Steven Naismith (L) was on target in Scotland's win over Albania at HampdenThe Hearts forward Naismith, 31, had an eventful night, forcing Berat Xhimshiti into scoring the own goal that put Scotland ahead just after half-time before he scored the second goal that clinched victory. "I'm really proud of the victory tonight because we were under pressure, everybody said we must win, and we did." Captain Andy Robertson's cross was headed towards goal by Naismith at the back post, and the unfortunate Xhimshiti helped the ball in. Albania coach Christian Panucci scored a stoppage-time winner for Italy at Hampden to knock McLeish's Scotland out of Euro 2008 qualifying. But Scotland doubled their lead on 68 minutes as Strakosha came for a corner and missed it, allowing Naismith to head into an empty net.

Source: Bangkok Post September 11, 2018 00:45 UTC