Pedro Martinez Losa’s side – who could only secure a 0-0 draw at Easter Road in the first leg - headed to Helsinki with the hope of qualifying for their first major tournament in six years, but started slow and were promptly punished.

Scotland’s hopes of making Euro 2025 ended in dejection with a 2-0 play-off defeat by Finland in Helsinki. The two sides drew 0-0 in the first leg at Easter Road, setting up a winner-takes-all clash in the Bolt Arena.

Scotland face a bleak winter after their hopes of qualification for next summer’s European Championship in Switzerland were extinguished in a frozen Helsinki. As an ultimately comfortable Finland celebrated a victory sealed in the second leg of this Euro 25 playoff, the visiting manager Pedro Martínez Losa faced a uncertain future.