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Ryan Christie admits he won’t have the stomach to watch Wales and Ukraine battle it out for a place in the World Cup on Sunday following Scotland’s dismal display at Hampden.
Heading into the play-off semi-final on the back of an eight-game unbeaten run, Steve Clarke’s side were second best to Ukraine and had no complaints as their hopes of reaching Qatar were ended with a 3-1 defeat.
Fuelled by the desire to take their place in the finals following the Russian invasion of their country in February, Oleksandr Petrakov’s players now travel to Cardiff with the world watching.
Ryan Christie came off the bench against Ukraine in a bid to save Scotland's World Cup hopes
But it was in vain as Ukraine and Manchester City star Oleksandr Zinchenko triumphed 3-1
Christie believes Ukraine were fully deserving of the victory over a Scotland side which failed to come anywhere near to replicating the performance against Denmark in November which secured a play-off spot.
But he feels the pain of missing out will still be