Scotland celebrates win over Dutch
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Vogts has often been criticized by the Scottish press.
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EURO 2004 PLAYOFFS
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• Second legs on Wednesday
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GLASGOW, Scotland -- For once, the headlines made happy reading for Scotland coach Berti Vogts after his side's surprise win over the Netherlands in the first leg of their Euro 2004 playoff.
James McFadden scored the only goal at Hampden Park in a match described as Scotland's "finest hour" by the Sunday Herald.
"No, you weren't dreaming. We really did clog Holland at Hampden," said the Sunday Mail.
German coach Vogts has been fiercely criticized since taking charge of Scotland 14 months ago -- particularly when his side could only manage a 2-2 draw with the Faroe Islands in the opening game of their qualifying campaign.
"How things have changed," continued the Mail. "The Scots were a joy to watch, their passing and movement high tempo and accurate.
"They were delicate when they needed to be and bulldozers when a change of gear was needed."
Scotland had not beaten the Netherlands since their famous win at the 1978 World Cup, while the Sunday Herald described the match as the Scots' biggest win since beating France in a World Cup qualifier 14 years ago.
But goal hero McFadden, part of a promising new crop of Scottish talent, said the players were only focused on Wednesday's second leg in Amsterdam.
"I don't really care about beating Holland 25 years ago. We won this time, we have to be happy with it and that's all that matters," said McFadden.
"We can't keep looking to the past because every time we do something it's always about what some team did in the past. We are now out to make our own history and not be compared to anybody.
"It was an outstanding team display and we all fought for each other. We'll go over there with confidence and I don't see why we can't score."
Scotland will be without defender Christian Dailly, who picked up his second yellow card of the competition, and midfielder Paul Devlin who has a tooth problem.
Defeat for the Dutch leaves a squad considered one of the most talented in the world facing the prospect of failing to qualify for their second major finals in succession.
"At this moment the mood is pretty bad," said winger Marc Overmars. "We know we only have one game left and we didn't want to go into it like this."
