Grant Scott: Focus moves quickly on to next game

Grant Scott: Focus moves quickly on to next game

Following a well-deserved 3-2 Scottish Cup semi-final extra-time win over Glasgow City at Hampden last weekend, Celtic FC Women are back in action against league leaders Hearts this weekend.

Looking back at making the cup final for the season finale, manager Grant Scott said: “It made it easier to come back into work. You’ve got to enjoy those moments - they are not guaranteed in football.

“So, we had a good performance, a decent result and a nice occasion to look forward at the end of the season.

‘But it’s back to business, we’re going to enjoy it but move on quickly and focus on the next one, which, hopefully the girls are doing now.’

From the outside looking in, it may seem that the team are beginning to click at just the right time with the final now looming on the horizon, but the head coach added:

“For me it’s less about a click factor as I’m expecting that from the players every single day, and we’ve had to have those kinds of frank discussions when we’ve, all of us, let ourselves down.

“It’s maybe something to work on rather than a click, but it’s certainly something that we’re looking to keep building and take into the coming games for sure.”

And the coming games start this Sunday with the visit of an in-form Hearts side to contend with on the back of the Glasgow City game.

Scott said: “One thing is for sure - we’ll need to show that same character and resilience in the game.

“Probably the last time we played Hearts we showed zero of that. We were very disappointed with ourselves on the night, and we’ve just got to do better than that last performance.

“Hearts play a different style from most of the teams in the league, very mobile, very smart with their movement. So, we will need to be on it, but I’m looking for us to take the game to them as well this time.”