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North Macedonia national football team
World Cup | Qualifiers
Sep 10, 2013 at 7.30pm UK
 
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Gordon Strachan scared of finishing bottom

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan declares that fear of finishing bottom of Group A will motivate his side against Macedonia tonight.

Scotland manager Gordon Strachan has declared that a fear of finishing bottom in their World Cup qualifying group will motivate his side to give everything against Macedonia tonight.

The Scots have endured a disappointing qualifying campaign, winning just one of their eight games to sit bottom of Group A with just two matches left to play.

Strachan played in the last Scottish side to finish bottom of a qualifying group in 1984 and is adamant that he has no plans to repeat that feat while in charge of the current team.

He told The Telegraph: "I wouldn't like it. I just wouldn't like it, so we have to do our best to make sure it doesn't happen.

"If it does happen, I'll tell you how it feels then but I don't want to think about it. It scares me to think that it would happen."

Scotland have travelled to Skopje without a pair of key players for tonight's clash, with Charlie Adam and Jordan Rhodes both sidelined through injury.

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Group A

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

Group C

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

Group D

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

Group E

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

Group F

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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