Albania have come to Scotland to win - Panucci
Christian Panucci (left) watches as his header beats Craig Gordon in Italy's win over Scotland in 2007Nations League: Scotland v AlbaniaVenue: Hampden Park, Glasgow Date: Monday, 10 September Kick-off: 19:45 BSTCoverage: Listen live on Radio Scotland & online; text commentary on BBC Sport website & app
The night Scotland's dreams of reaching Euro 2008 ended nearly 11 years ago was "probably the best night of my career", says Albania manager Christian Panucci.
The former Italy defender's injury-time header earned the visitors a 2-1 qualifying win over Alex McLeish's side at Hampden.
And he wants to beat the Scotland boss again in Monday's Nations League tie.
"We will give them the utmost of respect but we will try and win the game," said Panucci.
McLeish was the manager as Panucci's goal sent Italy to Euro 2008 instead of Scotland in November 2007.
The first competitive game of his second spell in charge on Monday sees McLeish's men face Albania, who beat Israel 1-0 at home on Friday in their opening Nations League fixture.
Scotland lost 4-0 in a friendly to Belgium on the same night, and Panucci says his team can capitalise on their fragility.
"The Scots will be suffering after the defeat and will be low on confidence," said the Italian, speaking through an interpreter.
"We know Scotland have good quality and are difficult to play against."
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Panucci said he will make changes from the win over Israel in a bid to freshen up his team.
"We know our strengths and weakness but we come here to win the game," added the 45-year-old.
"This is a completely different game [from Israel]. We will have different tactics but we won't be playing the long ball. If we make the same mistakes as we did against Israel, Scotland will punish us dearly.
"I don't think there is a favourite for the group but clearly if we win, it gives us a big advantage. We need to be ready to win."
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