Croatia goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa is hoping to make it third time lucky in Glasgow when he faces Scotland at Hampden Park on Wednesday night.

The Spartak Moscow player's last visit to Scotland was in the second leg of the Champions League third qualifying round against Celtic in August when the Hoops scrambled through to the group stages on penalties following two 1-1 draws.

Previously, Pletikosa had played in a World Cup qualifier against the Scots at Hampden in 2001 which ended goalless.

The former Hajduk Split keeper is glad to be back in Glasgow but he admits he is looking for revenge for the Champions League setback at the hands of Celtic.

"I hope so," he said. "But it was a great game against Celtic.

"I also played at Hampden in a qualification game for the World Cup in Japan and Korea and it ended up 0-0.

"I enjoyed that as well and I just hope the atmosphere at Hampden will be like the two times I have played in Glasgow before.

"It will be a tough game but it will prepare us for the European Championship this summer in Austria and Switzerland.

"We will try and do our best, hopefully pass the ball around quickly and score goals."

Pletikosa believes Celtic's progression to the last 16 of the Champions League, where they were eventually beaten by Barcelona, is just one of several reasons why Scottish football has regained its respect in the eyes of the football world.

He said: "I looked at the (Celtic) results, Rangers are also doing well in the UEFA Cup and Scotland's results in the Euro 2008 qualification games raises the country's status in European football.

"So there is even more respect for Scottish football than there has been for a while."

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