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Gavin Berry

John McGinn reveals Scotland extra homework and the Ukraine respect that goes beyond one game

John McGinn insists he will take the same mentality into Wednesday’s Hampden crunch as he has when facing war-torn Ukraine’s Premier League stars.

The Aston Villa midfielder admits his sympathy for the opposition will be put on hold for 90 minutes - or even 120 if the World Cup playoff goes to extra time - as his World Cup dream takes priority.

McGinn has faced Vitaliy Mykolenko, Andriy Yarmolenko and Oleksandr Zinchenko at club level while the Everton, West Ham United and Manchester City’s stars have been worried about events in their homeland.

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