""There's not a lot of people around the country that wouldn't get excited with World Cup qualification," said Maxwell. "We saw the impact that qualification for Euro 2020 and Euro 2024 had and I'm sure that the World Cup would be similar. It's been a long, long time since we've been at one and it would be brilliant to be back there. We've given ourselves a chance.""
""You need to have a good start, you need to pick up points when you can. You're not going to get any second chances. Regardless of how the games go this week, we're still going to be in it come the end of the last window in November but the boys have given themselves a great platform. We had a couple of really good results in the first window and they'll be able to touch it, they'll be able to smell it. There's no reason to think that we're not going to get the results that we need.""
Ian Maxwell, Scottish Football Association chief executive, describes reaching next summer's World Cup as the final piece of the jigsaw for Steve Clarke and his players. Scotland opened qualifying with a draw in Denmark and a victory over Belarus, building positive momentum. Securing full points against Greece and Belarus at Hampden Park would place Scotland on the brink of qualification for the first time in 27 years. Steve Clarke has led the team since 2019 and is the longest-serving Scotland men's head coach since Craig Brown. Clarke, 62, has indicated this qualifying campaign will be his last.
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