Pedro Martinez Losa says he is “committed” to continuing as Scotland head coach despite his side’s failure to reach next year’s Euro 2025 finals.
Following the 2-0 play-off final defeat by Finland, the 48-year-old Spaniard has now been in charge of two failed qualification campaigns for major tournaments.
Last September, he had his contract extended until 2027.
“It’s not for me to say if I am the right man or not,” Martinez Losa told BBC Alba.
“What I see is the behaviour of the players, the evolution of the team and there is an opportunity to lead by example, an opportunity to inspire everybody in this moment and that’s what we’ll do.”
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Finland, who had not lost at home since losing to the Scots 18 months ago, scored twice in the first half of the second leg to deny Marinez Losa’s side.
“They have a good record of winning games here and two big moments in the game cost us,” he said. “I thought after that the team played excellently.”
Martinez Losa thought the Scots should have had a spot kick when Erin Cuthbert flicked the ball up and it appeared to hit a defender’s hand.
“I respect the referee and the VAR, but I think we should have had a penalty,” he said. “I think one goal would have changed the game.”
Scotland captain Caroline Weir thought her side had done as much as they could to progress.
“This game came down to a couple of moments that weren’t in our favour,” the Real Madrid midfielder said.
“The team couldn’t have done much more. Unfortunately, we’ve not done enough – it’s a really tough one to take.
“It’s really hard to digest at the moment. We’ve worked so hard in the last couple of years to be in this position and unfortunately we couldn’t take that final step.”
