Nothing seems fair in either love or war whatever the old adage says but football provided a glimmer of hope at Hampden Park last night.
On a tense night Ukraine edged past a fired up Scotland to deny Steve Clarke’s men a place at first World Cup in 24 years and set up a play off decider against Wales on Sunday.
And if it is anything like this one the Millennium Stadium is in for a firecracker, oozing emotion promising another happy diversion from the terrible events back home in Ukraine.
