Gordon Strachan is under no illusion about the task facing his Scotland side in their opening Euro 2016 qualifying match against Germany in Dortmund tomorrow.
Defeating the world champions on their own patch, so soon after their coronation, is a tall order, but Scotland have been known to pull off missions impossible. After beating England at Wembley in 1967, they crowned themselves “unofficial world champions”. “Can we do it?” Strachan asked himself. “Yeah.” “Will we do it?” he added. “Well, the odds are 16-1 according to the telly.”
The Scotland manager will be without Scott Brown, the Celtic midfielder, who has been the side’s driving force of late, but Darren Fletcher is back in the fold and will captain the side.
“I think it’ll take him another couple of months to get back to his best, but what he’s doing just now is more than good enough for Louis van Gaal so I’m happy with that as well,” Strachan said.
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