Glasgow City defender Meikayla Moore has insisted that Leanne Ross’ side will go into next week second leg Champions League qualifier against Brann determined to play for pride.
The Petershill side lost 4-0 in the first leg of the round two tie on Wednesday night in a game where the Norwegian champions were dominant throughout.
The reality is that the tie is away from City along with their ambitions of becoming the first Scottish team to make it into the group stages of the rejigged UEFA Women’s Champions League.
“If you go into the mindset that the tie is gone then there would be no point in showing up,” said the New Zealand internationalist. “We will be heading there with our heads held high and we will give it everything we can. We put on a better performance in the second-half and hopefully we can begin like that and get a little bit of pride back next Wednesday.
“We can’t afford to play like that for 45 minutes. By half-time it was already going to be a hard climb for us to get back.
“We knew what we were going to face but unfortunately we just couldn’t come out on top. We have to let it go. There is no time to dwell on what has happened.
“We need keep our heads up ahead of the second leg.
“We had a phenomenal crowd and we could hear them. I have heard of the stories from previous times what nights like this can be like so we were devastated. But we will go into the second leg now and it give it our best shot.”
It was an onslaught from Brann in the opening half with City left trailing by three goals by the time the interval came around. Ross changed things around and there were glimpses of a more spirited performance before Brann added a killer fourth to put any thoughts of a comeback firmly on the back burner.
“It was a real physical challenge and it was tough and unfortunately we just didn’t come out with what we were after,” said Moore.
“We have to very quickly sweep it under the rug and that is it done. We had a look at it again yesterday and tried to unpack it but we have to go again. There is not a lot of time to sit around but we are obviously frustrated.”
