:03:11. > :03:25.Auto The coach makes four changes to the side beat at home to Belgium.
:03:26. > :03:46.The Champions League winner Mandzukic is upfront.
:03:47. > :04:05.Stephen Naismith will earn his 25th cap tonight.
:04:06. > :04:13.Mandzukic is a major influence in the team.
:04:14. > :04:20.The fifth meeting between the nations. The third here. Croatia
:04:21. > :04:26.have yet to beat Scotland. Three draws and that solitary Scottish
:04:27. > :04:30.success at the end of last season. The goal scoring hasn't been a
:04:31. > :04:34.problem for the national team. Only Serbia and Belgium stopped that
:04:35. > :04:38.happening in two-and-a-half years. It is keeping them out at the other
:04:39. > :04:47.end that proved troublesome. Can Scotland avoid the wooden spoon
:04:48. > :04:53.tonight? Croatia are here with revenge on their minds. Yeah, I am
:04:54. > :04:59.looking forward to the game tonight, pressure free. The players will go
:05:00. > :05:07.out and express themselves. They finished off with wins and is that
:05:08. > :05:17.because they are finishing off playing without pressure? That's a
:05:18. > :05:22.wonderful take as well by Kalinic. Scotland did just enough to get away
:05:23. > :05:28.with that. Maybe it is that lack of game time
:05:29. > :05:36.you are talking about. Steps forward. There was an excellent
:05:37. > :06:10.chance for Kalinic. Early pressure coming from the
:06:11. > :06:23.visitors. Wonderful skill from Kranjcar. You can see the threat
:06:24. > :06:42.right away of the full backs. It could yet be the worst of the
:06:43. > :06:53.runners-up. And launched into the penalty area by Srna. He doesn't
:06:54. > :07:21.think twice about delivering it into that area.
:07:22. > :07:39.A lovely touch for Scott Brown. Naysmith. The intervention from
:07:40. > :07:43.initially from Mandzukic made the difference.
:07:44. > :08:00.It brings it back to Naysmith and just can't get it on target.
:08:01. > :08:13.Martin. Looking for Bannan again. Scotland are certainly lacking
:08:14. > :08:23.height when it comes to attacking. It is Croatia attacking just now.
:08:24. > :08:31.This is a chance for Croatia. A tackle comes from Anya and
:08:32. > :08:37.unfortunately for Scotland they had enough bodies back. One of those was
:08:38. > :08:43.Hutton and he scoops it clear. I think Hanley and Mulgrew get
:08:44. > :08:49.themselves in some mess. Hanley gets a flick on. Mulgrew tries to
:08:50. > :08:52.recover. There is a severe lack of communication between the left
:08:53. > :09:23.fullback and Hanley. It should have been 1-0 when you see that.
:09:24. > :09:32.It is a good challenge. Mulgrew in the overlap. It does go to Charlie
:09:33. > :09:41.Mulgrew. It is towards Snodgrass. He has done it again!
:09:42. > :09:46.The hero from Southend is a hero and Scotland have stunned the Croats
:09:47. > :09:53.again! And it is all about the quality from
:09:54. > :09:59.chrly Mulgrew. -- Charlie Mulgrew. Mulgrew carries on his run. Naysmith
:10:00. > :10:06.opens it up and waits for the overlap. Everything is exceptional
:10:07. > :10:14.from Scotland. He attacks it. It is an excellent header. There is no
:10:15. > :10:19.chance and Modric starts it deep and he can't defend after it, but we do
:10:20. > :10:28.our bit, that's for sure! Isn't he happy?
:10:29. > :10:39.Naysmith went down. The referee isn't going to give a free-kick, I
:10:40. > :10:49.don't think. They are zipping the better now. They are looking for a
:10:50. > :11:06.second goal. Anya. A safe option. Morrison. Naysmith. And the
:11:07. > :11:15.woodwork. It would have been two 2-0. Mulgrew. What a vital pitch
:11:16. > :11:27.that is because that's flying in the bottom corner. What a great save!
