The Tartan Army's licking its wounds after a woeful match in Oslo. Here's Darryl Broadfoot and Ronnie Cully with analysis and a look ahead to Scotland's chances of qualifying now..

SCOTLAND will not use the feeling of injustice they brought back from Norway last night as an extra spur when they face Macedonia and Holland at Hampden next month.

Not even the admission by Morten Gamst Pedersen that Gary Caldwell should not have been booked for the challenge on him which was quickly followed by a second yellow and, as a consequence, a red, has fuelled any more fire in the belly of George Burley's beleaguered boys.

There is no need. The desire and determination to take maximum points from the September 5 and 9 fixtures - and in so doing prove their doubters wrong - is incentive enough.

David Marshall made it clear reaching the World Cup play-offs is a challenge they still believe is within their capabilities and has not become the mission impossible many outside the camp now consider it to be.

The Cardiff keeper said: "I still believe we can do it. The important thing is to get the three points against Macedonia in our next game, then the match against the Dutch becomes massive.

"But, with the results we have had in the last few years at Hampden, I don't think any team fancies playing us there.

"If we have all the squad back and fully fit, we have got a good chance of doing what we need to do.

"I don't think we need to use the injustice we felt in Norway as a spur going into these games. They are two massive matches in their own right.

"We suffered bad luck in Oslo, but that happens in football. Hopefully, we will get our share of the luck in the next two games."

Marshall is entitled to consider himself a victim of circumstance. During his time with Celtic, he lost five goals in Artmedia, then four three days later at Motherwell. On both occasions, he was badly exposed by a virtually non-existent defence.

Having waited so long to play his first competitive game for Scotland, a huge slice of deja vu was the last thing the 24-year-old wanted.

But that's what was delivered in the Ullevaal Stadium, and the keeper is still trying to come to terms with where it all went wrong on the night.

He said: "We were pretty comfortable and doing well, limiting Norway to few chances to score. John Arne Riise had an opportunity, but apart from that we were doing okay.

"The sending-off changed the game, then they scored from the free-kick which was awarded for Gary's challenge.

"Scott Brown charged the ball. That's his job, and he was trying his best to block the shot, but it took a nick off him. Riise's free-kick was coming right to me until the deflection. So it was just bad luck."

Marshall did have one bit of good fortune, however, TV pictures confirming John Carew's second-half header had crossed the line before the keeper clawed the ball back into play.

"I think the ball was in, but I just tried to play it away and look as natural as I could, as though it was not over the line," admitted Marshall.

"But the game was gone by that stage. They were going to get chances because we were trying to get back into it.

"Because of the sending-off and injuries to Steven Caldwell and Christophe Berra, we ended up with a back four that I don't think anyone would have expected. I don't even know if any of the boys - maybe Alan Hutton apart - would have started if we'd had a fully-fit squad.

"So it was hard. But we had to try and get a decent result.

"That didn't happen, but we have two games in which to put that right."

Norway have other ideas. And, though they recognise it is going to be a fight to the finish for second place behind already-qualified Holland, they are happy to have dragged themselves back into the three-way scrap with Scotland and Macedonia.

Pedersen's double against the Scots, allied to Riise's deflected free-kick and a tap in from Erik Huseklepp, has revived a qualifying campaign which looked dead in the water as the Norwegians languished in bottom spot with just three points from their opening five games.

But while they are delighted to have trebled their goal tally in just one match, Pedersen conceded the decision to send off Caldwell was not only pivotal, but also unjust.

The Blackburn midfielder explained: "Maybe the ref can give a foul when Gary Caldwell tackled me, but it was not a yellow card.

"Of course it was the turning point in the game. It's a massive difference if you have to play with one man down.

"But things like this are a part of football now, and it was unlucky it happened to Scotland this time."

Nevertheless, Pedersen echoed the sentiments of most who watched the game in disbelief when he expressed his surprise at how easily the Scots capitulated.

He said: "I don't think Scotland played their best game, and when we went 2-0 they lost a bit of their spirit.

"It's always good to win, and maybe we could have won by one more. John Carew had the ball over the line, but the goal wasn't given.

"These things equal themselves out over a long period. Last night it was Scotland's turn to have the bad luck against them.

"But we did our job. Now we know we still have to a lot to do to finish second in the group.

"We've two important games next month, against Iceland and Macedonia. If we can win both of them, maybe it might happen."