Scotland must 'come together' after Germany defeats
Rachel McLauchlan says Scotland will bounce back after two heavy defeats to Germany in the Nations League. Following a 4-0 defeat at Tannadice on Friday night, Scotland were 1-0 up at half-time in Germany on Tuesday. But the Scots crumbled in the second half and went on to lose 6-1 to the third-ranked international side. "It's obviously a tough one to take," the wingback said. "Positives there for the first half; that's how we expect to play."[Then there's] 20 minutes in the second half that we just can't ever let happen. We can't let that happen in the future, we have to go and work on that."We're lucky in the fact we're a very tight squad, we'll come together and help each other and come back in positive ways I'm sure."
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