'Devastated' BBC pundit speaks out after leaving Euro 2024 coverage immediately

The BBC are making changes to its pundity line-up ahead of the knockout stages of Euro 2024, with Rachel Corsie already announcing she will be leaving Germany following Scotland's exit

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Jun 25 2024
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'Devastated' BBC pundit speaks

Rachel Corsie has admitted she is 'devastated' to be leaving the BBC's coverage of Euro 2024 after Scotland were dumped out of the tournament.

Corsie has been on hand to provide analysis of her country's games, having served as Scotland Women's captain since 2017. The Aston Villa star has impressed with her punditry work, even as Steve Clarke 's side have endured a dreadful summer.

They were smashed 5-1 by hosts Germany in their opening game, before playing out a 1-1 draw with Switzerland. That result meant they had to beat Hungary on Sunday to have a chance of going through.

But a 100th-minute winner from Kevin Csoboth instead left Clarke's men rock bottom of Group A and put them on the plane home. With Scotland leaving the tournament, Corsie has also left Germany.

She revealed she would be playing no further part in the BBC's coverage in a message on Twitter. Alongside two screenshots of herself working for the corporation, Corsie wrote: "Devastated to be going home. Very grateful to @BBCSport for my @EURO2024 experience. Also, thanks to everyone for your kind support."

Corsie was highly critical of Clarke's conservative tactics, which saw his side score just two goals over their three games. But the 34-year-old was adamant that her country will come back fighting.

"It's so disappointing. It was end to end, we thought there would be a winner, praying it would be a Scottish one. The reality is we didn't do enough. We chose to be far too conservative," Corsie said.

"The fans will pick themselves up and they'll need to pick the players up a little bit too. And they'll do that. A lot of us have been through this before. I've been through it as a player and as a fan.

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"We all will hurt tonight but we will come back. You need to be ready, you need to keep learning from these experiences, which is tough to do but that's the only option."

Clarke himself insisted his side should have been awarded a penalty towards the end of the game. But he admitted that he was disappointed to see Scotland dumped out at the group stage once again.

"The goal comes as a consequence of us trying to win the game. The goal is almost irrelevant. The moment for me was the penalty. It was 100% a penalty. Someone has to explain to me why it wasn't a penalty because otherwise I'm thinking there's something wrong," he said.

"I don't understand how VAR can look at that and say it's not a penalty. It was always a one-goal game. We didn't manage to get the goal, we opened up at the end to try and get it. The overriding feeling is to be sad for everybody, for the supporters and the country."

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