Scotland 1 - 2 Italy
2nd min : Luca Toni had stunned the Scots by stabbing the ball home from five yards with less than two minutes gone.
64th min: The Italians appeared to have subdued the fire of the Scots on the pitch until one of Alan Hutton's trademark surges towards the opposition penalty box won a free-kick.
McFadden's drive took a deflection off the wall, McCulloch's drive was blocked by Buffon but Ferguson stabbed it home on the rebound.
90th min: Scotland fell at the final hurdle in their Euro 2008 bid as Christian Panucci's last-gasp header earned Italy an undeserved 2-1 win at Hampden.
Scotland: Gordon, Hutton, Weir, McManus, Naysmith, Brown, Fletcher, Hartley, Ferguson, McCulloch, McFadden.
Subs: McGregor, Alexander, Caldwell, Pearson, Robson, Boyd, Miller.
Italy: Buffon, Panucci, Cannavaro, Barzagli, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Di Natale, Toni.
Subs: Amelia, Oddo, Chiellini, De Rossi, Perrotta, Iaquinta, Gilardino.