About a month ago, I wrote: However, given that this is Scotland and we specialise in losing in the most heartbreaking way possible, that match will no doubt be the one where we finally put in a great performance, score early one, then desperately defend for the rest of the match... only to lose two goals in injury time. Or something like that.
Last night, that prediction came horribly close to coming true - the strong performance, the early-ish goal, the desperate defence, and then one going very late in the game. And then extra time. As the clock neared 120 minutes, Serbia got another corner, a carbon copy of the one from which they got the goal, and I was certain it was going in again.
But it didn't, and we went to penalties. And, somehow, Scotland have managed to retain our 100% record in penalty shoot-outs. Huzzah!
And so, we're off to a major tournament for the first time in 23 years, and travelling to the distant and exotic cities of, um, Glasgow and London.
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