Glasgow City Power Into Women's Scottish Cup Final

Glasgow City booked their spot successful nan Women's Scottish Cup last by overcoming Motherwell's first stubbornness to triumph 4-0 astatine Hampden.

Sofia Maatta and Nicole Kozlova scored successful nan first half and Katie Lockwood added 2 much aft nan break arsenic nan nine-time winners booked a return to nan nationalist stadium to look either holders Rangers aliases Aberdeen connected 25 May.

Underdogs Well disappointment City for much than half an hour, but Glasgow's unit told erstwhile Emily Whelan escaped Emma Lawton and crossed for Maatta to pat into an quiet net.

Maatta past unselfishly group up Kozlova, who rounded Emily Mutch to decorativeness successful first-half stoppage time.

Kozlova had moments earlier watched successful vexation arsenic she nudged nan shot past Mutch, only for Jenna Penman to hack clear connected nan extremity line. Kozlova besides changeable tamely astatine Mutch astatine 0-0 and Whelan headed wide earlier mounting up nan opener.

Whelan was nan supplier for Lockwood's second-half strike, laying nan shot crossed for an emphatic finish.

Maatta was denied a 2nd by Mutch soon aft and Brenna Lovera netted from an offside position astatine a area arsenic nan City onslaught continued. Replays suggested Lovera whitethorn successful truth person been onside.

Samantha van Diemen's fantabulous agelong shot was met pinch an arsenic bully first touch by Lockwood and nan midfielder kept her cool to hit Mutch erstwhile again.

Motherwell did good to incorporate City for spells but struggled to create openings of their own.

However, their achievements successful securing a SWPL top-six decorativeness and reaching nan past 4 of nan Scottish Cup springiness them origin for optimism for adjacent season.

Rangers meet Aberdeen successful Sunday's semi-final astatine Hampden (14:10 BST), pinch nan lucifer unrecorded connected BBC Alba, iPlayer and nan BBC Sport website and app.

Glasgow City caput coach Leanne Ross: "It was a comfortable performance. Our patterns of play came retired and nan individual value we person passim nan squad shone. All successful all, really pleased pinch nan capacity and result.

"I loved lifting silverware arsenic a player. It's nary different arsenic a head but it's each astir nan players. It's astir them getting their hands connected nan trophy, truthful they've done nan difficult activity getting themselves into nan last and we tin spell and look guardant to that."