Scotland 0-0 Finland: Sophie Howard confident Scots can ‘raise bar’ in second leg

Emma Black, capped 42 times by Scotland, was on punditry duty for BBC Radio Scotland at Easter Road and felt “deflated” after the 0-0 draw.

“We’re at home, we should take the game to Finland, we’re going into this game as favourites and we just looked a shadow of ourselves,” she said.

“We looked very nervous. We dropped deep and allowed them to have possession.

“We’re lacking cover on the bench. My worry is where are we going to get goals from?”

Fellow Sportsound pundit and Scotland midfielder Rachael Boyle, capped 43 times, added: “You expect more. Finland’s gameplan worked really, really well.

“It’s almost like we’ve got an imbalance on the bench. We’ve got a lot of midfielders but not a lot of attackers.

“We’ve got Scottish players scoring in the SWPL week in, week out. You need to start bleeding these players in because they are what’s going to come next.”