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Flint and O’Riordan strikes seal Scottish Women’s Cup for Celtic against Rangers

Celtic retained the Scottish Women’s Cup with a convincing 2-0 win against Rangers at Hampden Park. The first time the teams had met in the final was also the first time the game was hosted at the national stadium.

Second-half goals from Natasha Flint and Claire O’Riordan secured victory for a Celtic side who posed more of an attacking threat throughout. It was Malky Thomson’s final game in charge of Rangers before he returns to coach the academy but his side, who secured the Sky Sports Cup this season, came up short.

Both clubs narrowly missed out on the league title last week, which was dramatically won by Glasgow City’s late goal against Rangers at Ibrox, and it was a slow start. In the ninth minute, Celtic’s Jacynta Galabadaarachchi struck the top of the crossbar with a corner from the left, the ball going over and another of her corners caused panic in the 15th minute, Flint getting her head to the ball before Chloe Craig stretched to knock it past the post.

Celtic should have gone into the interval a goal to the good. Just before the break, Shen Mengyu robbed the Rangers defender Hannah Davison 35 yards from goal but with only the goalkeeper Victoria Esson to beat, she dragged her shot wide.

Celtic got the breakthrough from another Jacynta corner. Esson punched away the delivery but the ball fell to Flint inside the six-yard box and she turned and knocked the ball into the net. Three minutes later, from another corner, O’Riordan glanced a header into the net at the front post with Esson on the ground.

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Rangers had their first clear opportunity in the 78th minute

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