these cots he found the net. David Marshall was a hero at the

:55:20.:55:23.

other end as well. The Celtic captain and the national captain

:55:24.:55:29.

with his third international goal. Wonderful, powerful strike. The

:55:30.:55:40.

first year of Gordon Strachan as the man in charge has ended well. The

:55:41.:55:50.

qualification draw will be in France in mid February. For the 14 is a

:55:51.:55:56.

World Cup year that will not feature Scotland, but perhaps the future is

:55:57.:55:59.

bright under Strachan. We will hear from Gordon Strachan as

:56:00.:56:15.

soon as we can. What my guests have to explain it, how did Scotland when

:56:16.:56:20.

that? Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good. That is what it

:56:21.:56:25.

comes down to. We battled and thoughts. We were second best. -- we

:56:26.:56:33.

battled and fought. We had one opportunity and maybe a slight sniff

:56:34.:56:38.

at the other opportunities. If you look at the possession, we were very

:56:39.:56:41.

lucky to get through, but sometimes, you just have to be lucky

:56:42.:56:45.

and believe in yourself and have a decent keeper as well. Scott Brown

:56:46.:56:50.

does not score to many. A valuable one, this one. It is great that he

:56:51.:56:58.

is even out there. He played a little bit deeper. He is supporting

:56:59.:57:05.

the play. Charlie Adam goes forward and Scott Brown hit it. The

:57:06.:57:14.

goalkeeper goes with the one hand. If he went with two that would

:57:15.:57:19.

probably have been a block. The deflection might be the little thing

:57:20.:57:22.

that pushed the goalkeeper off. I still think he could have kept that

:57:23.:57:28.

out. The strike is the important thing. He just gets lots of power

:57:29.:57:32.

and gets his head over it and goes towards the corner. It had in a

:57:33.:57:38.

tough time at various points in the game. A player with experience just

:57:39.:57:42.

does not believe it. He works through it and he did. Another

:57:43.:57:46.

valuable contribution for Scotland tonight was from David Marshall.

:57:47.:57:52.

Absolutely. He has had a few really good saves in the game. A vital save

:57:53.:58:00.

their to keep the score line blank. He did not read it too early or try

:58:01.:58:07.

to cover the wrong side of the goal. He stayed back long enough to manage

:58:08.:58:13.

to get a leg on it. It was unorthodox goalkeeping. That is a

:58:14.:58:20.

really good save. He stayed up long enough to react and get a boot on

:58:21.:58:25.

that. He is in control of this one. He gets a wide and gets it in a good

:58:26.:58:33.

area. That was a great area to get help from the defenders. The

:58:34.:58:40.

important bit is that it is away from goal and it is that the site

:58:41.:58:43.

and there is no chance for a rebound. Two big performances from

:58:44.:58:48.

Scott Brown and David Marshall. Here they are with our correspondent. Is

:58:49.:58:57.

It was a tough match? Yes the lavrds fought all the way. We didn't play

:58:58.:59:02.

the best, but we got the result. Why do you think the performance wasn't

:59:03.:59:05.

as good as we have seen from Scotland? I think the pitch played a

:59:06.:59:11.

big part. It was soft and soggy and we couldn't pass the ball as well.

:59:12.:59:14.

But fair play, they tried to pass the ball about and we gave as good

:59:15.:59:22.

as we got and got a wit of o' -- bit of luck. You will take that every

:59:23.:59:26.

time? Yes, it was one that I just hit and hope and it was a

:59:27.:59:29.

deflection, but it went in and that is all that matters. David, a busy

:59:30.:59:36.

night for you. What was your take on the match? I don't think we played

:59:37.:59:40.

really well first half. They started well in the game and pressed us well

:59:41.:59:45.

and probably a mixture of them playing well and us not playing

:59:46.:59:50.

great first half. But as the second half went on, we got more

:59:51.:59:58.

comfortable and Scott has put the goal awa ge -- away and we have been

:59:59.:00:04.

on a decent run. It is another victory and another clean sheet.

:00:05.:00:10.

Yes, that is we are on a good run of form. The clean sheet gives us a

:00:11.:00:14.

chance of winning games. Maybe didn't deserve the win tonight, but

:00:15.:00:20.

the way the boys hung on, I think it was justified. Looking forward to

:00:21.:00:26.

the draw in February for euro 2016 and hopefully progressing? Yes

:00:27.:00:30.

especially with our form now. It will be interesting any man. Thank

:00:31.:00:36.

you, well done guys. David Marshall had something to do with that cheap

:00:37.:00:42.

sheet -- clean sheet, but there was great chances. Yes on another night

:00:43.:00:49.

we could have lost two or three goals. They missed some good

:00:50.:00:53.

opportunities. That is good goal keeping. He doesn't look favourite.

:00:54.:01:02.

But he is off his line sharp to clear the ball. It is different

:01:03.:01:06.

parts of his game he has had to work on. You say he doesn't always catch

:01:07.:01:14.

the ball. Scott brown mentioned the conditions. Sometimes it doesn't

:01:15.:01:19.

suit to play your style. It didn't seem to stop the Norwegians, but

:01:20.:01:23.

they did have loads of chances. Against a better team, Scotland may

:01:24.:01:30.

have suffered. They could have done. We gave them a lot of chaps and that

:01:31.:01:35.

hasn't been like us. The keeper hasn't had to make any saves,

:01:36.:01:42.

whoever has been in goal. Tonight was an offnight and we probably got

:01:43.:01:45.

away with it the. That is a great chance late on that they should have

:01:46.:01:50.

scored. Is that a Seip of the times for Scotland -- sign of the times.

:01:51.:01:55.

That we can play disappointingly and come away with a victory. That is a

:01:56.:02:01.

long time sips we have been able to do that. It is a bit of luck and

:02:02.:02:06.

also the manager organises the team and now we have six hours worth of

:02:07.:02:11.

play and lost one goal. That will do for us. That is all we have time for

:02:12.:02:15.

for the TV programme. But the chat with us will continue online on the

:02:16.:02:20.

BBC web-site. Join us for that and we will hear from sfrachlt on that

:02:21.:02:25.

as well. Tonight another helping of feel good factor and in the final

:02:26.:02:31.

game for Scotland in 2013, Gordon Strachan's team victors in Norway.

:02:32.:02:34.

Bye for now.

:02:35.:02:37.

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