Scotland 3-1 Ukraine
Euro 2008 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Sat 13th October 2007
15:00
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
Att: 51,366
Miller(3)
McCulloch(10)
McFadden(68)
C Gordon
A Hutton
G Naysmith
S McManus
D Weir
B Ferguson(C)
S Pearson
L McCulloch (C Dailly 60)
K Miller
S Brown (S Maloney 76)
J McFadden (G O`Connor 80)
Manager:
Alex McLeish
FIFA Ranking: 14
Shevchenko(24)
O Shovkovskiy
V Yezerskiy
O Kucher
D Chygrynskyy
A Nesmachniy
O Gusev (R Rotan 46)
A Tymoschuk (O Shelayev 73)
A Vorobey (S Nazarenko 62)
O Gladkiy
A Voronin
A Shevchenko
FIFA Ranking: 17
Key: Goals Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Craig Gordon (Sunderland) | (27 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 2 | Alan Hutton (Rangers) | (5 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| 3 | Gary Naysmith (Sheffield Utd) | (37 Caps) | Age: 27 | ||
| 4 | Stephen McManus (Celtic) | (9 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 5 | David Weir (Rangers) | (59 Caps) | Age: 37 | ||
| 6 | Barry Ferguson (Rangers) Captain |  |
(41 Caps) | Age: 29 | |
| 7 | Stephen Pearson (Derby County) | (9 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 8 | Lee McCulloch (Rangers) | |
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(14 Caps) | Age: 29 |
| 9 | Kenny Miller (Derby County) | |
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(33 Caps) | Age: 27 |
| 10 | Scott Brown (Celtic) | (7 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| 11 | James McFadden (Everton) | |
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(35 Caps) | Age: 24 |
| 14 | Shaun Maloney (Aston Villa) | (8 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| (Replaced Scott Brown 76 min) | |||||
| 16 | Christian Dailly (Southampton) | (66 Caps) | Age: 33 | ||
| (Replaced Lee McCulloch 60 min) | |||||
| 18 | Garry O`Connor (Birmingham City) | |
(15 Caps) | Age: 24 | |
| (Replaced James McFadden 80 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored  Penalty Save |
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8 Lee McCulloch
Euro 2008 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Sat 13th October 2007
15:00
Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
Att: 51,366
Scotland were full of confidence going into the Ukraine game after defeating the French in Paris. Ukraine needed three points to keep alive their hopes of qualification. In the third minute, Scott Brown was fouled on the right wing; and the resulting free-kick by McFadden was headed home by Kenny Miller at the near post, to give Scotland a great start. Seven minutes later Scotland won a free-kick in a central position. Ferguson passed to McCulloch just inside the box on the left hand side, and he curled the ball into the far corner to give Scotland a 2-0 lead after only 10 minutes. In the 24th minute, a cross was put into the Scotland box, and slack defending let Shevchenko drill the ball into the roof of the net from close range. Three penalty claims then followed. The first one was when Hutton was fouled in the box. Following this, Shevchenko was brought down by Naysmith. And just before half time, McFadden was also brought down by Tymoschuk. The referee dismissed all three claims. The match was decided on the 68th minute when Hutton played a great pass for McFadden to bring down on the edge of the box and drill a low shot in at the keeper's right hand post to give Scotland a 3-1 victory and kill off Ukraine.