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wind in Paisley. Moments later, Fife was again in action, denying the visitors with a smart save down
low with her legs.
The visitors were the closest to opening the scoring in the first half when Rebecka Blomqvist
looked to capitalise on a loose ball in the Scotland box, but her effort struck the crossbar before being
back heeled wide of the mark on the follow up.
Sweden stepped up their intensity and immediately after going close, they again tested Fife
with a swerving shot, angled in from outside the box by Angeldal which the Scotland stopper turned
round her post. With just seconds remaining in the half, somehow Pedro Martinez Losa’s players
managed to dig in and clear an almost certain Sweden goal. With the ball breaking in the six yard box,
a stramash of bodies somehow denied a queue of Swedish players a tap in to the empty net, with
Cuthbert getting the telling touch to clear the danger.
Sweden went close early in the second half as Rytting Kaneryd sent her low shot just wide of
the post. Up the other end of the pitch, Howard went close to making a quick impact off the bench, but
her diving header was blocked by Berglund.
In the 53rd minute, a good chance fell for Scotland when Sweden were unable to fully clear
their lines. Caroline Weir got her shot away but couldn’t test the keeper and shortly after, Lucy
Graham's fierce shot from distance flew just over the bar. Scotland grew in to the match and went
close to taking the lead. Weir whipped in a dangerous free kick, but it narrowly evaded the onrushing
Scotland attack, which needed the slightest of touches to turn it goalbound.
With 20 minutes remaining, the visitors took the lead when substitute Fridolina Rolfo struck
a thunderous effort in to the top corner from the edge of the box.
With just minutes remaining, Sweden doubled their lead when a dangerous ball in to the box
was bundled over the line after unfortunately coming off substitute Sophie Howard and beyond Fife.
Scotland: Jenna Fife, Rachel Corsie (sub Jenna Clark 77mins), Jennifer Beattie (sub Sophie
Howard 45mins), Christy Grimshaw (sub Jane Ross 77mins), Rachael Boyle, Caroline Weir (sub Zoe
Ness 77mins), Lucy Graham, Lisa Evans, Chloe Arthur (sub Lisa Robertson 61mins), Claire Emslie
(sub Kirsty Hanson 63mins), Erin Cuthbert. Subs not used: Eartha Cumings, Rachel McLauchlan,
Nicola Docherty, Lauren Davidson, Amy Muir, Leah Eddie. (www.scottishfa.co.uk)
SBS Scottish Women’s Premier League

One match was played in the league over the weekend, in SWPL 2 where Glasgow Women
took over at the top of the table after
winning 3-2 away to Boroughmuir SWPL 1 P W D L F A Pts GD
Thistle. RANGERS 7 6 1 0 33 3 19 30
Boroughmuir got off to a great GLASGOW CITY 7 5 2 0 26 5 17 21
start and took an eighth minute lead CELTIC 7 5 2 0 26 7 17 19
through Courtney McAvoy, but Glasgow’s HIBERNIAN 7 4 0 3 15 6 12 9
ABERDEEN 7 2 1 4 7 16 7 -9
response was swift and Eve Donald hit
MOTHERWELL 7 2 1 4 7 17 7 -10
back with an equaliser just two minutes
PARTICK THISTLE 7 2 1 4 10 24 7 -14
later. SPARTANS WFC 7 1 3 3 6 21 6 -15
The scoreline remained level at HAMILTON ACADEMICAL 7 1 1 5 5 23 4 -18
half time, until midway through the HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN 7 1 0 6 5 17 3 -12
second half when Sophie McGoldrick put
Glasgow Women in front for the first time
and Lucy Ronald made it three, ten
minutes later. Fiona Gibson reduced the
SWPL 2 P W D L F A Pts GD
arrears with seven minutes remaining GLASGOW WOMEN 6 5 1 0 16 6 16 10
but Thistle could not grab a late leveller, DUNDEE UTD 5 4 1 0 13 4 13 9
meaning a fifth win in six matches for KILMARNOCK 6 3 1 2 20 13 10 7
Glasgow Women who now lead the way BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE 6 3 0 3 14 10 9 4
ST JOHNSTONE 5 1 1 3 7 12 4 -5
by three points from previous leaders
STIRLING UNIVERSITY 6 1 1 4 3 20 4 -17
Dundee Utd. QUEEN'S PARK 6 0 1 5 6 14 1 -8
The league will take a break this
weekend due to the quarter finals of the Boroughmuir 2 Glasgow 3.
SWPL League Cup taking place.
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