Scotland focused for crucial Slovenia clash despite euphoria of late winner
Instead, there was a realisation from Gordon Strachan’s men that there is one final push required to achieve their goal of a play-off place.
And the manager believes they are ready for their make-or-break meeting in Slovenia tomorrow, when nothing less than a win will be good enough to secure second place and, in all likelihood, a play-off spot.
“There’s no euphoria. It’s not that. It’s just satisfaction, a quiet satisfaction,” he said.
“There is no singing and dancing and high-five hand-slapping. It really is just a glow of satisfaction.
“What does that tell me? That they know the game in Slovenia is going to be big. That they need to be ready.”
Scotland travel to Ljubljana confident they can complete a double over a team they beat at Hampden in March. That took a last-gasp strike from Chris Martin but since then they have never looked back, winning four games and drawing the other with England.
The Derby striker said: “It looked like we were going out of the group at that time. We knew going into the last five minutes that would probably be the case if we didn’t win.