Scotland captain Rachel Corsie has branded these questioning their integrity forward of Tuesday’s Girls’s Nations League sport with England “extraordinarily disrespectful”.
World Cup runners-up England want a high-scoring win towards already-relegated Scotland to say prime spot within the group, the end required to maintain the Lionesses in rivalry to safe Paris 2024 Olympic qualification for Nice Britain.
With England success on that entrance the one approach Scottish gamers will be capable of play on the Video games, Andries Jonker, head coach of group leaders the Netherlands, described the scenario as “unusual”.
However forward of internet hosting England at Hampden Park on Tuesday, Corsie hit out at these daring to name Scotland’s integrity into query.
“Honestly, I believe it is extraordinarily disrespectful,” the 34-year-old stated. “It is an enormous insult to us.
“To have performed for my nation as a few years as I’ve, to know the ladies sitting in there [the dressing room], those who wish to be right here however are injured and can’t be right here, it is completely outrageous to query anybody’s integrity.”
How can groups qualify for the Olympics?
France have already certified for the Olympics as hosts, and have certified for the Nations League finals as Group A2 winners.
Europe can have three groups on the Olympics, which means the 2 highest-finishing groups on the Nations League finals will even go to the Olympics.
World Cup winners Spain have additionally certified for the Nations League finals.
Corsie added: “It is a sport we completely look ahead to.
“The place we’re within the group is tough as a result of it isn’t the place we wish to be, however on the similar time we’ve the chance to complete the 12 months towards a workforce that is without doubt one of the greatest and is a big rivalry for our nation.
“To get the possibility to play England at Hampden Park is one thing everyone seems to be relishing.”
Wiegman: No approach Scotland will assist England
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England Girls’s supervisor Sarina Wiegman believes that Scotland will give their all towards her facet, regardless of a beneficial end result resulting in an improved probability of Workforce GB qualifying for the Olympics.
England boss Sarina Wiegman has harassed there’s “no approach” Scotland are going to “give away” the sport when the edges meet at Hampden Park on Tuesday of their ultimate Nations League group fixture.
Wiegman informed a press convention on Monday: “I perceive the conversations about it. However when you’ve got seen our group, seen Scotland and know the historical past of Scotland and England, then there is no approach that they’re going to give away this sport. They actually wish to beat England and we wish to beat them, after all.
“There’s such a rivalry that that’s completely not going to be the case. We noticed it once we performed in England (a 2-1 win for England in September).
“I haven’t got the answer. That is the primary time we have performed the Nations League, and the way are you going to resolve this example? Perhaps you don’t need them in the identical group, however then if Scotland topped one other group, we topped one and we went into the finals, you’d have the identical scenario.
“It is nearly truthful play, about soccer, and in soccer everybody needs to win, and we all know the rivalry.
“Now we have skilled gamers right here who actually wish to present up – England gamers and Scottish gamers. I believe it will be a great sport the place everybody needs to carry out at their highest degree.”
Ought to there be any concern over Scotland strategy?
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Sky Sports activities’ Laura Hunter and Gail Davis analyse England’s sensational comeback towards the Netherlands and assess their possibilities of qualifying for the Nations League finals.
Sky Sports activities Information reporter Gail Davis:
“It is a very unusual scenario that Sarina Wiegman finds herself in. She understands the feedback from the Netherlands’ supervisor that this sport and its integrity is questionable.
“England simply must crack on and pay attention to the situations forward of them. If the Netherlands are successful [against Belgium], then England must be successful themselves, by at the very least 4 targets.
“England definitely have the firepower however they simply should get the job accomplished.”