The final scoreline suggested otherwise . Yet for Gordon Strachan there were spells of a 6-1 thrashing of Gibraltar which felt like a form of misery . As rain and wind swirled around the National Stadium the Scots endured an unexpectedly jittery , uncomfortable first half . Gibraltar , a British Overseas territory of 30,000 residents rejected by FIFA and playing in their first UEFA qualification campaign , reacted to Shaun Maloney 's opening penalty by equalising within 60 seconds . It was their first ever goal in a competitive international . Gordon Strachan praised the performance of Gibraltar after Scotland beat them 6-1 on Sunday . Lee Casciaro ( second right ) scored Gibraltar 's first international goal 72 seconds after Scotland went ahead . Casciaro 's goal sparked jubilant celebrations from Gibraltar 's players as Hampden Park was stunned . ' I have to say that all the credit should really go to Gibraltar , ' said Strachan afterwards . 'They made my life a misery for periods of that game . They made it a long game for me as a coach , so well done to them . 'But also well done to my players because there were players out there who personally were n't having a great game but they stuck at it . 'We had some good chances and never took them . It was nice to see Steven Fletcher score a hat-trick I thought he was one of our better players today . ' Of late Fletcher has been the subject of unwelcome headlines . Pictured posing beside a £200,000 Lamborgini shortly after Sunderland had lost 4-0 to Aston Villa the striker had managed just four goals all season . At international level his last strike was in a 2-1 win over Iceland in April 2009 . 'Some of his touches were lovely today , ' said Strachan . ' I was wanting more balls in the first half played through but Maloney , Fletcher , Naismith were marked and wanted balls played through . 'We played square too many times because they were ready for it and wanted it . 'We have people who can turn so I was a wee bit disappointed with that as well . Striker Steven Fletcher ( right ) led Scotland to victory against Gibraltar with a hat-trick . Fletcher was recently mocked on Twitter for buying a Lamborghini after inconsistent form for Sunderland . Fletcher is the first Scotland player to score three goals in a game since Colin Stein in 1969 . 'To be fair the conditions were not great either . 'It was swirling out there . Andy Robertson and Ikechi Anya had problems with the swirling wind in the first half . ' Robertson , the young Hull full-back was dragged out of position when Gibraltar ' s Lee Casciano wrote himself into the annals in the 19th minute . Opting to play with a three-man defence – with just Russell Martin at the centre - Strachan admitted the system had worked less well than he anticipated . 'It did get us four goals , but I was expecting that system to work a lot better than that but the goal sort of threw us a bit . Within any system you are hoping your players will play to a level but in the first ten minutes we gave the ball away eight or nine times , that 's too much at international level no matter who you are against . ' The campaign comes down now to Ireland in Dublin on June 13 , a huge game in every sense . Win at the Aviva and a play-off place – at least – becomes more likely than not . 'After five games and performances I am delighted with we are here and we have ten points , I think we are all happy with that . We can go into the second half of this group feeling quite good about ourselves . ' I look back at the performances and I think four so far have been terrific . 'This was not one of our best but we got through . 'We scored six goals and if we had woken up this morning and said we would score six we would have settled for that . ' I would n't have wanted the one against us , but that 's the way football works some times . 'So it 's been a good old day for everybody today . 'Gibraltar got their first goal and unfortunately David Marshall will always be that name now who is the subject of quiz questions everywhere . ' Scotland boss Strachan ( right ) said he is delighted with 10 points from their first five qualifying games . Shaun Maloney scored two penalties for Scotland against Gibraltar at Hampden Park on Sunday . Everton striker Steven Naismith ( right ) was also on the scoresheet in a big win for Scotland . Despite the scoreline interm Gibraltar coach Davie Wilson can point to the goal his side scored as evidence of improvement . They host Scotland in the Algarve in the final round of fixtures and Wilson says : 'As a Scotsman , it 's a horrible thought - but we might just be the ones who get the result that spoils my country 's party . 'They come to us in the last game and although I 'm not naive enough to say we ' ll beat them , if Scotland are under pressure to get a result , who knows ? '
Scotland beat Strachan 6-1 in European 2016 qualifying on Sunday . Strachan levelled the scores with their first ever international goal . Gibraltar praised Strachan 's performance level after the game .