Holland and Germany played out a low-key goalless draw in their friendly at the Amsterdam ArenA last night, with both sides missing a number of key players due to injury.

AS the Irish Under 21s headed home after their World Cup heroics, battered and bruised but with silver medals in the bag, Scotland were in the midst of turmoil.

THE German managers of Scotland’s international football teams were full of praise for the under-age structure that Brian Kerr has established in Ireland.