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European qualifiers: Scotland wait on fitness of defender Russell Martin

Russell Martin: Defender a doubt for Germany clash
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Gordon Strachan will wait to see how defender Russell Martin is on Sunday before naming his side to face Germany.

Martin did not train with the rest of Strachan's squad at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund on Saturday as he is suffering from a groin strain.

The Norwich centre-back's place will most likely go to Brighton's Gordon Greer if he fails a fitness test on Sunday morning.

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Strachan said: "Only a player could tell you how he is feeling.

"He felt it a bit yesterday so we took him off training as a precaution and obviously we have been on the go since the morning.

"We will name the team before the (Sunday morning) training session.

"We are doing all right for centre-halves, if you look at Gordon Greer, playing with Grant Hanley has been OK."

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