Soccer Euro 2004 play-offs: Scotland striker Stevie Crawford has promised that he and his team-mates will "get wired in" to the footballing aristocrats of Holland on Saturday.
Former Rangers manager Dick Advocaat will bring a squad brimming with talent back to Scotland for the first instalment of the double header that will decide who goes to Portugal next summer for the Euro 2004 finals.
He can call upon players from Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester United while his counterpart in the home dugout, Berti Vogts, looks to Dundee and Dunfermline for some of his selections.
But Dunfermline striker Crawford, who is keen to mark his 17th cap with his fifth goal, insisted the superstar reputations of the Dutch were not his main concern.
He said: "It's a draw we would probably liked to have avoided but, although technically Holland are one of the best sides in the world and we will go in as underdogs, the only pressure we will be under is the pressure that the manager puts on us.
"You can't ignore the quality that they have got but you can't go into the game fearing that.
"If you do then there is only going to be one outcome. We can't worry about Holland too much.
"We have got to go in with the Scottish spirit and get wired in. The spirit we have got in the squad at the moment is good so we will all go for it.
"They are very gifted players but we are hoping we can get stuck in and make life difficult for them."
The Scots were dealt a blow yesterday when Crawford's former Raith team-mate, Wolves midfielder Colin Cameron, was sent back to England.
The 31-year-old is suffering from a groin problem and will take part in neither Saturday's game nor the return in Holland next week.
His absence could open the door for Motherwell's Stephen Pearson to mark his elevation from the Under-21s with a starting role.
Darren Fletcher, the Manchester United teenager who came off the bench last month to fire the only goal of the game against Lithuania, is also a candidate for a first start.
Meanwhile, Robbie Savage fears that manager Mark Hughes could be "poached" by a Premiership club if Wales fail to reach their first major finals since the 1958 World Cup as they gear up for the two legged-play-off with Russia. The first leg takes place in Moscow on Saturday.
Savage - expected to shake off a hamstring injury in time to play - knows Wales could have qualified automatically after throwing away a strong position in their qualifying group and having to be content with finishing runners-up to Italy.
He said: "It would be painful now if we didn't make it but we are not looking back at the group - that has gone. We're just looking forward.
"Probably, other than the games for Birmingham against Aston Villa, these are going to be the two biggest games of my life.
"In years to come it will be great if you can look back and say 'I played in that team that made Wales reach the 2004 finals'. Ryan Giggs has played in some massive games in the Champions League but even he hasn't experienced anything like this with Wales."
Savage believes that it is to Wales' advantage that the first leg is in Moscow on Saturday - with the return at Cardiff on November 19th. "If we can nick something away from home, then 75,000 people will be in full voice at the Millennium Stadium and I would really fancy our chances."
