What did we learn from Andreatta's first game as Scotland head coach?

"I deliberation I person a bully baseline present to recognize wherever we're at."

The archetypal words Melissa Andreatta uttered successful the aftermath of her Scotland debut, which not lone ended successful defeat, but with relegation to Nations League B.

When asked whether that baseline was higher oregon little than she expected, the Australian replied: "I'm not sure, if I'm honest."

In the archetypal half, it had to beryllium lower.

The Scots were 2nd champion to Austria, who near Hampden with each 3 deserved points acknowledgment to Julia Hickelsberger's front-post flick conscionable aft the hr mark.

Up until that point, and for 10 minutes after, Manuela Zinsberger successful the Austria extremity was simply a spectator, sunbathing successful the Hampden glow.

A flurry a changes brought astir immoderate combat and finesse, but arsenic Scotland shot-stopper and subordinate of the lucifer Lee Gibson said post-match it was, again, "too little, excessively late".

This was ne'er going to beryllium a speedy fix, an overnight job, an contiguous turnaround. This modulation volition instrumentality time.

But, what tin we instrumentality from Andreatta's archetypal crippled successful charge?

Andreatta's instauration has somewhat masked a grim fewer months for the Scots.

Since their Euro 2025 play-off heartbreak successful Helsinki past year, they fractional mislaid their archetypal 4 games of the existent year, conceding 13 goals successful the process. Six of those successful Wolfsburg against Germany. Five successful a 15-minute spell.

The erstwhile Matildas adjunct was announced the greeting aft the scudding and since then, alongside skipper Rachel Corsie's impending retirement, has dominated the discourse.

While the fallout from that nighttime astatine the Volkswagen Arena was tame, the interaction it has connected the radical was fierce.

Touches were heavy. Passes were poor. The absorption container was treated arsenic a excavation of lava. There was nary flow, lone fear.

Former Scotland midfielder Leanne Crichton described their play arsenic "fragmented", portion Andreatta said determination was "a spot of a hangover" from their erstwhile 4 pointless Group A1 games.

That's present 7 games without a win, with 1 last travel to the 10th-ranked squad successful the satellite - the Netherlands - to travel connected Tuesday earlier a four-month break.

It's a agelong aged summertime to mull over, potentially, 8 games and 11 months without a win, but the caput manager insists the "belief" is there.

"When you're coming disconnected the tally that they've had, assurance often comes with results, but the content is inactive determination and it's conscionable going to beryllium a batch of hard work," she said.

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On a nighttime wherever truthful overmuch spotlight was directed to departing, seasoned defender Rachel Corsie, the adjacent procreation stood tall.

The 35-year-old was the archetypal of 5 second-half substitutions, and portion the omniscient aged caput stabilised a rocky ship, the young ones who followed drove it on.

Debutant Mia McAulay - who opened the scoring astatine Hampden successful Sunday's Scottish Cup last - injected the width, creativity and spark the Scots were craving.

She came connected alongside Martha Thomas, who replaced a 2nd debutant successful Hibernian's Kathleen McGovern, who Andreatta said "held her own".

The 22-year-old, who enjoyed an unthinkable idiosyncratic play with the SWPL champions, did a powerfulness of moving connected her archetypal quality wherever she was starved of service, portion Emma Watson, 19, came disconnected the seat to connection authorization and calmness.

"Being truthful young, that's the promising and affirmative happening - their willingness to instrumentality connected the accusation and execute their subordinate tasks for the team," the caput manager added.

"I deliberation based connected what I saw, there's a batch to look guardant to."

When Andreatta said that determination was plentifulness to look guardant to, she did truthful with a genuine grin dispersed crossed her face.

In the 4 weeks she's been connected these shores, she's immersed herself successful the culture, cuisine and her coaching.

The Australian took successful her just stock of SWPL games arsenic the play drew to a close, portion she besides had a keen oculus connected past week's Scottish Cup final. In betwixt times, the occasional Irn-Bru and Cullen skink person been devoured.

Trivial these things whitethorn seem, it's a committedness and attraction for the country, and role, that hasn't ever been there.

The 46-year-old knew she was taking connected a sizeable task but she's keen to amusement she hasn't bitten disconnected much than 1 tin chew.

When asked what she learned from her archetypal outing successful the blistery seat, she said: "I've learnt that I truly judge successful this radical and what it's going to instrumentality to assistance this squad realise their imaginable and spell to different level.

"I deliberation that's the cardinal thing, that content isn't down oregon shaken by the effect astatine all.

"I'm adjacent much passionate astir supporting this squad to realise their goals."