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Glasgow Times
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Scotland keeper welcomes move to more direct Andreattaball style
There appears little prospect of the Greek-Australian's fellow Antipodean manager Melissa Andreatta being subjected to the same line of questioning in the seasons ahead on the evidence of her first game in charge of the Scotland women's team. Andreatta, the former Matildas assistant who succeeded Pedro Martinez Losa in April, saw her new side suffer a narrow 1-0 defeat to Austria at Hampden on Friday night and suffer relegation from the top tier of the Nations League as a result. But the hosts' late fightback – they created a number of scoring chances in the closing stages of their penultimate Group A1 fixture and were unfortunate not to net a late equaliser in – was impressive. Read more: The way those late opportunities were created perhaps gave the supporters who were in attendance a taste of what Andreattaball will be like. Glasgow City goalkeeper Lee Gibson, who pulled off a string of important saves during the course of the 90 minutes and was deservedly named Player of the Match following the final whistle, has certainly noticed a definite shift in emphasis since the 46-year-old has come in. Gibson, who is set to win her 62nd cap for her country in the meeting with the Netherlands in Tilburg on Tuesday evening, acknowledged that some fans, who were used to their heroes playing a patient and possession-based game under Losa, might consider going direct to be 'not pretty'. However, the 33-year-old very much approves of the change and is optimistic that it will help Scotland, who are currently on a desperately disappointing six game losing and seven match winless run, to end their slump in form and become more competitive before they launch their bid to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil in 2027. 'I would say in the first camps we have been in with the new manager we have been a little bit more direct,' she said. 'I think before we played a lot and the build was certainly under pressure. Previously, we tried and keep the ball in the defensive half a lot more than maybe we needed to. 'You can be just as effective being direct. It can take two or three passes and suddenly you're in the other half. We need to try and make sure that when we do build, and we are capable of doing it, we're not putting ourselves into bother and trouble. That is probably something that we've done in the past. (Image: Andrew Milligan) 'We've got players up top that can hold the ball and link. Ultimately, you want to try and get Caroline [Real Madrid playmaker Weir] and Ez [Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert] on the ball. I thought Kathleen [Hibernian striker McGovern] did well holding the ball up on Friday night. As did Kirsty [Rangers forward Howat] and Marth [Spurs striker Thomas] when they came on.' Gibson continued, 'Football's ever-changing. You might have a style of play which means you want to try and keep the ball. But ultimately you need to try and score goals. If that means being direct then so be it. It's easier to get up there. 'We've been working under Pedro for quite a few years. So we have probably tried to play the same way even though there has been a change of manager because it is what you have known. But new coaches will bring fresh ideas and different squad selections and you have to adapt. 'Sometimes being direct is actually the easiest way to get higher up the park. On Friday night we were able to go down the side a couple of times. Within two passes, we were in behind their back line. People might say it's not as pretty, but it's just as effective.' Read more: Andreatta, who admitted she is looking for her charges to be more competitive in their personal duels against the Dutch in midweek, was heartened by Gibson's personal display and envisages the goalkeeper having a key role to play in her Scotland side going forward. 'Lee made some big saves to keep the game competitive,' she said. 'She also activated our vertical game, which is an area we want to improve. We don't want to keep possession for possession's sake, we want to actually break lines more often. She was a part of that as well. 'I saw more of that ability to break lines in the second half against Austria, get into good areas in the final third and create chances from there. That's something we want to keep building on. We will keep reinforcing the position we want from our team in order to get into good areas.'
