CHARLIE Mulgrew has warned Scotland that Slovenia will be no pushovers tomorrow.
While the Scots need to follow up Thursday night’s win over Slovakia with another three points in Ljubljana to keep their World Cup dream alive, the hosts’ ambitions of reaching the play-offs are all but over after their Wembley defeat to England.
But Blackburn defender Mulgrew believes Srecko Katanec’s men will be desperate to scupper Tartan Army hopes at the Stozice Stadium.
“It will be a hard game,” said Mulgrew. “International matches are always difficult and this one away from home will be no different.
“But we’re going to give it all we can to try and get a result.
“Sunday’s game will be up there with the biggest games I’ve ever played in.
“It’s massive – but we will play the game and not the occasion. We won’t spend too much time thinking about what the game means to us.
“Instead, we’ll just play the game as it unfolds and hopefully we can do the business.
“Everyone kept believing and kept working,” said former Celtic ace Mulgrew of Thursday’s win.. “We didn’t listen to all the negative things about us not getting to the play-offs.
“Now we need to keep believing as we go towards Sunday.”
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