AS a singular moment, it is up there with any that the Tartan Army have experienced...
AS a singular moment, it is up there with any that the Tartan Army have experienced. Sadly, it was a portent to more heartbreak. But for all of those involved, who were there to see it, or were simply watching back home in- and most others besides, probably - who can’t picture James McFadden’s goal against France and hear the deliriously partisan commentary that accompanied it.
“But the game itself in France…I had read in the French papers what he was going to do with his midfield, the French coach , and so I decided to go with a little holding midfielder, Paul Hartley. I went with Barry Ferguson and Darren Fletcher, who had to come off, which brought Stephen Pearson into the game.“I said get up against their two because they played a 4-4-2 with two central midfielders. So, we were able to go and get onto them and we had Hartley behind mopping things up.
“They had a lot of pressure, but we were locked on when we didn’t have the ball almost everywhere around the pitch. “And it worked really well. Obviously, they had the massive majority of the ball but then that glorious moment came with Faddy."No, honestly, you know what McFadden can do. He just turned on the ball, lined it up and let fly. In that kind of era, only guys like him could do that.
Indeed, it is still the game that Scotland fans mention to him more than just about any other, despite the fact he won 77 caps for his country during a stellar playing career.
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