Scotland are aiming to use the “anger” they felt at missing out on the last World Cup to help fuel their quest towards North America next summer.

The national team have qualified for back-to-back European Championships, but haven’t reached the biggest stage of international football since 1998.

Three years ago, they were denied a place at Qatar 2022 in a 3-1 play-off defeat to Ukraine at Hampden Park.

And assistant coach Steven Naismith is adamant they can use the memory of that defeat to their advantage when they take on Greece and Belarus at the national stadium on Thursday and Sunday.

In the opening game of the section, they took a respectable and potentially vital away point from Denmark in Copenhagen, before following that up with a win over Belarus in Hungary.

They now have two

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