Norwegian FA chiefs have revealed that Scotland have decided to pull out of a behind-closed-doors training match against them on Monday due to 'injuries.'
Steve Clarke's side warmed up for the World Cup opener next weekend against Haiti with a morale-boosting 4-0 romp against Bolivia.
The Scotland manager admitted after the match he was delighted to get through the game with no injuries, after the cruel blow of losing Billy Gilmour last week against Curacao.
Scotland were due to face the Norwegians in a training match at their Charlotte training base in an unofficial game, which their manager, Stale Solbakken, revealed months ago and mentioned again this week.
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However, Norway have now said the Scots have informed them the training match will not go ahead.
Norwegian FA media manager Morten Morisbak Skjonsberg said: "It is a poorly kept secret that we were supposed to play a training match against Scotland on Monday.
"Today we learned that Scotland unfortunately had to withdraw from the agreement due to injuries.
"Instead, we will train at Greensboro."
And Solbakken conceded he would now change his plans for Norway's final warm-up match against Scotland's group opponents Morocco.
He said: "The cancellation means I will make more changes in our game against Morocco.
"The idea of playing Scotland was that we could get some minutes in the legs of the guys who don't play in the Morocco game."