:11:28. > :11:30.Pletikosa, the 34-year-old, down and low to make the save from Snodgrass.
:11:31. > :11:57.Naysmith wins it again. Snodgrass. Barry Bannan. Can Morrison pick
:11:58. > :12:03.someone out? He found Bannan again. Hutton. To Brown. He tried to work
:12:04. > :12:09.it back out to Barry Bannan. It looked like it might fall for
:12:10. > :12:13.Scotland there. There is a foul on Modric again. They look as if they
:12:14. > :12:17.don't like being on the back foot, Croatia, especially when Scotland
:12:18. > :12:22.get into wide areas and get the crosses in the box. You can see
:12:23. > :12:27.there, we can get it in areas that hurt them. We just can't get our
:12:28. > :12:32.final delivery on that occasion, but really good play all around.
:12:33. > :12:37.It has been as well Scotland played at Hampden Park in a long time,
:12:38. > :12:45.isn't it? Yeah, especially at home. It would be nice to finish off with
:12:46. > :12:49.a win. At the start, Croatia were forcing us back and they have really
:12:50. > :12:56.grown into the game. We look as if we can get right at them. The win is
:12:57. > :13:13.not assured. The confidence has grown as the game went on.
:13:14. > :13:26.A good turn by Kalinic. Kalinic just feeds it wide and Kalinic just runs
:13:27. > :13:31.into the box. Vaouk Vukojevic wants it to end up in the net.
:13:32. > :13:39.The Scotland fans who made the trip to the national stadium are very
:13:40. > :13:52.happy with the way the game has gone.
:13:53. > :14:18.This is a better build-up from Croatia.
:14:19. > :14:27.As good as we have seen from Scotland at Hampden Park for a long,
:14:28. > :14:36.long time as Robert Snodgrass heads up the tunnel having given Gordon
:14:37. > :14:40.Strachan's team the lead. The header from the Mulgrew cross. It is
:14:41. > :14:48.half-time at Hampden Park. It is Scotland one, Croatia nil.
:14:49. > :14:58.Scotland looked reasonably comfortable so far. Croatia have
:14:59. > :15:31.never beaten Scotland. Snodgrass and Hampden Park dreaming.
:15:32. > :15:37.Well, it will feel like a result given the turmoil that went before
:15:38. > :15:45.and they are on the offence early in the second half. Yeah, the pass and
:15:46. > :15:50.he picks up a handball. It was Snodgrass firing it through.
:15:51. > :15:57.He has been booked and that would mean he would miss the first leg of
:15:58. > :16:17.Croatia's play-off. It is Bannan.
:16:18. > :16:20.It is disappointing. There was plenty of power on it, but it is
:16:21. > :16:27.always on the way up and can't get it down quickly enough. He won't be
:16:28. > :16:31.taking a the next one, will he? He is note taking a. What would he have
:16:32. > :16:34.had to say to his players at half-time? Just keep it going. Just
:16:35. > :17:02.make sure we don't get murdered. Typical Brown. Anya. He picked out
:17:03. > :17:07.Bannan. Anya and Snodgrass and Naysmith wait in the middle. He gets
:17:08. > :17:12.it to Hutton and the challenge comes to Scotland and it will be the first
:17:13. > :17:18.corner kick of the night. Morrison, that was the pass, but just delayed
:17:19. > :17:24.that to Anya and that freed up Bannan. Both Croatian players go
:17:25. > :17:34.from right to left, but it is a vital block against Hutton. Good
:17:35. > :17:51.defending in the end. Barry Bannan to deliver. It looked like punch,
:17:52. > :17:55.but he got away with it. That was a nervous moment because he was
:17:56. > :18:03.embarrassed and I could see he was struggling a little bit. But he got
:18:04. > :18:12.a bit of the ball and managed to knock it back. He has come along way
:18:13. > :18:19.since that first-half against Wales here.
