Hamilton Accies Women’s boss Gary Doctor she he was happy to come away from their defeat to Rangers with their confidence still intact.
The New Douglas Park side faced a daunting task with the SWPL1 leaders turning up hot off the heels of participation in the Women’s Champions League and a recent 14-0 annihilation of Glasgow Women.
Accies ended up losing 5-0 to Gers on Sunday and given the gulf between the two sides, Doctor tried to look at the positives as they head into a two-week international break sitting sixth in the table, with six points from four games.
He said: “I think the game went the way we would expect with the levels Rangers are reaching right now.
"It’s not just in the women’s game either, we saw at the weekend with the men how the gulf can show on the pitch in terms of the differences in financial resources.
“The quality of their first two goals are as good as you’ll get, strikes from outside the box, and they are a top team.
“For us, it was damage limitation and trying to come away from it without our confidence we’ve picked up from the first few games being ruined.
“And I think we achieved it. The area we didn’t do well enough was posing Rangers problems. We only had one or two attacks in each half.
“But there were a few mitigations. We were short of players through injuries and illness that meant some of our game plan had to change. The players did what they could in terms of the game plan, but sometimes you play better players, physically and technically.”
Accies host Hearts on September 11.
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