Delight for Scotland’s Cuthbert after long summer of recovery

Fellow sub Claire Emslie finished superbly for the Scots' second after captain Caroline Weir's stunning opener."It's been such a long summer.

It's always great to come on and play for my country again – I'll never take it for granted when I get a serious injury."I'm just glad to get back on a football pitch.

The relief, the amount of self-doubt that you have, the amount of stress – am I going to be back to the same level, how am I going to perform, is my knee going to be alright?

All those things run through your head."It was a bad one.

I was in crutches and a brace for the best part of a month.

I lost a fair amount of muscle and over the summer I was trying to rebuild all of that again.Emslie scores first goal since becoming a mumEmslie scored her first goal since becoming a mum, with her son and mother attending the game in Pardubice."I'm incredibly proud of her," Cuthbert said of Emslie.

"I have an enormous amount of respect for her.

Everything's just so impressive – to be a mum, to play at the highest level."The Czech Republic were given a late reprieve when the award of a penalty was overturned but, soon after, Cuthbert was "flabbergasted" a late challenge on her in the box did not result in a spot-kick.And while Cuthbert was "delighted" with the win, she cautioned that 2-0 can be a "dangerous" lead."We're a good team and….

"The best form of attack is defence."'It's a dream' – Emslie on scoring after becoming a motherScots earn two-goal first-leg win in Czech Republic Erin Cuthbert expresses joy and relief at making her first appearance of the season in Scotland's impressive 2-0 win over Czech Republic.