:18:20. > :18:31.It is a free-kick. No matter what Brown says. Yeah, Brown is telling
:18:32. > :18:35.him that your call got the free-kick. When you see that again,
:18:36. > :18:41.Martin is showing his studs. It came through to McGregor from
:18:42. > :18:49.Modric. We know he packs a punch. He has a good strike on him, but that
:18:50. > :18:58.won't trouble McGregor. Hutton. That's Bannan. Al Anya, a little bit
:18:59. > :19:19.of time to control. Looking for a Teammate. Morrison didn't catch it.
:19:20. > :19:24.It is a descent cross in. It managed to slip it through. A real chance
:19:25. > :19:36.for the leveller, but he can't take it. And just a touch too far. It
:19:37. > :19:42.started by McGregor's poor kick out. Just a poor ball. He took it
:19:43. > :19:48.probably a yard too far on his right foot as well and tried to force it
:19:49. > :19:53.in at the angle. McGregor does just enough, but it is a good chance, but
:19:54. > :20:14.it is not taken. There is that touch. It is really poor for
:20:15. > :20:33.somebody of the quality of standards.
:20:34. > :20:39.That is zipped in and flicked over by Mandzukic. He should be doing
:20:40. > :20:57.better. Good pressure again from Hanley. Neigh smit has done a really
:20:58. > :21:10.good job tonight. Snodgrass and finds Bannan. And a penalty. It is
:21:11. > :21:17.the tricky Anya again brought down by Vida and Scotland have a chance
:21:18. > :21:20.for a second goal! That was positive from Anya. There is nothing in the
:21:21. > :21:26.ball. I think that's a penalty. The correct decision from the referee.
:21:27. > :21:34.Better angle. No touch of the ball and takes Anya out. A clear penalty.
:21:35. > :21:39.Well, well, well, the final 18 minutes of the game and Barry Bannan
:21:40. > :21:43.who is yet to score for his country has the chance to do so from the
:21:44. > :21:49.spot! What a moment for him!
:21:50. > :21:54.He wunds tried to wrestle a spot kick off Darren Fletcher. Fletcher
:21:55. > :21:59.overruled him. The spotlight, the limelight, firmly
:22:00. > :22:10.on Barry Bannan now. And a chance for a second goal on the night. It
:22:11. > :22:18.is saved, but it goes in. Steven Naismith with just his third
:22:19. > :22:23.goal for his country might have just beaten Croatia in this campaign, a
:22:24. > :22:34.horror campaign to end on the brightest of notes.
:22:35. > :22:41.Bannan goes to his left. Naysmith gets off. Take nothing away from
:22:42. > :22:48.that man. He is loving that. He certainly showed the instincts
:22:49. > :22:54.there. He doesn't look too happy, but he will be delight. Scotland
:22:55. > :23:07.lead the top seeds. If only this was the start of the campaign. Those two
:23:08. > :23:19.horrible results against the Welsh coming home to roost. The ifs and
:23:20. > :23:30.buts, of course, if it was two games the other way, Scotland would have
:23:31. > :23:38.been in the mix for a play-off spot. Anya dragged the ball on to his left
:23:39. > :23:43.foot. It almost fell to Naysmith again. It is swashbuckling out there
:23:44. > :23:55.and the Scots are loving it. They are down to ten at the moment
:23:56. > :24:01.because Anya is on the deck. Naysmith plays on. It was a great
:24:02. > :24:06.tackle. They are going to find space. They are going to have to get
:24:07. > :24:14.a goal back and really open up and that's going to leave them exposed
:24:15. > :24:22.because you can see here. Snodgrass who scored earlier, he has a new
:24:23. > :24:27.daughter as well. All thanks to that. Heading home the Mulgrew cross
:24:28. > :24:36.and he got the winner against Croatia last time and he got the
:24:37. > :24:42.first tonight and he is replaced by James McArthur.
