Scharner pounced on the hour mark to turn the ball in at the far post after Emile Heskey's close range effort was parried by Derby keeper Roy Carroll.

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Wigan's highly-rated goalkeeper Roy Carroll has also graduated to the full squad from the Under-21s, while McIlroy has also selected Carroll's clubmate Pat McGibbon and the uncapped Colin Murdock of Preston.

BBC: McIlroy rings the changes

Roy Carroll is another man who left the English Premier League with a less than flawless reputation, but he was voted goalkeeper of the year in Denmark last season as he helped his new club to challenge Copenhagen.

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