Scotland put us through the wringer. As they often do. And as John McGinn lined up the opening spot-kick we all probably wondered if this was the end of the road.But the footballing gods decided to let us have this one.
David Marshall's superb save from Eran Zahavi's opening penalty kept us ahead up until Kenny McLean won the tie with the final kick.It wasn't pretty, it wasn't convincing.
But the job is done.And the reality is Steve Clarke has brought Scotland as close to an international finals as any of his predecessors since autumn 1998.
Here's how rated the national side against Israel. David Marshall - 7 Plucked a couple of crosses out of the sky and one straightforward save but had relatively little to do until the shootout heroics. .
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