Today’s photo of the day comes from 3 October 2007, when Celtic beat AC Milan 2-1 at Paradise.
The Milanese would go on to win the competition that season, beating Liverpool 2-1 in the Final to avenge their dramatic loss to the Reds at the same stage of the tournament on penalties in 2005.
With a line up like this it’s not hard to see how Milan were so successful:
Dida (Kalac 90), Oddo, Nesta, Bonera, Jankulovski, Ambrosini, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf (Gourcuff 55), Kaka, Inzaghi (Gilardino 76). Subs Not Used: Emerson, Simic, Favalli, Brocchi.
Meanwhile, Celtic lined up:
Boruc, Perrier Doumbe (Kennedy 79), Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, McGeady (Nakamura 85), Hartley, Donati, Jarosik (Killen 84), Scott Brown, McDonald. Subs Not Used: Mark Brown, Riordan, Sno, O’Dea.
Celtic skipper Stephen McManus gave Celtic the lead by forcing home a corner in the 62nd minute. His celebration is our photo in focus.
Stephen McManus celebrates as Celtic open the scoring against European Champions AC Milan. One of the best nights at Paradise as @ScottyMcD83 scored a last minute winner pic.twitter.com/q0IY7b6JIH
— Liam Kelly (@cfcliamk96) January 28, 2021
Six minutes later, Kaka levelled things up with a dubious penalty, before Scott McDonald sent Paradise into ecstacy with an last gasp winner in the 90th minute. Cue bedlam as a fan ran onto the pitch in celebration and jovially slapped Dida, who feigned injury and went off on a stretcher!
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