Scotland supervisor Steve Clarke says there’s nonetheless work to do after their a 1-0 play-off win in opposition to Greece in Athens.
Scott McTominay scored a penalty and the Scots might have been additional forward on the break in a powerful displaying.
However 17-year-old Konstantinos Karetsas got here on and brought about havoc, with Greece unlucky to not stage it up for the return leg at Hampden Park on Sunday.
Scotland want to stay in League A whereas the Greeks want to get out of League B after ending second behind England and forward of Republic of Eire and Finland.
Clarke mentioned: “Sport on. It’s nonetheless open. I don’t see the sport as being closed in any respect.
“I believed the Greeks have been good within the second half. Their away report is sweet within the group levels.
“We confirmed actual willpower.”
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“They went to Eire and gained comfortably, they went to Finland and gained comfortably they usually went to Wembley and gained, so the sport continues to be large open.
“I believed first half we have been glorious, we performed the ball round very well, created some good probabilities, might perhaps have been additional in entrance at half-time.
“To be truthful to the Greeks they got here out the second half and acquired about us and stopped us enjoying.”