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Scotland’s Euro 2022 hopes go up in flames after freak goal against Finland

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Scotland’s bid to qualify for the 2022 European Women's Championship came to a dramatic end as a freak stoppage-time goal condemned them to a 1-0 loss to Finland at Easter Road.

The visitors launched a counter-attack in the dying seconds that saw substitute Amanda Rantanen’s shot rebound off goalkeeper Lee Alexander and back into her face, from where it then rolled into the goal.

Scotland were left to rue chances not taken as they suffered a third successive defeat in Group E.

Third in the pool, their hopes of making the finals in England have dissolved with two games still left to play.

“We're incredibly disappointed. Three 1-0 results and ultimately we've not been good enough, we've not put the ball in the back of the net,” Scotland midfielder Kim Little said afterwards.

"We have to take responsibility for that. We had chances, a lot of the. We weren't clinical enough."

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