Martha Thomas: Scotland Motivated by Past Defeat Against Finland for Euro 2025 Qualification

Martha Thomas stated that Scotland’s past disappointment against Finland “adds fuel to our fire” as the team endeavors to secure a spot at Euro 2025. Pedro Martinez Losa’s squad is set to host Finland in the play-off final at Easter Road this evening. The match will be broadcast live on BBC BBC Scotland, iPlayer, and the BBC Sport website and app, with the return leg scheduled for Tuesday. Four years prior, Scotland failed to qualify for Euro 2021 following a 1-0 loss to Finland. “It adds fuel to our fire, to try and help us get there and not relive these summers where we’re sat at home and not competing at these tournaments,” commented Tottenham forward Thomas. She further emphasized, “Every one of us knows we need to completely empty the tank. It’s all about doing your job on the pitch, we need to make sure everyone is giving absolutely everything to get over the line.” Thomas also stated, “You need a squad full of a range of different things, experience, youth, talent, everything, and I think we’ve really got that here.” Scotland enters the play-off round with considerable momentum, having achieved seven consecutive victories, including a 5-0 aggregate win against Hungary in the preceding stage. “It’s given us a huge confidence boost,” Thomas added. “Any team in the play-offs is difficult to play against, so to score five and have clean sheets in both games was big for us and we can use that momentum to go into these two games.” She concluded, “There’s been a massive improvement, we’ve found a way to win, a way to score goals and a way to limit conceding goals and our results show that.”