Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 0: A late header by substitute Christophe Berra gave Scotland a narrow but deserved 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in their Vauxhall International Challenge match at Hampden Park.

If you were looking to conduct a scientific experiment to measure the national team’s progress from Giovanni Trapattoni to Martin O’Neill, you could hardly do better –or maybe that should be worse — than Dino Zoff did in Nice yesterday when the Italian goalkeeping legend paired Ireland with Germany in Group D of the France 2016 Euro qualifying draw.