Raymond Domenech is facing criticism in the French press

The Scotland midfielder's wonder strike leaves the World Cup runners-up facing a trio of must-win matches to reach the European Championship finals.

"What a Nightmare!" declared the front page headline in Le Parisien daily.

Nearly every French paper highlighted defender Lilian Thuram's comment that the night had been "a catastrophe".

"The position of les Bleus in their group is now worrying after the incredible defeat given away last night," said L'Equipe.

"Scotland were infinitely more intelligent last night, and that is one way of saying that this was missing from the French game plan," it added.

The paper pointed to coach Raymond Domenech's "stubborn" insistence on a 4-4-2 formation with David Trezeguet and Nicolas Anelka up front.

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This theme was echoed by Le Figaro, which described the Trezeguet and Anelka partnership as a "duo of attackers in a minor key".

For the daily paper Liberation, Scotland won with "an intense discipline and a fabulous goal by James McFadden. The Euro is still a long way away for France."

The misery of the French is in contrast to the jubilation displayed by the Scottish press.

"Master of Paris" is how The Sun hailed Alex McLeish. "You didn't dream it! Yes, we really did stuff the French...TWICE!" the paper boasts.

The Daily Record went with "Fad-tastique" on its front page, describing McFadden's goal as clinching a "historic night of Euro glory".

"Magnifique!" was the verdict of The Herald, claiming "the vapour trail that followed James McFadden's missile might prove an iconic image".

Scotland's first win on French soil for 57 years means Alex McLeish's side now sit top of Group B.

World Cup winners Italy are second after they beat Ukraine and France are third and needing to win all their last three games to stand a chance of reaching next year's finals.

"The last three matches will be decisive," said Domenech, whose side face the Faroe Islands away, Lithuania at home and Ukraine away.

Les Bleus had not lost twice against the same team in a qualifying campaign since back-to-back defeats to Bulgaria before the 1994 World Cup.