Celtic Ladies Celtic 9 v 0 Hibernian

What’s the goalie doing, Crow?

 

Some win. Larisey and Jacynta are quality going forward.

Really impressed by the left wing back, Clifford.

 

The lass Jacynta is some player.

 

Wow. Great result

 

Some lovely football there, and some great finishes.

 

Scottish Women’s Premier League

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie

CELTIC… 9

(Jacynta 30 secs, 41, 43, OG 13, Larisey 26, 36, 72, Gallacher 85, 88)

HIBERNIAN… 0

SWPL football returned to Airdrie’s Excelsior Stadium as Fran Alonso’s Celtic FC Women got the new season off to an electric start, imposing a punishing 9-0 win over Hibs.

In their first competitive outing since securing the historic cup double, the Ghirls flew out the traps with Jacynta finding the net after just 30 seconds, before going on to complete her hat-trick, with Clarissa Larisey also grabbing three to add to an own goal from Ellis Notley and an Amy Gallacher brace.

The scintillating Celts wasted no time to stamp their authority on the match, with 17-year-old Tiree Burchill flying down the wing to deliver the cross into the middle of the area for Larisey, but while it snuck in behind the onrushing Canadian, Jacynta was on hand to pounce and drive a left-footed effort past Benedicte Haaland in the Hibs net within the first minute.

And the Celts were two to the good on the 13th minute due to a bit of fortune as Ellis Notley’s block from Lucy Ashworth-Clifford’s cross looped over the stretching Hibs keeper and into the net. A hungry looking Celtic continued to press the visitors and were rewarded again in the 26th minute with Larisey’s first of the evening as she picked up on Gallacher’s pass to float in behind the defender and slot a deft shot beyond Haaland.

Just 10 minutes later Larisey had Hibs picking the ball out their net again, with Jacynta turning provider with the through ball to allow the striker to blast high for Celtic’s fourth. Things went from bad to worse for the visitors on the 41st with Jacynta stabbing home Ashworth-Clifford’s delivery from point blank range to make it five before the Australian got her first Celtic hat trick just moments later, picking up Larisey’s cutback and resigning Hibs to a 6-0 deficit at the interval.

While the Hoops continued to impress the large crowd with their aggressive press, it took until the 72nd minute to claim their seventh. Larisey picked up the second hat-trick of the day as her press forced the keeper into an error to break loose and fire home from inside the six-yard box.

Having had an impressive pre-season with no goals to show for it, it seemed destined for Gallacher to find the net for Celtic for the first time against her previous club Hibs, and when she went down under the shove of Siobhan Hunter in the area, the summer signing stroked a low penalty in with the help of the post for her first Celtic goal, before a wonderful curler made it 9-0 and two on the day for Patsy Gallacher’s great-granddaughter, as the Hoops roared into the new season setting an early marker for themselves against a highly-rated Hibs squad.

Celtic: Johnstone, Craig, Clark, Hayes, Ashworth-Clifford (Bowie 74), Robertson, Shen (Otto 70), Burchill (Menglu 55), Gallacher, Jacynta (Ross 55), Larisey (McAneny 74).

Subs: Marwaha, Chance, Cusack, Ferguson.