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BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Andreatta eager to see positives from Austria defeat
Melissa Andreatta is determined to see the positives from Scotland's defeat by Austria as her side prepare for "a massive test" against the Scots head into their final Nations League Group A1 game against the Dutch having already been relegated following Friday's loss at Hampden. The Netherlands are ranked 10th in the world and are looking to bounce back from their own defeat in Germany - a result that means they are now unable to overtake the group have lost all five of their games so far in the Nations League top flight, with second-half goals from Lineth Beerensteyn and Chasity Grant giving the Dutch a deserved win at Hampden in February despite the hosts leading through Emma game was under caretaker Michael McArdle after Pedro Martinez Losa was sacked following the failure to reach this summer's Euro 2025 finals - and Andreatta believes she has already seen areas where her squad can improve."It's just identifying the moments when we want to press or protect, or progress the ball and penetrate," the Australian said."There's going to be moments in the match where it doesn't go right, but that's where we are right now."We took a lot of learnings from [Friday] and now what we want to do is close this campaign and then, after that, look ahead to a new start in our next camp."
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Euro 2024 helps SFA increase turnover & profit
Euro 2024 participation helped the Scottish FA to turnover of £78.72m last record figure is a £21.6m increase on 2023, while pre-tax profit was also up to £7.41m, compared with £2.05m the previous the SFA has benefited from additional funds from Grassroots Facilities Funding and the Scottish Government Extra Time initiative, and has committed £5m to increasing facilities across the and cash at bank and in hand were listed as £16.23m (reserves) and £18.1m (cash).The accounts state the increase in revenues and profits are "mostly related to the revenue generated from participation in the UEFA Euro 2024 finals tournament".Scotland's second successive men's European Championship appearance pitted Steve Clarke's side against hosts Germany as well as Switzerland and Scots lost to the Germans and Hungarians but drew with the Swiss in game women reached the Euro 2025 play-offs last year but, after defeating Hungary, fell short against Finland and missed out on the finals, with head coach Pedro Martinez Losa soon moving Andreatta has recently started as the new permanent head coach after Michael McArdle oversaw the team on a temporary basis.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Fresh start exactly what Scotland needed'
Scotland and Rangers defender Leah Eddie is excited for a "fresh start" under new national team head coach Melissa Martinez Losa was dismissed as Scotland boss after the failure to reach Euro 2025 - the third major tournament in a row they have Australia assistant Andreatta was appointed his permanent successor last month after interim head coach Mick McArdle had overseen four straight face Austria and the Netherlands in their remaining Nations League fixtures in just over three weeks and Eddie is looking forward to a "clean slate" under Andreatta."It's an exciting time for everyone involved," Eddie told BBC Scotland."She is coming in full of energy and wanting to do well so hopefully she can implement what she wants and we can start getting the results that we want."Everyone's really looking forward to getting to know her. It's a clean slate."I've not heard much about her or worked with her or know people who have worked with her which I think could be a good thing. But I think it's such an exciting time for the national team."A fresh start was maybe exactly what the national team needed and focusing on each camp at a time."Getting her in the door and hopefully everyone's on board with the way she wants to play and bring success. I'm sure if we do that everything will be fine."
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Melissa Andreatta keen to make 'dreams come true' with Scotland
Melissa Andreatta's predecessor, Pedro Martinez Losa, was dismissed because of his inability to guide Scotland to Euro 2025. The third major tournament in a row the Scots failed to reach. A battered and bruised side fell to their knees in December at the Bolt Arena in Helsinki while Finland were celebrating and planning for Switzerland this summer. Although Scotland have become all too familiar with failure, Andreatta insists the job, and the move around the world with her family, "wasn't a hard sell" and she is confident of "competing on the world stage" with her new team. "My family know what I'm very passionate about and what I've dreamt of for a long time in my football career and that's to be a head coach," the Australian said at her first media conference. "It wasn't a hard sell. Whether you're a player or a coach, you want to mix it with the best. You want to be at the highest level and I think of that 12-year-old Mel who dreamt of being a gold medallist at the Olympic Games. "I think that's the same thing to me, being at the highest level competing against the best on the world stage is things that dreams are made of. "It would be an honour, a privilege, a dream come true for me as well, but more importantly for a group of players who have been working hard at this for many years - some just starting out on their journey - and it would be super special for them. "That's what I'm all about, supporting a group of people with this one goal to all get on the same page, aligned behind it and going for it and I hope we can do that."
BBC News
06-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Scotland: 'Anything is possible' for new coach Melissa Andreatta
New head coach Melissa Andreatta says "anything is possible" with Scotland and admits she is "confident" of guiding the national team back to a women's major tournament. The former Australia assistant was announced as the permanent successor to Pedro Martinez Losa last month. The 40-year-old will take charge of the side for the first time in their penultimate Nations League A game against Austria on 30 May at Hampden, before rounding off the campaign in the Netherlands four days later. The Scottish FA's head of elite women's football, Michael McArdle, oversaw the first four group games on an interim basis, all of which were defeats. Her predecessor, Martinez Losa, was dismissed after the Scots failed to reach Euro 2025 - the third major tournament in a row they have missed. Andreatta, who has moved around the world to "immerse herself in Scottish culture" says she "jumped at the opportunity" to become the head coach of a national team for the first time. "I'm confident in the process and the progress that we can make towards qualifying for a major tournament with the players and the experience that we have," the 46-year-old said at Hampden. "I think anything is possible with this group with time."