:24:43. > :25:11.A lovely ball. He is still smiling. It does look as though they are
:25:12. > :25:23.heading for the play-offs. That's another foul on Stephen
:25:24. > :25:36.Naysmith. I am not sure about that at all.
:25:37. > :25:53.Hanley has been solid tonight. A sigh of relief. Naismith or Hutton
:25:54. > :26:07.got the final touch on to that. We are into the final few minutes.
:26:08. > :26:12.Ambitious. They will take that all night if that's all they can offer.
:26:13. > :26:28.30 yards out. He did well to beat McGregor.
:26:29. > :26:37.And towards Naysmith. Scotland are threatening to score again. He freed
:26:38. > :26:57.himself up well tonight, Naysmith. A good ball in by Dorrans.
:26:58. > :27:15.Modric. Another mistake from the Real Madrid man. Can they add some
:27:16. > :27:20.gloss on to it? It doesn't look as if they can. Scotland were the first
:27:21. > :27:31.nation knocked out, but they are a team in recovery. There is so many
:27:32. > :27:35.green shoots just now. Finally, the 2014 World Cup qualification
:27:36. > :27:39.campaign can be consigned to the history books. It will still be
:27:40. > :27:45.remembered as one of the worst ones in that Scotland participated in.
:27:46. > :27:53.There has been so many positives in Gordon Strachan's nine months.
:27:54. > :27:57.Gordon Strachan will spend the next year preparing the players for the
:27:58. > :28:05.2016 European qualifiers will be made in Nice on February, 23rd.
:28:06. > :28:09.Naysmith knocking home the Barry Bannan penalty that was saved. The
:28:10. > :28:18.headlines will make quite a reading for Gordon Strachan and his men
:28:19. > :28:22.tomorrow. Scotland 2, Croatia nil. A fantastic result. Apologies for
:28:23. > :28:29.the lack of sound at the start of the programme. You didn't miss much!
:28:30. > :28:37.I am sure that sentiment was felt by the Scotland manager, Gordon
:28:38. > :28:40.Strachan. He spoke to Alistair Lamont. I asked you beforehand what
:28:41. > :28:44.it would mean to you to bring that home win to the fans. You have done
:28:45. > :28:48.it. How does it feel? As a manager, you don't get too excited as the
:28:49. > :28:52.players do. The players are enjoying themselves and rightly so. It is not
:28:53. > :28:57.just what you have seen there, they have had to put a lot of work and
:28:58. > :29:00.hours in the last few get togethers and this week it has been hard
:29:01. > :29:04.training and we have decided that's what we have got to do. They can't
:29:05. > :29:08.rest and hope they get better and they did things out there that they
:29:09. > :29:15.have taken from the training ground and their ability and determination
:29:16. > :29:20.made things we wanted happen. Guys, congratulations. Have you had a
:29:21. > :29:26.better week? Yes. It started off stressful and stuff. The baby was
:29:27. > :29:30.over due and different things like that and we cap it off with a goal
:29:31. > :29:33.and I dedicate the goal to my daughter, she was just born, but the
:29:34. > :29:36.main thing here was three points and delighted with that.
:29:37. > :29:42.Stephen, it looks like Gordon Strachan seems to get the tactics
:29:43. > :29:45.spot on? Yes, I think we have great quality of players in the squad and
:29:46. > :29:49.we have had to believe that. We have had to gamble and play the forward
:29:50. > :29:53.passes and get us further up the park and that's the biggest thing
:29:54. > :29:57.the manager wanted us to do and the two performances against Croatia and
:29:58. > :30:02.the other per fixed-termonses has shown us that. It is a building
:30:03. > :30:06.progress so we will finish this campaign off brilliantly.
