ian1964 10,411 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 RANGERS' Scotland stars were hurting in Holland last night as they went down 3-0 in the Amsterdam Arena. Barry Ferguson captained the side, Allan McGregor was helpless to prevent the three goals and Kenny Miller missed a decent chance early in the game. Barry Ferguson and Scott Brown were left disappointed in AmsterdamThe Dutch were a class above but the Scots were incredibly denied a perfectly good goal when Gary Caldwell headed into the net. French refree Laurent Duhamel implied there had been some impeding of the Dutch keeper Maarten Stekelenburg. No-one else could see it and moments later the Dutch wrapped the game up with a Dirk Kuyt penalty, Former Rangers striker Ross McCormack was also in the side while Alan Hutton got on for the last 20 minutes. That's good news with Wednesday's infinitely more important tie with Iceland coming up at Hampden. Meanwhile Rangers youngster Andy Little was in dreamland last night as he came on for his first Nothern Ireland cap.Andrew Little Little, who has yet to play in the Ibrox first team, got the last few minutes as Northern Ireland defeated Poland 3-2 to give themselves qualfication hope. Steve Davis was suspended for the game but will come back in for Wednesday's game with Slovenia. Meanwhile DaMarcus Beasley and Maurice Edu were both in action for the United States, who had to come back from two down to earn a 2-2 draw with El Salvador in San Salvador. Beasley played the whole game while Edu was a late substitute for Michael Bradley. The result keeps the Americans in ideal shape for qualification for South Africa, DaMarcus Beasley in action for the United StatesAlthough unavailable for Rangers for the past two matches, the Co-operative Insurance Cup Final and the 2-2 SPL draw with Hearts, Madjid Bougherra played the whole match for Algeria yesterday as they drew 0-0 with Rwanda in Kigali in the opening match of their qualification process. That will be good news for Walter Smith who will expect Bougherra to be back in harness for next Sunday's resumption of the SPL at Falkirk. John Fleck and Rory Loy both came on as substitutes as Scotland under-21s, with Andrew Shinnie in their ranks, secured an excellent 1-0 away win over Albania. The two countries meet again on Wednesday at the Falkirk Stadium. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Boogie plays for his national team, but has missed a number of our recent games? Hopefully he'll come through unscathed if they play again midweek. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,487 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Kenny Miller was the same SA - not fit enough to come on for us last week but starts for Scotland:confused: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Kenny Miller was the same SA - not fit enough to come on for us last week but starts for Scotland:confused: True. I guess the reason I singled out Boogie is because it actually concerns me when he's not fit enough to play. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,487 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 :) Yeah I get what you mean............ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barr 0 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Scotland under 21s must have some side if they can only affoard to let John Fleck have a substitutes place. Crap:flipa: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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