THE rain was lashing down last night, just as it was that fateful Saturday evening in November 2007 when Christian Panucci benefited from a dodgy free-kick to extinguish Alex McLeish’s hopes of guiding Scotland to the European Championships. Sporting a goatee beard, and perhaps a few more grey hairs, the illustrious former full back took his place in the dug-out this time to see if his Albania side - clad in the same white jerseys Italy wore – could inflict further misery upon the Scotland manager. This one isn’t done yet - there will be another helping of this Nations League match-up in Shkoder in November. But this was the night when big Eck started to wreak at least a little bit of revenge.


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