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Mark Walker

'It's only Scotland' San Marino boss breathes a sigh of relief as world's worst team head to Hampden

Relieved San Marino boss Franco Varella is hopeful his side will receive some respite when they take on Scotland at Hampden.

The world's worst team suffered a brutal beating at the hands of Belgium on Thursday night as Roberto Martinez's side racked up a 9-0 win.

They haven't avoided defeat since a 0-0 draw with Estonia in 2014 and have conceded six goals or more in 10 of their 33 consecutive defeats since then.

But Scotland only managed a 2-0 win in San Marino and are shot of confidence after four defeats on the spin during their wretched Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

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And Varella is confident Steve Clarke 's side won't be dishing out any maulings.

He said: "Belgium used us as a sparring partner to be honest. We are lucky they didn't score too early or else it could have been even worse.

"We also lost 9-0 in Russia, but Belgium were better. Some of the football they played was incredible. I actually enjoyed watching it.

"In my mind they are favourites to win the European Championship. They are the best team in Europe at the moment.

"We need to pick ourselves up for our trip to Glasgow and get organised again. We aren't expecting anything like the same standard of opponents."

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