Scotland Under-21 goalkeeper Mark Ridgers aims to deny Italy Ridgers said: "I was disappointed to lose the goal, but it tested my character. I've seen better keepers than myself make mistakes. It was a case of giving my head a wee shake and I thought I handled it quite well. As long as I don't keep making the same mistake I know I'm improving and learning. It made a lot of people take notice and when we played the home game against Holland the crowd were fantastic, they wanted to see what everyone was talking about. For us as a team we're down to earth and we're just doing our jobs. We've got a great group of lads, putting on good performances and hopefully we continue that. The Italy clash is a warm-up for next month's meeting with Bulgaria in a crucial showdown for European Championships qualification, with September meetings against Luxembourg and Austria to follow. Although unbeaten, three draws from five matches could prove costly in a campaign where only the winners of the 10 groups and four best runners-up advance to the play-off stages. Ridgers is set to line-up against two friends, and sometime foes, Paul Hanlon and David Wotherspoon, who scored the winner in Holland. Hanlon and Wotherspoon are regulars for Hibernian, who Ridgers' Hearts are set to meet on May 19 in the first all-Edinburgh Scottish Cup final since 1896. Ridgers said: "When we're playing for Scotland it's a different situation than with Hearts and Hibs when for 90 minutes we wouldn't be friends."