Scotland suffer play-off heartache again and fail to reach next summer’s Euro 2025 finals as they fall to defeat in Finland.

Off to a quick restart within three minutes a Sam Kerr shot hit the post, so close. Scotland kept up the pressure and fired balls into the Finns penalty area and had shots at goal. Finland sat back though and seemed happy to defend, their 18-month unbeaten home record would have helped their confidence.

After a goalless first game, Scotland lost their UEFA Women’s Euros qualifying Play-Off 2nd leg 2-0 in Finland. Pedro Martinez Losa’s side had a tough start as Nea Lehtola hit the crossbar and Sanni Franssi failed to convert the rebound, then in the eighth minute Natalia Kuikka was given space 25 yards out to fire home.

There were fireworks from Finland and tears from Scotland as the Finns wrecked Scotland’s Euros dream. First-half goals from Natalia Kuikka and Nea Lehtola left Scotland on the back of a 2-0

Scotland face a bleak winter after their hopes of qualification for next summer’s European Championship in Switzerland were extinguished in a frozen Helsinki. As an ultimately comfortable Finland celebrated a victory sealed in the second leg of this Euro 25 playoff, the visiting manager Pedro Martínez Losa faced a uncertain future.