Eva Olid issues Hearts challenge after big win

The Jam Tarts saw out another victory on the road on Sunday as they overcame Motherwell 3-0. It was another important victory for Hearts as they look to take fourth spot from Hibs and catch the top three. However, despite the result, Olid is still challenging her squad to improve further. 

“In the second half, we missed some clear opportunities,” she told Hearts. “We need to start scoring these opportunities because if it was 0-0, you regret not scoring them. We want to be demanding with ourselves and score goals every match but it was a good performance.”

Hearts have struggled at K-Park in the past. In the last campaign, the Jam Tarts dropped points against Motherwell in a 1-1 draw. However, after such a comprehensive victory from her side, Olid is pleased with how Hearts dominated the majority of the match against a tough opponent. 

“We didn’t come to this pitch confident because last season we dropped points here,” she added. “They are such a good team, they are so physical and, after the first 20 minutes, it was so difficult because they were playing so high and aggressively. We needed 30 minutes to come into the game.

“When you play a possession game and the other team is playing so aggressively, it is difficult to find the spaces. That is what happened in the first minutes. Fortunately, after 30 minutes we started to play our game and for the other 50 minutes, we dominated, created chances and had the game that we wanted."