He said: “Obviously it’s an opportunity to play at Hampden Park, and an opportunity to retain our trophy.

'The girls are looking forward to it, we are preparing very well. It’s been a tough week with three games in seven days, but we will do our very best to try and get to the final.'

With such a huge game on the horizon, Alonso and his squad have enjoyed the ideal build-up ahead of Sunday’s game.

The Hoops beat Glasgow City 4-2 in the SWPL last weekend, and followed that up with an emphatic 6-0 win over Hearts on Wednesday, with the gap at the top of the table now reduced to just two points.

“I couldn’t really have asked for better preparation,” he said. “Facing Glasgow City and then Hearts, but also scoring 10 goals.

"If you told me this a week-and-a-half ago, I would have told you it’s impossible. But we did it, we scored 10 goals and that was with missing two penalties too.

“So the momentum is fantastic, the preparation has been incredible.

'We just need to make sure we finish the perfect week with getting the business done at Hampden and booking our place in the final.'

This weekend’s game will be a very special occasion, with the semi-finals of the Women’s Scottish Cup taking place at the National Stadium for the very first time.

And Alonso is hoping that his squad can create more special memories with another victory over Glasgow City, just as they did by lifting the trophy last campaign

He said: “The last memory I’ve got here at Hampden was Scotland beating Spain, so I’ll need to create a happy memory here after that! But it is an occasion that the entire team is looking forward to.'

“We want to put on a performance and try reach the Scottish Cup final in the same venue. So we are all excited and well up for the game.”

Fran Alonso: I couldn’t have asked for better preparation ahead of Hampden visit