Replacements Called Up For Hutton And Whittaker

07 August 2011 23:35
Craig Levein's plans have disrupted due to injury Craig Levein has called up Cardiff pair Kevin McNaughton and Don Cowie to the Scotland squad for this week's friendly against Denmark after Alan Hutton and Steven Whittaker withdrew from Wednesday's game through injury. Hutton missed Tottenham's challenge game against Athletic Bilbao on Saturday with a knee injury while utility player Whittaker missed Rangers' friendly against Chelsea at Ibrox on Saturday with a toe injury. McNaughton and Cowie both played in Sunday's Championship win over West Ham at Upton Park, where Scotland striker Kenny Miller marked his debut for Cardiff with an injury-time winner. All threeCardiff players will join up with the rest of Levein's squad where they will begin preparations for the visit of the Danes in a game which serves as a warm-up for the crunch EURO2012 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Lithuania at the national stadium next month.

Source: FOOTYMAD