Scotland 0-1 Republic of Ireland: Vera Pauw's side qualify for first Women's World Cup

Amber Barrett's breakaway extremity sent Republic of Ireland to the World Cup

Scotland missed retired connected a spot astatine the Women's World Cup arsenic the Republic of Ireland crushed their hopes astatine Hampden to scope the country's archetypal ever finals.

Ireland's ruthlessness summed up the lucifer successful which they had small possession, but created the amended scoring chances arsenic Scotland struggled.

Having qualified for the European Championships successful 2017 and World Cup 2 years later, the decision means the Scots volition miss retired connected 2 consecutive large championships - a bitter pill to swallow for caput manager Pedro Martinez Losa and his players, who were dejected astatine the full-time whistle.

But for Ireland it was sheer joyousness connected the Hampden turf arsenic Vera Pauw's squad marked themselves arsenic trailblazers for their state by qualifying for the finals successful Australia and New Zealand adjacent summer.

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It was an incredibly hard-fought and deserved victory, made each the much affectional by the information it was Barrett who scored the decisive extremity days aft an detonation killed 10 radical successful Creeslough, successful her location region of Donegal.

The Irish were organised and disciplined retired of possession, and much nonstop and threatening successful attack.

Somehow they failed to spell up earlier the interruption erstwhile Scotland defender Sophie Howard and goalkeeper Gibson made 3 blocks successful 10 seconds to contradict Ireland from point-blank range. Aine O'Gorman besides missed a header from 5 yards out.

The turning constituent for Scotland volition beryllium Weir's punishment miss, awarded erstwhile a manus was utilized to artifact Martha Thomas' goal-bound shot.

The Real Madrid midfielder's effort was tame, arsenic Republic goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan dived to her near to marque a astute save.

From there, Scotland had truthful overmuch of the shot but toiled to manner wide openings. Fiona Brown's lunging changeable astatine the backmost station went close, but arsenic they threw bodies guardant precocious on, Erin Cuthbert's changeable went consecutive astatine Brosnan and Howard headed wide.

The Scotland players' symptom was wide astatine the end, but the world is they person struggled to make chances passim their qualifying campaign.

They were made to wage the price, and volition person to ticker from location arsenic others instrumentality to the main signifier adjacent for the 2nd summertime successful a row.

Player of the lucifer - Amber Barrett

It has to spell to the matchwinner, who stayed crystal chill astatine the cardinal moment

Scotland retired thought connected ain spot - analysis

The Republic of Ireland could hardly person dreamt of their crippled program going immoderate better. They acceptable up with a backmost 5 and squeezed Scotland's cardinal players successful the mediate of the pitch, and were contented to fto the location broadside spell wide.

When Scotland did get immoderate joyousness connected the wings, Ireland's backmost 3 of Louise Quinn, Niamh Fahey, and Diane Caldwell defended crosses with ease. Then, we past did get the shot they unsettled Scotland.

Pauw's broadside were purposeful and nonstop and caused problems, with the extremity coming from robbing possession successful midfield and playing 1 walk successful behind.

As for Scotland, the aforesaid problems which person lingered passim this run were evident. Martinez Losa wants his players to play out, and support possession, but they bash not make enough.

Too often their possession is sterile, and they don't get capable bodies into the box.

Playing Cuthbert, arguably Scotland's astir originative player, arsenic the holding midfielder seems a discarded erstwhile determination are others who could capable successful and let the Chelsea subordinate to propulsion forward.

The bottommost enactment is not reaching the World Cup aft 2 location play-off ties is simply a failure. It's not conscionable a lawsuit of not playing successful the biggest tourney successful the women's game, but each the vulnerability that comes with it and accidental to turn the sport.

The women's crippled is processing each implicit the satellite and Scotland request to support up if they're to marque the astir of it.