The National
19 hours ago
- Sport
- The National
Scotland keeper welcomes move to more direct Andreattaball style
There appears little prospect of the Greek-Australian's fellow Antipodean manager Melissa Andreatta being subjected to the same line of questioning in the seasons ahead on the evidence of her first game in charge of the Scotland women's team. Andreatta, the former Matildas assistant who succeeded Pedro Martinez Losa in April, saw her new side suffer a narrow 1-0 defeat to Austria at Hampden on Friday night and suffer relegation from the top tier of the Nations League as a result. But the hosts' late fightback – they created a number of scoring chances in the closing stages of their penultimate Group A1 fixture and were unfortunate not to net a late equaliser in – was impressive. Read more: The way those late opportunities were created perhaps gave the supporters who were in attendance a taste of what Andreattaball will be like. Glasgow City goalkeeper Lee Gibson, who pulled off a string of important saves during the course of the 90 minutes and was deservedly named Player of the Match following the final whistle, has certainly noticed a definite shift in emphasis since the 46-year-old has come in. Gibson, who is set to win her 62nd cap for her country in the meeting with the Netherlands in Tilburg on Tuesday evening, acknowledged that some fans, who were used to their heroes playing a patient and possession-based game under Losa, might consider going direct to be 'not pretty'. However, the 33-year-old very much approves of the change and is optimistic that it will help Scotland, who are currently on a desperately disappointing six game losing and seven match winless run, to end their slump in form and become more competitive before they launch their bid to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil in 2027. 'I would say in the first camps we have been in with the new manager we have been a little bit more direct,' she said. 'I think before we played a lot and the build was certainly under pressure. Previously, we tried and keep the ball in the defensive half a lot more than maybe we needed to. 'You can be just as effective being direct. It can take two or three passes and suddenly you're in the other half. We need to try and make sure that when we do build, and we are capable of doing it, we're not putting ourselves into bother and trouble. That is probably something that we've done in the past. (Image: Andrew Milligan) 'We've got players up top that can hold the ball and link. Ultimately, you want to try and get Caroline [Real Madrid playmaker Weir] and Ez [Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert] on the ball. I thought Kathleen [Hibernian striker McGovern] did well holding the ball up on Friday night. As did Kirsty [Rangers forward Howat] and Marth [Spurs striker Thomas] when they came on.' Gibson continued, 'Football's ever-changing. You might have a style of play which means you want to try and keep the ball. But ultimately you need to try and score goals. If that means being direct then so be it. It's easier to get up there. 'We've been working under Pedro for quite a few years. So we have probably tried to play the same way even though there has been a change of manager because it is what you have known. But new coaches will bring fresh ideas and different squad selections and you have to adapt. 'Sometimes being direct is actually the easiest way to get higher up the park. On Friday night we were able to go down the side a couple of times. Within two passes, we were in behind their back line. People might say it's not as pretty, but it's just as effective.' Read more: Andreatta, who admitted she is looking for her charges to be more competitive in their personal duels against the Dutch in midweek, was heartened by Gibson's personal display and envisages the goalkeeper having a key role to play in her Scotland side going forward. 'Lee made some big saves to keep the game competitive,' she said. 'She also activated our vertical game, which is an area we want to improve. We don't want to keep possession for possession's sake, we want to actually break lines more often. She was a part of that as well. 'I saw more of that ability to break lines in the second half against Austria, get into good areas in the final third and create chances from there. That's something we want to keep building on. We will keep reinforcing the position we want from our team in order to get into good areas.'
BBC News
a day ago
- General
- BBC News
Same old story for Scotland, laments 'frustrated' Gibson
"You don't ever want to keep coming out and saying, we've done really well, we've tried hard, but we're fallen short again."That's just the reality of where we're at, at the moment."For someone who made save after save on Friday night, Lee Gibson pulled no punches in the post-match press Scotland shotstopper kept her country in their penultimate Nations League A match against Austria, but she was left helpless when a front-post flick from Julia Hickelsberger broke the sole goal, in Melissa Andreatta's first game in the Scotland dugout, confirmed relegation to League B, was an all too familiar story for the Scots who suffered a six successive defeat, and Gibson has grown tired of the tale."It's took us 60 minutes to actually properly open up Austria, that's the disappointing thing." the Glasgow City goalkeeper said."You just want that to happen a little bit earlier. That's up to us as players to recognise that and change things in the game, but it was too little, too late unfortunately."That's probably the same thing that we've been saying over the last year or so in these games when we play against top opponents, that we've not been able to be consistent enough. "It's frustrating. You don't ever want to keep coming out and saying, we've done really well, we've tried hard, but we're fallen short again."That's just the reality of where we're at, at the moment. "I think other teams have improved and they've raised their levels. We maybe haven't made those strides forward that we wanted to or we feel we deserve."But as players and coaching staff and everybody behind the scenes, it's up to us to be able to try and change that. "That's hopefully something that under Mel we can take strides in doing."