:30:07. > :30:10.You are not getting carried away, but the passion of the fans will
:30:11. > :30:15.think that having two wins over Croatia we can go on and achieve
:30:16. > :30:19.something in euro 2016, can we? We have to deal with pressure of
:30:20. > :30:21.winning games after not winning games. With he have done that. We
:30:22. > :30:25.have dealt with that pressure. That's the hardest pressure. Now we
:30:26. > :30:33.have to deal with expectation which is great. If you said to us about
:30:34. > :30:39.five games ago, "When you play Croatia and you play the final game.
:30:40. > :30:44.If the pressure then is expectation, we take it? Of course, we will take
:30:45. > :30:49.it. Can this give us the confidence that the euro 2016 team can be a
:30:50. > :30:53.prospect? Croatia are a great side and we have done well against them
:30:54. > :30:59.at home and away. We are not going to get carried away. There is great
:31:00. > :31:04.positives there. As Stephen says, we need to keep building and Gordon
:31:05. > :31:09.Strachan is the man in place and he has got us in the right way.
:31:10. > :31:15.And you have got to go home and change some nappies now? Yes!
:31:16. > :31:21.Scotland fans are happy. Let's look at the other results from Group A.
:31:22. > :31:30.This is how it looks. A good result for Wales away to Belgium.
:31:31. > :31:36.Serbia thumped Macedonia 5-1. What does that mean for the final Group A
:31:37. > :31:41.table? Belgium finish top of the group and Croatia, despite the
:31:42. > :31:45.defeat in Glasgow this evening, our runners-up will go into the play-off
:31:46. > :31:49.draw on Monday. The fear was Scotland that might finish bottom.
:31:50. > :31:54.We have not. We are fourth ahead of Wales and Macedonia and that's
:31:55. > :32:00.better news than we may have had otherwise.
:32:01. > :32:06.A good result this evening, guys. Pat, was this the best Scotland
:32:07. > :32:14.performance of the campaign? It got steadily better. It is a campaign of
:32:15. > :32:20.two halves. It started badly, but nine points out of twelve and
:32:21. > :32:27.against Croatia, they are a good side. People will say Croatia
:32:28. > :32:31.weren't at their best, maybe they have not qualified, they are in the
:32:32. > :32:35.second place. But I thought they played well and they hell on well.
:32:36. > :32:40.We got the tactics right. Craig, how impressed were you by
:32:41. > :32:44.Scotland? We were really good. We are going into this without a home
:32:45. > :32:50.win the entire campaign and to get that mopgy off our back was a --
:32:51. > :32:55.monkey ouf our back was an important thing. Our home performances haven't
:32:56. > :33:01.been great. We have come across a system that seems to work and we
:33:02. > :33:08.have got a great home result now. It was a descent start for Croatia.
:33:09. > :33:13.In the 27th minute, a breakthrough for Scotland. How impressed were you
:33:14. > :33:19.by the goal? I want to show you something. We play the ball forward.
:33:20. > :33:27.They go forward. Look at where Anya is. He is chasing Srna. That's all
:33:28. > :33:31.very well him doing that, but what are you going to do going forward?
:33:32. > :33:36.You have created a big gap for us to break into. That is a great piece of
:33:37. > :33:44.play. That is a perfect pass and you don't get a better cross there. And
:33:45. > :33:48.I just think all in all, that's a brilliant goal and we were committed
:33:49. > :33:50.to the game more and more at that point.
:33:51. > :33:54.It seemed like a really classy moment of play this Craig? Yes,
:33:55. > :33:59.everything about it was fantastic. We have the run on the defender and
:34:00. > :34:03.Snodgrass and he is over the back of him as he is entitled to do. The
:34:04. > :34:08.defender might be looking for his goalkeeper to come and give him a
:34:09. > :34:12.hand out. It is beyond the middle of the goal. It is possible he could
:34:13. > :34:16.have tried to get a hand on Matt and he stayed in his line and there is
:34:17. > :34:25.only one place it is ending up and that's in the net.
