Scotland boss Sébastien Pocognoli has said that he does not feel pressure to get his first win as his side prepare to take on North Macedonia in Skopje.
The Belgian took over from Steve Clarke as Scotland boss following their disappointing World Cup campaign, which saw them exit the tournament having scored just one goal in a 1-0 win against Haiti, losing to both Morocco and Brazil without scoring.
And since his appointment, he has overseen a 0-0 draw with Slovenia and a 3-0 defeat to Switzerland, leaving Scotland on just one point in Nations League Group B1.
They now take on a side who are in an even worse predicament than Scotland, facing a North Macedonia team who have been defeated by both Slovenia and Switzerland and failed to score in either match.
So there is understandably an expectation on Pocognoli and his Scotland players to earn three valuable points in Skopje.
Pocognoli himself though is adamant that his job goes far beyond this camp alone and for that reason, the pressure is off.
"No, because the challenge is longer than this camp, you know, we have to do piece by piece," he told BBC Scotland.
"For sure, we want to have a first really positive [win] on the pitch.
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"In terms of ranking, we want this, but I think it's important for the players to have a first win, that everything makes sense because the win makes the joy and the joy gives the freedom on the pitch to make decisions and to accelerate the process.
"If we have the three points in Slovenia, which I think we deserve, we talk maybe a little bit differently, but it's like this.
"I hope tomorrow we can just show what we trained the last days in the camp, what we showed for 60 minutes in Slovenia and just try to have the first win which is important for the players and staff and also for the supporters."
Scotland have failed to score in each of their last four matches, albeit three of them -- Morocco, Brazil and Switzerland -- have come from sides ranked 5th, 6th and 14th in the world respectively.
North Macedonia meanwhile have scored just two goals in their previous 10 matches and they find themselves ranked as low as 71st in the world, far behind Scotland who sit in 42nd.
Pocognoli refuses to mount the pressure on his players, insisting he is more bothered about the performance and not the result.
"When I arrive, we have a strong foundation from the past, and we take everything in," Pocognoli added.
"The good things and the things that we have to improve can be the same, but as long as we create chances, for me I'm happy."