text: SOCCER - AUSTRIA DOMINATE SCOTLAND IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER . Steve Pagani VIENNA 1996-08-31 Austria dominated their World Cup group four qualifier against Scotland on Saturday with wave after wave of attacks but were unable to penetrate the visitors ' defence and had to settle for a goalless draw . Scotland , who thrashed Belarus 5-1 in their opening group four match , were unable to repeat their performance . Austria 's best chance came in the 63rd minute with Stephan Marasek of SC Freiburg taking advantage of a scramble in the Scottish penalty area but his shot narrowly passing the left-hand post . They also went close a minute before the interval when a promising attack saw the ball fall to Markus Schopp but he hit his shot wide . Everton 's Duncan Ferguson went close for Scotland in the 65th minute when he forced Austrian goalkeeper Michael Konsel to a diving save . Two Scotland players were shown yellow cards , captain Gary McAllister for bringing down Andreas Heraf and Ferguson for arguing against the referee 's decision . " The result is acceptable , " Scottish coach Craig Brown told reporters . " We 'd hoped not to lose and we tried not to play for a draw but the Austrian defence was simply too good . " SK Rapid 's Dietmar Kuehbauer , who gave an impressive performance , said the team started off well but let the game slip after the first 30 minutes . " Somehow it seemed there were less than 11 players on the pitch . We have lost two points . The Scots are not really a great team and we should have won , " he said . Austrian coach Herbert Prohaska said his team had displayed great fighting spirit but sometimes lacked ideas . Teams : Austria : Michael Konsel , Markus Schopp , Peter Schoettel , Anton Pfeffer , Wolfgang Feiersinger , Stephan Marasek , Dieter Ramusch ( Andreas Ogris 77th ) , Dietmar Kuehbauer , Anton Polster ( ( Herfried Sabitzer 68th ) , Andreas Herzog , Andreas Heraf . Scotland : Andrew Goram , Craig Burley , Thomas Boyd , Colin Calderwood , Colin Hendry , Thomas McKinley , Duncan Ferguson , Stuart McCall , Alistair McCoist ( Gordon Durie 75th ) , Gary McAllister , John Collins .