:34:26. > :34:30.A great header from Snodgrass and he is a new dad. Scotland had their
:34:31. > :34:35.tails up and Snodgrass once again, Craig, could have made it 2-0 soon
:34:36. > :34:40.after?after? It was Ades, excellent move. Being patient as well and
:34:41. > :34:53.getting it wide and it does get put into the striker's feet. It is Scott
:34:54. > :34:56.Brown who finds himself up there. He had Naysmith talking about being
:34:57. > :35:00.positive going forward. The weight is perfect for Snodgrass to go and
:35:01. > :35:10.hit first time. It is an excellent save to keep it out.
:35:11. > :35:13.This little tap with Scott Brown, that's world-class. It doesn't look
:35:14. > :35:23.like much, but that's world-class and by the way, it doesn't look bad.
:35:24. > :35:28.That's a really sharp save by the goalkeeper. We will be talking about
:35:29. > :35:33.another save from the penalty. First of all, I have to say, Pat, was it a
:35:34. > :35:39.penalty for Scotland? I have to say when I saw it first, I didn't think
:35:40. > :35:48.so. But the moment I watched it from the other angles, this is Anya, he
:35:49. > :35:52.is attacking Srna and this angle shows you something. He put his body
:35:53. > :35:55.between the ball and the player. Does he get a little bit of ball?
:35:56. > :36:01.Maybe so. He gets the player as well. It gave us that opportunity.
:36:02. > :36:07.What about this penalty? Was it a poor penalty from Bannan? It is good
:36:08. > :36:12.height from a goalkeeper. The keeper has a chance of saving that. And he
:36:13. > :36:17.has done. If you can get away it as a goalkeeper, you try and get away
:36:18. > :36:20.with it. If we missed the rebound, we would be talking about that, but
:36:21. > :36:23.it was great following up from Naysmith to be inside the six yard
:36:24. > :36:28.box to tuck that away. Naysmith, he chased everything. He
:36:29. > :36:33.held the ball brilliantly. He won more balls than the others. His
:36:34. > :36:38.energy was fantastic. His attitude is the attitude you want Fred every
:36:39. > :36:42.single -- from every single Scottish player. Look at Barry Bannan there.
:36:43. > :36:51.That was a great moment. Does Naysmith have a future? 100%.
:36:52. > :36:56.No worries at all putting him up. He holds the ball brilliantly. He is
:36:57. > :36:59.willing to go beyond. He is a good goal scorer as well and he is
:37:00. > :37:17.defending from the front. I thought he was superb and happy to be up
:37:18. > :37:24.there. Anya? He goes with Srna and he runs
:37:25. > :37:31.away from Srna. You are talking about a top, world-class fullback
:37:32. > :37:34.here. Look at the ball here. He is left-back again. He saved us. That's
:37:35. > :37:40.our winger. That's our flying winger. He kept on doing that time
:37:41. > :37:44.and time again. Gordon Strachan has got in his head and what height is
:37:45. > :37:48.he? Right in there. You are not asking him to do that. He is a
:37:49. > :37:52.strong player? He is a strong player. But the defensive stuff, he
:37:53. > :37:56.did it brilliantly. Going forwards... Going forward, he is a
:37:57. > :38:00.threat. It was great work rate from him all night. He came off near the
:38:01. > :38:06.end. He put in some amount of effort and going in both directions and we
:38:07. > :38:09.were talking about perhaps he was a player against the teams you were
:38:10. > :38:13.trying to break down. He can play against anybody and do the defensive
:38:14. > :38:23.role as well as he can do the attacking role and here he is taking
:38:24. > :38:30.a on the fullback. Is he with Scotland for the few? He is a great,
:38:31. > :38:34.great fullback. He loses the ball, but he goes for it again. He has the
:38:35. > :38:38.pace and the power to go for it again. He almost gets a corner. I
:38:39. > :38:45.could not see one weakness in his game tonight.
