Scots goalless against Ukraine

EUROPEAN JUNIOR NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS 11 – ALEKSIN
(RUSSIA)  –  15-21 JULY 2012

SCOTLAND  0  UKRAINE 0

A slight dent to Dave Stott`s target of a gold medal and
promotion when Scotland women`s under 21 side were held to a 0-0
draw by a very stuffy Ukraine side in the second pool match of the
European Junior Nations Championships 11 in Aleksin (Russia)
today.

Although Stott had identified Ukraine as one of the stronger
sides in the tournament, it was the Scots youngsters who took the
initiative throughout the game but could make little headway
against a packed Eastern European defence.

The Scots opened brightly with three penalty corners in the
first 15 minutes but they could not get a shot away in any of
them.  Stott`s charges continued to press after the interval,
the best openings coming from attacks up the right from Edinburgh
University`s Sarah Robertson, on one occasion her cross was just
missed by Stephanie McInally.  Other chances fell to Jenny
Morris and Nicola Skrastin, but the Scots failed to clinch that
elusive opening goal.

The cause was not helped when the Scots had only nine players
for most of the closing minutes, both Nikki Mollison and Robertson
received yellow cards and spent time in the sin-bin.  
The final chance to break the deadlock came from an overtime
penalty corner, Ali Howie`s shot was saved by the goalkeeper but
there was no one to latch on to the rebound.

“We had by far the better of both halves, but the girls found it
hard to penetrate a packed, and often destructive, Ukraine defence,
and we took nothing from our seven penalty
corners.    We had all the play but didn`t create
enough chances,” said Dave Stott, Scotland`s coach.

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