Strange football in Glasgow: The Scots missed their chance at the Olympics because they didn’t lose enough in the neighboring duel with England.
The 0:6 (0:4) against the European champions was, as crazy as it sounds, not enough – because in the shooting competition the Netherlands took first place in the Nations League group with a 4:0 (1:0) against Belgium A1 ahead of the Lionesses because of the goal difference, which is one goal better.
The crazy thing: If England had qualified for the Summer Games, the team would have been allowed to compete there as a team for Great Britain – with players also from Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Therefore, the Scots around Samantha Kerr from German champions Bayern Munich were doomed to lose on the last match day.
Alex Greenwood (13th), Lauren James (38th/39th), Beth Mead (45th+1), Fran Kirby (50th) and Lucy Bronze (90th+3) scored for the guests at Hampden Park. But Oranje had the better end for themselves. Damaris Egurrola scored twice in stoppage time (90+1/90+5) to make it final, which meant her team moved past England, who had already finished in Glasgow.