Scotland captain Scott Brown says belief is key to Euro 2016 hopes

Lewandowski continued his prolific form when he opened the scoring in the third minute, sliding the ball beneath Scotland keeper David Marshall.

However, McGhee insists Scotland have not singled him out for special treatment in the crunch clash at Hampden.

Three key players are out for Scotland, with regular starter James Morrison, winger Ikechi Anya and versatile defender Charlie Mulgrew all on the sidelines.

“We feel we have to match them in every area”.

“Matt’s finish was fantastic to get us back into the game just before half-time and we’ve settled down at half-time and come back out and we took the lead”.

“No matter who plays, they are always supportive of the individual and they help each other”.

Captain Scott Brown wants Gordon Strachan to stay on as Scotland manager despite the midfielder feeling “devastated” by Euro 2016 failure.

He said: “I definitely think he’s the man to take the national team forward”. We’ll still be very hard to beat.

Meanwhile, Lewandowski says he fears Scotland will aim to kick him off the park at Hampden.

Lewandowski has also spoken of his respect for Scotland’s style of play and Martin understandably repaid the compliment to a player who has scored 12 goals in four games for Bayern, including five in nine minutes against Wolfsburg. Everything we’ve had had to be really earned. “We gave them a great game in both and were unlucky away and at home to them and yet again the inside of that post has done us”.

Thursday’s cruel 2-2 draw with Poland – coupled with Republic of Ireland’s win over world champions Germany – ended Scotland’s hopes of making it to Euro 2016.

Gordon Strachan’s side started the game in fourth place and while there were several permutations which would see them win a play-off spot, they knew one certainty – defeat and hopes of reaching the finals were over.

Lewandowski has scored 29 goals in 70 appearances for his country, including hat-tricks against Georgia and Gibraltar in this qualifying campaign.

“We are not thinking of the play-off, all we are thinking about is winning the game”.

However Strachan said: “I don’t know the officials, or who is refereeing, I don’t care”. “When you have players of that calibre playing for you, you are clearly going to present a challenge”.

However, Strachan, whose side need to draw or win the meeting with Adam Nawalka’s team in order to qualify for the finals in France next summer, has brushed aside the derogatory remarks.

The home fans suddenly found their voice as they savoured the prospect of a famous victory, which would have grown closer had Fletcher’s header from an Alan Hutton cross not gone straight to the Poland keeper.