‘I don’t play for Rangers. If I did I wouldn’t have this medal around my neck!’ Celtic’s Goalscoring Hero

“It was unbelievable – one of my best days ever,” Celtic’s match-winner Christopher Jullien said to the media after becoming the second Frenchman in a row to score the winner at a Cup Final at Hampden.

“This goal gave me a trophy and there’s no words for it. It’s hard to describe how good it felt rushing towards the fans at the end.

“It’s been a long, long time since I had a medal around my neck. Probably the Under 20 World Cup with France, and I didn’t play in the Final. Was this better? For sure. To play, to score, everything was perfect,” Jullien said, as reported by Glasgow Times.

The big debate seems to be was the Frenchman offside – there are various theories doing the rounds and plenty of anger amid the tears from the Govanites on this Blue Monday, but one thing everyone can agree on is that it was tight. Much tighter than this one for example, which happened at roughly the same stage in a League Cup Final many years earlier…

Offside, onside, it doesn’t matter the goal was given and it should be remembered that the Rangers had plenty of time – and opportunity to get themselves back into the game and they played most of that against ten men. It’s not the linesman’s fault that they failed to do that. By the way, they have checked him out over on FF and have reluctantly admitted that he is intact a blue-nose. Therefore he is a coward who was scared of the inevitable intimidation that would have come his way had he done his job properly!

“Sometimes I start offside then come back on,” Jullien stated. “My reflex was to look at the referee and I saw that it was good, and that I could enjoy the moment.

“But the feeling in my head was balanced because the first half I really wasn’t proud of and I knew I had scored early in the second half so I knew there was a lot of time still to go and I had to stay focused and that I couldn’t relax too much.”

Jullien looked back on his summer transfer from Toulouse and realises that it was the best move of his career.

“This has been one of the hardest moves of my life, but at the same time the simplest. The club is unbelievable from the players, the staff to the fans.

“But this is a team that has won everything and it’s difficult. You don’t want to be the one who messes up.

“But I’ve listened a lot to the likes of Broony, Callum and they have taught me a lot. I didn’t need to be told before I signed. I saw they won a lot and I also talked with Odsonne. This is the first and I hope there is many more to come,” Jullien said.

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Looking back on the game he is frank in his assessment of Celtic’s well below par performance.

“The first half was really bad and we wanted to come back in the second. We got in front but the red card changed everything.

“We had to show strength of character, mentality, all of our qualities. Of course, Fraser was unbelievable.

“But we kept our order. We were not too happy defensively in the last couple of games but when you are down like in this scenario it is very difficult. It just makes it all the more enjoyable.

“You could see the emotion at the end. I don’t get many of my family coming over for games but there was so many there and I was just so happy to win the trophy. This is why we play football – for these moments.”

And saving the best for last, the latest Frenchman to win a Cup Final for Celtic was asked about the Rangers.

“How will this affect (the) Rangers?

“I don’t know. I don’t play for Rangers. If I did I wouldn’t have this medal around my neck!

“It’s their problem and none of my business. But this final will stay with us forever. We know there are a lot of games left and more trophies to play for, so we will see what happens.”

That my friends, is French for GIRUY!