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·25 June 2022
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Caroline Weir celebrates with teammates after scoring from a penalty. (Photo: Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images)
Scotland scored four first-half goals in winning their FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Group game with Ukraine in Poland.
The result means that a Scotland victory away to the Faroe Islands in September will secure them a top-two finish in the group, which is led by Spain.
Although they had an early scare when Ukraine blazed a great chance over the bar, Caroline Weir converted a ninth-minute penalty given for a foul on Claire Emslie.
A Martha Thomas back-heel found Erin Cuthbert for a composed finish, before the former bagged a brace by the break.
Martha Thomas bagged a brace for Scotland. (Photo: Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images)
Thomas headed home a Cuthbert corner at the far post and the same pair combined similarly to make it 4-0.
It would have been a hat-tick for Thomas but she was denied by a goal-line clearance, then by save from Kateryna Samson.
Other World Cup Qualifying results
Group C – Belarus 2-1 Czech Republic Group D – Latvia 1-0 Luxembourg Group G – Moldova 0-4 Romania