{"id":51586,"date":"2026-03-04T07:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51586"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T07:41:26","slug":"czx71xgjvlkoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/04\/czx71xgjvlkoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland: Captain Caroline Weir key to realising World Cup dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As the Real Madrid maestro approached the BBC Scotland cameras following just another night at the office, her smile was ear-to-ear, if not a little coy at times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She knew her personal performance was going to be highlighted &#8211; again. And that&#8217;s not really up her alley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It feels really nice,&#8221; the 30-year-old told BBC Scotland. &#8220;Obviously it&#8217;s great to score, but to be honest, getting three points is the most important thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m just focusing on helping the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I play a role that&#8217;s quite attacking and helping scoring goals and creating chances is what I&#8217;m here to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As true as that might be, few take it quite as literally as Weir.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When something, anything, is needed, eyes are drawn to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Something that will, it appears, only increase in the Andreatta era. Not just because she is the Australian&#8217;s captain but because there is an increased emphasis on set-pieces. That&#8217;s where Weir shines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During the four friendlies at the end of last year, the head coach and her squad spoke of the extra attention that was being paid to dead-ball situations, particularly by assistant Marty Judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All three first-half goals came from set-piece scenarios &#8211; and each time Judge was the first to be acknowledged by Andreatta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We focus a lot on set-pieces,&#8221; Weir explained. &#8220;We feel like we have a really strong threat there, both delivery-wise and aerially.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We genuinely feel every set-piece is a good chance for us. A lot of work is done on them and so, when they come off in the game, we&#8217;re really happy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Scotland #Captain #Caroline #Weir #key #realising #World #Cup #dreams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Real Madrid maestro approached the BBC Scotland cameras following just another night at the office, her smile was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51588,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51586\/revisions\/51588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}