To soft-soap it and call it unfair or unlucky would open up accusations of treating the women's team differently to the men's team. Resilience got Scotland to the World Cup in the first place, but the most desperate fragility brought about their demise. At 3-0, with 15 minutes to play, Scotland got suckered and conceded a goal. Instead of leaders emerging and a game plan of consolidation being implemented, Scotland lost all composure. They advanced the interest in, and understanding of, the women's game in a huge way.

Source: BBC June 20, 2019 17:26 UTC