International Friendly

Scotland 4-0 Costa Rica

Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Hampden Park, Glasgow

 

Scorers

Scotland 4 (Emma Watson 6’, 66’, Alvorado (OG) 28’, Caroline Weir 37’)

Costa Rica 0  

 

Team News

Pedro Martinez Losa made two changes to the starting 11 that played the 1-0 victory over Australia last week, with Rachel McLauchlan and Lauren Davidson coming in to replace Fiona Brown and Martha Thomas.

Prior to the game, Claire Emslie received her 50th cap to honour the milestone which she reached in February against Wales.

 

As It Happened

Emma Watson opened the scoring with just six minutes on the clock. Caroline Weir played a free kick into the box which was deflected by a Costa Rica player. Watson pounced to get the rebound and squeezed it into the net for her first Scotland goal in only her second cap for her country.

Scotland doubled their lead in the 28th minute when Alvarado deflected in Caroline Weir's corner, under pressure from Claire Emslie's near-post run.

Captain Caroline Weir got herself a goal in the 37th minute when she received the ball from Claire Emslie inside the box before skipping past the Costa Rica defence and slotting the ball past the outcoming keeper, into the empty net.

Emma Watson scored her second goal of the game to make it 4 for the Scots. Watson received the ball in the box where she took a few touches before turning and dispatching a curling effort into the far corner with her weaker foot.

In the 83rd minute, double goal scorer Emma Watson was replaced by Fiona Brown, marking the substitutes 50th cap for her country.

A big 4-0 victory under the lights at Hampden with a number of players reaching significant milestones in their international careers.

 

Teams

Scotland: Gibson, Docherty (Robertson 70’), Mukandi, Howard (Clark 70’), Kerr, Weir, Hanson (Napier 70’), Watson (Brown 83’), McLauchlan, Emslie (Thomas 56’), Davidson (Hay 56’)

Unused Substitutes: Fife, Cumings, Hill, Muir, Smith, Cornet

Costa Rica: Solera, Guillen, Campo, F Villalobos, Porras (L Rodriguez 46’), Valenciano (Granados 46’), Alvarado (Angulo 83’), R Rodriquez, G Villalobos (Ovares 75’), Herrera (Pinell 83’), Chinchilla (Estrada 83’)

Unused Substitutes: Bermudez, Tapia, Benavides, Campos