Craig Levein talks up Scotland's World Cup ambitions ahead of qualifiers

Craig Levein is in no doubt his Scotland squad have improved since the beginning of their previous qualifying campaign.

"I believe wholeheartedly in this group of players and I believe we have the best chance of qualifying for a long time." Meanwhile, Serbia captain Branislav Ivanovic has claimed his criticism of Scotland in some media quarters on Friday was due to him being misquoted. He was reported as saying of the Scots: "They become very disoriented when the ball is consistently played on the ground." But Ivanovic explained: "I think this is the media war started. What you have seen in your media, I think it was mistakes in the translation. We are full of respect for your national team."