England routs Scotland 6-0 however Group GB’s Paris Olympics dream involves an finish

England has thrashed Scotland 6-0 but it surely was not sufficient to maintain alive Group GB’s desires of a Paris Olympics berth after late drama noticed the Netherlands pip the Lionesses to prime spot of their Nations League group.

Lucy Bronze scored a last-gasp objective for the World Cup runner-up, who briefly celebrated at Glasgow’s Hampden Park, believing it was sufficient to win Group A1 and transfer into the Nations League semifinals.

However the Netherlands’ Damaris Egurrola netted twice in added time because the Dutch beat Belgium 4-0 to clinch prime spot.

Each nations completed with 12 factors however the Netherlands edged England on objective distinction 8-7.

“Clearly devastated to lose out on such small margins,” England’s Beth Mead advised the BBC.

“We obtained the targets afterward, we thought we would perhaps obtained over the road, however sadly it wasn’t meant to be,” she added.

“It is a powerful one. I believe the ladies have labored actually onerous. I assumed we had been unbelievable. Sadly it was out of our palms.”

England got here from behind to beat the Netherlands 3-2 final week in a must-win match to arrange Wednesday’s AEDT thrilling finale.

Lauren James scored two within the first half lower than two minutes aside, whereas Mead netted in her first begin with England in additional than a 12 months as a consequence of a knee damage.

Alex Greenwood and Fran Kirby additionally scored for the Lionesses who had been ruthless of their quest for targets, retrieving the ball from the online with no celebration to run again to the centre circle after each.

England objective keeper Mary Earps, who was “gutted” after conceding twice towards the Netherlands, made a spectacular last-gasp save earlier than Bronze added England’s sixth along with her head within the 93rd minute, pumping each fists in celebration.

But the celebration quickly turned to unhappiness.

The 2 finalists of the inaugural Nations League match — or prime three if Olympic host France are one of many finalists — earn berths within the Paris Video games.

Germany’s 0-0 draw with Wales on Wednesday AEDT was sufficient to clinch prime spot in its group and transfer on to the February 23-28 four-team knockout spherical.

France and Spain each completed on prime of their respective teams.

Reuters