Scotland can pile on the misery for France: McLeish

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2007

GLASGOW (AFP) — Alex McLeish believes Scotland's bid to upset France again in Paris on Wednesday could be helped by the kind of hometown pressure that contributed to the French rugby team's shock defeat by Argentina in their World Cup opener.

The Scots pulled off the biggest shock of the entire Euro 2008 qualifying campaign when they beat the World Cup finalists 1-0 in Glasgow last October.

That famous win has helped McLeish's men to second place in group B, ahead of Italy and Ukraine, and a positive result at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday would represent a huge step towards qualification for next year's finals.

McLeish accepts that represents an extremely tall order. But he believes the importance the French have accorded to the match could work in his...