:38:46. > :38:54.Croatia have a tough time. Their coach has offered his resignation to
:38:55. > :38:59.the Croatian FA. Has much changed with Scotland? The performances and
:39:00. > :39:04.results have. It is hard to work out the discernible elements. What's
:39:05. > :39:10.Strachan done that made us a better side? Well, Craig said to me
:39:11. > :39:14.earlier, and he was spot on. What did they have to buy into? The work
:39:15. > :39:17.rate has to be good and emp has to be in a group together and the
:39:18. > :39:20.technical things, but the shape is important. At home, we have got one
:39:21. > :39:25.man upfront, but it is everyone behind that. When you lose a ball
:39:26. > :39:29.and you are not in possession, everyone has to do the right thing.
:39:30. > :39:37.Look at it here. Freeze it here. There is five in the mid-field. Anya
:39:38. > :39:43.is back there and so is Barry Bannan. How hard is it to get
:39:44. > :39:50.through that five? Naysmith is creeping into the picture as well.
:39:51. > :39:53.Naysmith would go and chase and you have ten out field players working,
:39:54. > :39:56.chasing, closing down when they haven't got the ball and the
:39:57. > :40:00.important thing is when you have got the park, be comfortable on it, hold
:40:01. > :40:06.the ball. Believe in yourselves. It has to have that working together.
:40:07. > :40:10.Gordon has got that happening in a very short period of time and he has
:40:11. > :40:17.to keep it going. Yes, suddenly we are seeing green
:40:18. > :40:25.shoots of recovery and Gordon Strachan doing great things. As we
:40:26. > :40:30.look ahead to euro 2016, how hopeful are you? It is easy to get carried
:40:31. > :40:34.away, of course, after a couple of good results? How hopeful should we
:40:35. > :40:39.be? We should be hopeful. We are nine points from the last 12
:40:40. > :40:41.available is a good place to start from. It will give us a lot of
:40:42. > :40:50.confidence. This was a -- shot in the arm.
:40:51. > :40:54.Robert Snodgrass gave us victory and we thought that things could get
:40:55. > :40:58.better? With the new manager coming in, we knew we weren't going to
:40:59. > :41:03.qualify. Once the pressure was off, we started to play a little bit.
:41:04. > :41:06.From doing that, our confidence has come back and when we get on the
:41:07. > :41:09.ball and pass it around like we did a few times in the first-half, we
:41:10. > :41:14.created good opportunities going forward and the last few games as
:41:15. > :41:18.well, we have been more solid at the back, but not just the back. The
:41:19. > :41:21.compact mid-field to stop teams playing through the middle of us has
:41:22. > :41:24.really helped us and we are looking like a descent international side
:41:25. > :41:31.again. 24 teams will qualify for Europe
:41:32. > :41:34.2016. That's almost half the team in Europe. Do you think Scotland will
:41:35. > :41:41.be there? I hope so. We have to bring through as many players as we
:41:42. > :41:46.can. He found a few players. Anya is important. I am trying not to go on
:41:47. > :41:53.about it him all the time! He changed the dynamic. It is not just
:41:54. > :41:59.about Anya. Anya came on the scene and made a difference. We might need
:42:00. > :42:04.a few others as well. We might need some of the youngsters, the
:42:05. > :42:08.Fletchers coming back would be handy, but maybe a couple of the
:42:09. > :42:12.youngsters up at Dundee United. Get them coming through together and we
:42:13. > :42:18.have got a chance going through, but yeah, working this play -- looking
:42:19. > :42:23.at it like this, playing like that, yes. We have got this win tonight,
:42:24. > :42:28.fantastic result, but until the qualifiers, it is all friendlies and
:42:29. > :42:32.we won't be playing competitive matches until well into next year.
:42:33. > :42:37.Is that something Gordon Strachan will need to work out how to tackle?