STV News
a day ago
- Sport
- STV News
Andreatta says debut Scotland defeat gives her ‘baseline' to work from
Melissa Andreatta's debut defeat as Scotland Women's head coach gave her a 'baseline' from which to work going forward. A 1-0 loss to Austria in the Nations League Group A1 clash at Hampden Park confirmed relegation from the top flight of the competition for the Scots. The visitors scored the winner in the 62nd minute when attacker Julia Hickelsberger glanced in a header at the near post from a corner. Although the home side finished the game stronger, Andreatta's new charges ended the match still at the bottom of the table without a point in five games and will be playing in League B in the next Nations League campaign. The former Matildas assistant has another chance to put her stamp on the squad when they face the Netherlands away on Tuesday night in their final fixture before they start preparing for the World Cup qualifiers later in the year. Andreatta said: 'What I've taken is a baseline. 'There's one thing to be training and doing what we're doing and players executing what we're asking of them in a training session and it's another to do it in a match and in a match with that context behind it. 'So I think I have a good baseline now to understand where we're at, in order for us to progress to where we want to be. 'I think you could tell by the fans (second half), there was a frustration, but I think the key part that I take from that is that we had players that took on the information at half-time and made some adjustments to what we were doing and trying to do – and they did that well. 'And then, together with the subs, who were a combination of experienced players and emerging players, they brought on the energy and had a real impact. 'So while it was frustrating not to get some reward from that impact and those changes, I know where we are now, and it's given me some ideas, moving forward.' Rachel Corsie, 35, who is retiring from football at the end of the game against Netherlands on Tuesday, started on the bench and came on at the beginning of the second half to win her 155th cap and play at Hampden Park for the last time. Andreatta added: 'I'm sure for her, there would have been a lot of emotion and having friends and family there for sure. 'But what I know about Rachel is she's a real team person and she'll be more hurt for the team that we didn't get the result that we all want. 'But she'll quickly refocus as a leader and professional that she is and help the team to bounce back because that's what we need to do now.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
BBC News
a day ago
- General
- BBC News
Scotland midfielder Rodgers sustains broken jaw
Women's Nations League: The Netherlands v ScotlandVenue: Koning Willem II Stadion, Tilburg Date: Tuesday, 3 June Time: 19:30 BSTCoverage: Watch on BBC Scotland & iPlayer, live text coverage on the BBC Sport website & app Midfielder Amy Rodgers has been ruled out of Scotland's final Nations League A Group 1 game against the Netherlands after breaking her jaw against 26-year-old Bristol City player took an elbow to the face from Austria captain Sarah Puntigam minutes before Scotland conceded the only goal of the game at Hampden on Friday Atheltic's Charlotte Newsham has been called-up to the A squad for the first time, promoted from the under-23s, in her place of Rodgers for Tuesday's trip to who earned her 11th cap in the defeat, leaves camp alongside Rangers captain Nicola Docherty, who suffered a concussion in last Sunday's Scottish Cup final. Docherty, who has not featured for the national team since the Euro 2025 play-off defeat by Finland in December, collided with international team-mate Amy Muir and initially continued before exiting the pitch 20 minutes result not only kicked off new head coach Melissa Andreatta's tenure with defeat, but also confirmed the Scots' relegation to League B with a game to side round off Group A1 in the Netherlands on Tuesday, which will be televised live on BBC Scotland.
