1.   Fitness is still important in friendly matches.

2.   The whole place looked very different from when they had played their friendly match with Sir Bryan and Doctor Stevie.

3.   Such friendly matches should be useful training for the Scottish team and this is the first visit of its kind.

4.   A MISTAKE by the acting Scotland captain, Craig Levein, gave Germany victory in the friendly match at Ibrox last night.

5.   Arena has two more friendly matches to experiment with a new lineup.

6.   Another told of compensating for his frustrations when he played tennis by coming to the net repeatedly to make more aggressive return shots during friendly matches.

7.   Both teams were missing three players called up to play with the national team in a friendly match against Finland Saturday night.

8.   China jokingly accused the Ghana players of climbing coconut trees after their fitness played a big role in two close friendly matches with the heavily favored Chinese.

9.   He wishes he had the luxury of making a few mistakes in friendly matches.