:42:38. > :42:40.Yes, I think so. He will have time experimenting with who is going to
:42:41. > :42:42.go into that campaign. That's a long time in football. There will be
:42:43. > :42:47.injuries. There will be different players coming into t squad and
:42:48. > :42:51.people's form will go up and down. There is time to build towards that,
:42:52. > :42:56.but he will experiment with a few friendlies and get a few people in,
:42:57. > :42:59.but he has a nucleus there of a good squad if he can keep everybody fit
:43:00. > :43:03.and Scott Brown coming in for the second half of the campaign helped
:43:04. > :43:05.in the mid-field area. If they can keep everybody fit and keep that
:43:06. > :43:11.bunch together, we will give ourselves a good chance.
:43:12. > :43:15.Which players would you like to see Gordon Strachan bring in
:43:16. > :43:20.particularly? I heard Gordon talk about it early on in the week and
:43:21. > :43:29.young players can look really good early on and the lads up at Dundee
:43:30. > :43:32.United are young, but you can come through as well. Hibs have Harris.
:43:33. > :43:36.These are boys that can come through, but it might take a couple
:43:37. > :43:40.of years, but as long as we have got a production line, we can look in
:43:41. > :43:46.the background and see they are coming through. None of us didn't
:43:47. > :43:51.see Anya coming through. There might be two or three more that he can get
:43:52. > :43:57.and get the best out of them. I am getting confidence in the changes
:43:58. > :44:01.like putting Mulgrew beside Scott Brown. I didn't see that and it is
:44:02. > :44:05.working great for Celtic and Scotland as well. But when he is not
:44:06. > :44:10.needed and needed at fullback he can do that. The adaptability of the
:44:11. > :44:14.players is fantastic as well, but our goal scorer, if Naysmith can
:44:15. > :44:19.start scoring goals we are capable of doing it. Bring back Stephen
:44:20. > :44:23.Fletcher. We are close, but we are trying hard not to get carried away
:44:24. > :44:33.and Gordon will get angry with us if we do!
:44:34. > :44:38.Let's get up-to-date with the results:
:44:39. > :45:05.Let's start with the Group A. Who will go through to Brazil 2014?
:45:06. > :45:20.In Group C, Germany and Sweden fought a real humdinger.
:45:21. > :45:34.Sweden about go into the play-offs. In Group D, Holland are assured of
:45:35. > :45:39.top spot. Romania leapfrog Turkey after they beat toes tonia --
:45:40. > :45:45.Estonia. Is auto land are in second place
:45:46. > :45:49.after they drew 1-1 with Norway. In Group F, Russia go through as
:45:50. > :46:04.group winners. Portugal will have to make do with a play-off round.
:46:05. > :46:06.In Group G, what a result for Bosnia -Herzegovina. Greece are into the
:46:07. > :46:27.play-off draw. And finally, Group I, Spain were
:46:28. > :46:31.winners over Georgia and France were winners over Finland. That means
:46:32. > :46:36.that Spain the World Cup holders, of course, they go through to the World
:46:37. > :46:44.Cup, Brazil 2014 automatically. France go into the play-off on
:46:45. > :46:51.Monday, but they will not be seeded. Well, that's it in terms of Sports
:46:52. > :46:59.Scene for this evening. But we are back soon. On Saturday, we are back
:47:00. > :47:05.to premiership business. ??LINEBRE On Sunday, I'm back with
:47:06. > :47:12.highlights of the week action at 10.25pm and on BBC One.
:47:13. > :47:16.My pAntion to Pat -- thanks to Pat and Craig. That's it. The campaign
:47:17. > :47:23.is over for the eighth tournament in a row Scotland will not be there,
:47:24. > :47:29.but there are signs of improvement. France 1998 was our last major
:47:30. > :47:32.tournament. Maybe France 2016 can be our next tournament. For the moment,
:47:33. > :47:39.it is good night.