James McFadden believes Scotland have earned the right to approach their clash in France with the belief they can take something from the Euro 2008 qualifier.
McFadden struck a glorious goal as Scotland beat Lithuania 3-1 to ensure they travel to Paris in second place in Group B.
The Everton forward has never been overawed by any opponent in his career and his natural confidence has been reinforced by Scotland's continuing challenge to World Cup finalists Italy and France.
Even defeat in the Parc des Princes would not rule out Scotland going on to claim an unlikely place in the European Championship, with games against Ukraine and Georgia to come next month.
Scotland's sixth victory in eight qualifiers took the pressure off ahead of the Paris match, but McFadden brushed off defeatist attitudes as he looked to last year's 1-0 triumph at Hampden for inspiration.
'It was the result we needed and we got it, so we have got to be happy,' the former Motherwell star said.
'You need confidence going into games and there is no better confidence than winning games.
'We believe we can get a result and I think the way we have been playing backs that up.
'If we didn't believe it there would be no point going, we would just give them the points.
'It's a massive game and it's a game we should be expecting to try to take some points from.
'We beat them the last time so you never know what can happen.'
