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Celtic bounced backmost from league rubric heartbreak to assertion the Women's Scottish Cup for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth aft a comfy triumph implicit rivals Rangers astatine Hampden.
In the archetypal women's showpiece to beryllium played astatine Scotland's nationalist stadium, a tense and cagey archetypal fractional passed astir without incidental earlier 2 goals successful 2 minutes won Celtic the game.
Both came from set-pieces, with Natasha Flint turning the shot location from a country 2 minutes earlier Claire O'Riordan's looping header recovered the net.
That stunned Rangers, who had Laura Berry's extremity 5 minutes from clip ruled retired for offside by VAR, and means Celtic extremity the play with a trophy having missed retired connected the Scottish Women's Premier League rubric a week agone successful melodramatic fashion.
On that juncture Glasgow City's stoppage-time onslaught against Rangers snatched the rubric from Celtic's grasp and near manager Fran Alonso successful tears.
But this clip the Spaniard was punching the aerial for joy. Even successful a tepid first-half it was his broadside who crafted the champion accidental erstwhile Shen Menglu robbed Hannah Davison and charged into the box, but the guardant enactment the shot good wide.
As did Jacynta aft the interruption from a akin presumption but successful the extremity it was Celtic's celebrated nous from set-pieces which won them the match.
First, a country was enactment connected apical of Rangers goalkeeper Victoria Esson, who could lone punch it arsenic acold arsenic Chloe Craig. The Celtic defender helped the shot goalward and Flint did the remainder from wrong the six-yard box.
Two minutes later, O'Riordan met different country astatine the adjacent station and floated the shot into the acold corner.
Rangers did rouse themselves successful the closing stages aft a sluggish display, and Berry thought she had acceptable up a grandstand decorativeness aft finishing neatly successful the box.
But VAR, successful usage for the archetypal clip successful a women's crippled successful Scotland, had a look and ruled the 15-year-old was marginally offside.
That was Rangers' past rotation of the dice, arsenic they were incapable to springiness manager Malky Thomson the cleanable nonstop off, though they did triumph the SWPL Cup earlier successful the season.
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