Boos from the Poland fans as Scotland, emboldened by surviving that frenzied five-minute spell, come forward and a neat phase of passing fizzles out on the edge of the area with the Polish defence creaking like an old rocking chair.

This game is end to end with the promise of more goals...

Ex-NI defender John O'Neill on BBC Radio Ulster

"What a run. That's where Kyle Lafferty is brilliant - one-on-one. He absolutely lashes it - I didn't think he had any chance of getting it that close."

Wonderful play from Kyle Lafferty on the counter-attack and Northern Ireland are inches away from going 2-0 ahead in Greece. Lafferty, running down the left wing, is too fast and too strong for Greek defender Kostas Manolas, gets into the penalty area and blasts the ball left footed at goal.

But Lafferty, who has scored in both of Northern Ireland's qualifying games before today, sees his shot hit the underside of the crossbar and bounce to safety.

Scotland, with five minutes until half time, have become a little ragged as Scott Brown has his pocket picked by Robert Lewandowski but Poland's number nine can't get a shot away as he is swarmed by back-tracking blue jerseys.

Poland threaten to retake the lead as a long through ball from Artur Jedrzejczyk sends Robert Lewandowski through on goal but the onrushing David Marshall puts the Bayern Munich hitman off his stride and his flicked effort fails to find the target.

Alasdair Lamont in Warsaw
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"That is a superb intervention by Steven Whittaker to deny Robert Lewandowski an almost certain goal. A lot of people might have disagreed with his inclusion ahead of Andrew Robertson, but he did magnificently there."

Thomas Maxwell:, external "They're rubbish." Love John O'Neill.

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Glenn Whelan is in the book, and deservedly so for chopping down Germany's Toni Kroos. Still goalless though in Gelsenkirchen with five minutes to go until half-time.

Kamil Glik earns a yellow card for an over-zealous aerial challenge on Steven Fletcher. Despite the Pole's protests, he's shown the yellow by whistler Alberto Undiano Mallenco.

To rub salt into the wound, Glik has blood pouring from a head knock and is now sporting a snazzy Basil Fawlty-style hair net as a temporary fix.

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In England's group, Switzerland look to be cruising to their first win in Group E as two goals from Hasir Seferovic and one from Blerim Dzemaili has them 3-0 up at San Marino with just over 30 minutes gone.

Elsewhere, Gibraltar look set to suffer their third defeat in a row as they trail Georgia 2-0, while Hungary are 1-0 up at Faroe Islands.

Ex-Northern Ireland defender John O'Neill on BBC Radio Ulster

"I thought Roy Carroll came out very, very early. He was lucky. That was another warning there for Northern Ireland."

Greece are cranking up the pressure and Nikos Karelis is played through the middle with a pass that dissects the Northern Irish defence. We have just had David Forde sprinting out of his area for Republic of Ireland, and Roy Carroll has just done the same for Northern Ireland.

However, the goalkeeper just about does enough to put Karelis off as his chipped attempt goes well wide of the post. Vasilis Torosidis then fires into the side netting from a tight angle.

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Andrew: Poland's win over Germany on Saturday has thrown a spanner in the works in this group for Scotland and Ireland. They were hoping that Germany were going to run away with this group and leave Poland, Scotland and Ireland scrapping for 2nd and 3rd place. But now Scotland need a result tonight.

Hearts in mouths time for Republic of Ireland as Marc Wilson's pass is intercepted and goalkeeper David Forde has to sprint 30 yards out of his goal. Unfortunately, Forde has the touch of, well, a goalkeeper, but Germany fail to take advantage despite Forde being well out of his area.

I imagine Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane have a bit of a temper on them. They might just be having a few words with their number one at half-time. A let-off for the lucky Irish.

Scotland aim to profit down the left flank and Steven Fletcher does brilliantly to head back Steven Whittaker's deep cross but there are no takers in blue as Poland survive. There's no way this game's going to end 1-1.

Scotland venture forward again, to a chorus of deafening boos from the home fans inside the National Stadium. It sounds like the reception Rocky received in the fourth film when he enters the ring to fight Ivan Drago on the Russian's home turf.

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What a cracking Euro 2016 qualifier we have in Warsaw. It's 1-1 just shy of the half-hour mark with the promise of more goals.

Ex-NI defender John O'Neill on BBC Radio Ulster

"Kyle Lafferty is a handful - any time he is one-on-one with the Greece defenders he's giving them a lot of problems."

Unfortunately for Northern Ireland, Lafferty has just gone into the book after clashing with text commentator's nightmare Stefanos Athanasiadis. Let's hope this lad, and his team-mate Sokratis Papastathopoulos aren't involved too much.

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Poland are turning the screw as Kamil Glik flights in a tempting cross from the left and Waldemar Sobota strains every sinew in his neck in an effort to get his head on it from close range but the attention of Steven Whittaker does enough to put him off and the ball trundles out for a goal kick.

It has been a half of strong challenges in Warsaw. Scotland's Scott Brown shows his commitment when trying to get the ball off Krzysztof Maczynski.

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