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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP/Lithuania v Scotland: For Rudi Voller news of the Scotland revival has prompted nerves to jangle so much that Germany's manager has cancelled his commitments to attend this game.

The World Cup finalists, lambasted after their draw against Lithuania, are playing catch-up, a once comfortable qualification potentially threatened by one of their own, Berti Vogts.