Scotland and Wales plot path to World Cup 2026 after helpful qualifying draw

• Steve Clarke senses ?opportunity? to end World Cup wait
• Craig Bellamy targets top of group after drawing Belgium

Steve Clarke has said Scotland?s qualifying draw ?gives me an opportunity? to end the team?s long wait for a World Cup finals appearance. Scotland reached Euro 2020 and Euro 2024 but have not qualified for the men?s World Cup since France ?98.
Friday?s draw in Zurich pitted Scotland ? who were in pot three ? against Greece, the beaten team in the Portugal v Denmark Nations League quarter-final and Belarus. It means Clarke?s side will face Greece four times in a year, with the teams also facing off in the Nations League promotion playoffs.
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