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Aidan Smith

Borna Barisic joins Rangers ultras with epic flag celebration at Hampden Park

Borna Barisic celebrated in style as Rangers lifted the Viaplay League Cup trophy this afternoon as he joined the party with the Union Bears.

The Croatian full-back and his teammates signed off a huge week in style by beating Aberdeen 1-0 at Hampden Park.

Captain James Tavernier grabbed the winner in the second-half in Glasgow's south side and that goal sparked wild celebrations from all connected with the club.

As the Rangers players did their rounds with the fans at full-time with the trophy, Barisic, who played the full game, was quick to grab one of the Union Bears' huge flags and he waved it in celebration on the Hampden surface.

The Croatian was also seen belting out the Rangers songbook with his teammates as they partied in the Hampden rain.

Meanwhile, Philippe Clement wants Rangers to go from strength to strength after winning his first trophy as Ibrox boss.

Asked if his side could now build on this success, Clement said: “I believe in that. I think if you feel this, it creates a certain hunger for more.

“That’s my mentality and it’s always how I’ve been and I see this more and more in the dressing room.

“It doesn’t mean we are going to win all the games all season, that’s not realistic, but we need to push to win all the games.

“If you have this mentality with the way we want to play football, with the way everything is analysed, with the quality we have, we can do really good things.

“But football is always confirmation. If you have satisfaction for one moment and are happy with the way things are, you will go down.

“So in the next weeks and months I want to see this hunger and desire, to be better, to work hard, to be in the team and also the team mentality that is in the dressing room now.

“If I see the path the team has taken the last nine weeks, everyone sees a team that is growing.

“It is not easy after an historical win on Thursday in away game in Seville, with the travelling and everything, to have the same focus we had today. So that was a main thing for me and they did a brilliant job.

“Aberdeen are a hard team to beat, but in the end we deserved this victory.”

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