Scotland ready to ‘challenge themselves’ in League A – Martinez Losa

Pedro Martinez Losa believes Scotland’s 2025 Nations League group is the “second most difficult”, but says his side “are ready to go” in the top tier again.

The Scots were promoted back to League A following an unbeaten Euro qualifying campaign this year.

They finished bottom of Group A1 in 2023 after drawing twice with Belgium and losing home and away to England and Netherlands.

Martinez Losa’s side face the Dutch again, as well as Germany and Austria, with the group stage running from February to early June.

“We’re very pleased to come back to League A,” the head coach told BBC Scotland.

“Teams like Netherlands you always in theory want to avoid, but at the end you have to play against some of them.

“I don’t think we got the worst – the most difficult group has England and Spain – but probably the second most difficult.

“In terms of having to compete against Germany and Netherlands, we already know them well and also Austria is a very competitive team, so I’m excited in one part.

“We’re ready to go and celebrate the women’s game with the fans and challenge ourselves, which is what it is about, but also respecting the opponent and thinking that it’s going to be difficult for us. But we will be prepared.”