Bruised and battered Scots gather for crucial Euro clash

SIX Scotland players failed to take part in the squad’s first training session yesterday evening ahead of Saturday’s Euro 2004 qualifier against Lithuania.

Christian Dailly, Steven Pressley, Andy Webster, Barry Ferguson, Kevin Harper and Paul Devlin all remained at the team's hotel for treatment after picking up knocks at the weekend. The rest of Berti Vogts' squad were put through their paces at the Strathclyde Homes Stadium in Dumbarton.

Devlin was already a doubt with a hamstring strain when the squad was named last week and he failed to make Watford's 16-man squad at the weekend but made the trip to Scotland yesterday in the hope he can prove his fitness for Saturday's must-win game.