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| Saturday, 12 October, 2002, 13:29 GMT 14:29 UK Clockwatch: Iceland 0-2 Scotland Relive the action from Reykjavik as Scotland produce an excellent performance to beat Iceland and go top of Group Five. 86 mins: Perhaps Iceland's last chance goes begging, as Helgi Sigurdsson pokes a close range effort wide. 74 mins: Shortly after a booking for Callum Davidson, Former Liverpool reserve Haukur Ingi Gudnason loops a volley into the hands of Rab Douglas. 72 mins: Steve Crawford rises brilliantly to meet Maurice Ross' cross from the right, but his header goes wide of the near post. 66 mins: Arnar Por Vidarsson is replaced by Marel Baldvinsson. 63 mins: Iceland 0-2 Scotland 62 mins: Heidar Helguson leaps above the Scotland defence but his header goes over the crossbar. 57 mins: Played in by Eidur Gudjohnsen, Bjarni Porsteinsson hesitates before his shot from 10 yards is blocked by Steven Pressley. 51 mins: Vidarsson curls a low cross in from the left which just evades the touch of Iceland's strikers in the Scotland penalty area. 50 mins: A long shot by Ivar Ingimarsson is comfortably held by Douglas in the Scotland goal. 47 mins: Crawford goes clean through on the Iceland goal after a header from Steven Thompson, but the striker pushes his shot wide. 46 mins: Helgi Sigurdsson is replaced at half time by Watford's Heidar Helguson. First half 43 mins: After some ragged Iceland defending, Thompson grabs possession of the ball in the penalty area and is brought down - but referee Alain Sars does not award a spot-kick. 34 mins: Jackie McNamara, carrying a thigh injury, is replaced by Davidson. Almost simultaneously, Naysmith falls to the floor with a knee injury. 32 mins: Barry Ferguson curls a free-kick over the crossbar from an excellent position on the right side of the Iceland penalty area. 30 mins: Christian Dailly produces another goalbound header which is tipped over by Arni Gautur Arason. 22 mins: Young Scotland defender Ross receives a yellow card for refusing to retreat promptly for an Iceland free-kick. 20 mins: Again, a chance falls to Gudjohnsen, but from 15 yards out and with plenty of space, he slices his shot high and wide. 18 mins: Gudjohnsen, on the left edge of the Scotland penalty area, tricks his way through the visitors' defence before smashing a shot which beats Douglas but hits the crossbar. 16 mins: From another Scotland corner, Pressley, 10 yards out and unmarked, loops his header over the crossbar. 12 mins: Gudjohnsen drives in a free-kick which just eludes an unmarked Hermann Hreidarsson at the far post. 7 mins: Iceland 0-1 Scotland 4 mins: Scotland force the first of three corners in a sustained period of pressure. Iceland: Arason, Porsteinsson, Vidarsson, Gunnarsson, Larus Sigurdsson, Runar Kristinsson, Hreidarsson, Ingimarsson, Gudjohnsen, Helgi Sigurdsson, Gudnason. Scotland: Douglas, Wilkie, Pressley, Dailly, Ross, McNamara, Lambert, Ferguson, Naysmith, Crawford, Thompson. Referee: A Sars (France) |
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