Scotland: ‘Anything is possible’ for new coach Melissa Andreatta

Andreatta is under no illusion her remit is to get Scotland back to the top table of international football.

She helped her native Australia to a fourth-place finish at their home World Cup in 2023 and fourth in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

“It’s a multiple range of factors that leads to high performance at the highest level under the highest amount of pressure,” Andreatta explained.

“To perform at that level, we need to get to know the players and understand what they need to do in training, between camps with clubs.

“Then, we get that on the same page at the same time and I think you have a higher chance of being successful.”

For the last two-and-a-half-years, Andreatta also led the Australia under-23s, with one of her priorities being to nurture young talent.

“It’s all been about major tournament qualification and talent pathways, exposing our young players to international football.

“Being visible, being at the games in the local league. I was at the Hearts v Hibs game at the weekend so it was fantastic to get a taste of that.

“Everything’s about growing the game and matching that with performance at major tournaments.”