UEFA Women’s Under-17 Round 2 Qualifying

Scotland 4-0 Israel

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Ainslie Park, Edinburgh

A dominant Scotland performances saw them win 4-0 in their opening game of the double header thanks to a brace from Rebecca Taylor and goals from Lisa Forrest and Laura Berry.

Scorers

Scotland 4 (Rebecca Taylor 4’, 77’, Lisa Forrest 81’, Laura Berry 90+3’)

Israel 0

Team News

Pauline MacDonald named a squad of twenty last month for the double-header at Ainslie Park, Edinburgh. Scotland prepared for the tournament with two games against Greece last month, drawing both ties.

As It Happened

Scotland grabbed an early lead in the game as they capitalised on an Israel mistake. Laura Berry had the ball on the edge of the box and played it into the path of Rebecca Taylor who kept her composure to slot a great finish into the net.

A dominant half from Scotland followed but Rebecca Taylor’s early goal remained the difference between the two teams going into half time.

Within minutes of coming on as a substitute, Lisa Forrest came close to doubling Scotland’s lead. Rebecca Taylor drove towards the box and played the ball to Forrest, who took a few touches around the 6-yard box, however the ball was eventually cleared by the Israel defence before the attacker could get a shot away.

In the 77th minute, Rebecca Taylor scored again with a fantastic finish. Laura Berry played the ball out wide to Taylor, who drove down the wing before she appeared to play a cross into the box, but her effort caught-out the goalkeeper and went directly into the top-left corner.

Substitute Lisa Forrest got herself a goal in the 81st minute when Mason Clark made a great run before playing the ball to Forrest inside the box. Forrest kept her composure to fire a great strike into the back of the net.

Deep into stoppage time, Scotland got their fourth and final goal of the game. Laura Berry won and then took a free kick just outside the box, finding the bottom left corner to give the striker her well-deserved goal.

Next Up

Scotland will take on Georgia on Wednesday afternoon with a 12pm kick off at Ainslie Park, Edinburgh. Entry to the game is free and it will also be live on the Scotland National Team Twitter, Facebook and YouTube channels.

Teams

Scotland: Easdon, E Husband, A Black, Finnie, Greenwood, Taylor (Daniel 82’), Clark (Linden 82’), Berry, S Black (Forrest 66’), J Husband (Mcarthur 82’) , Brown (Barclay 40’)

Unused Substitutes: Inman, Norton-Bradford, Laird, Martin

Israel: Vodolazov, Keinan (Setton 30’), Ovadya, Tal (T Mor 60’), Moscovic, Peretz (S Cohen 60’), Y Mor, Roth Hazan, L Cohen, Goulden (Ais 72’), Ariel

Unused Substitutes: Tzook, Goldstein, Vodolazov, Lebel, Chygyrynsky