There’s still a positive feeling around Celtic after throwing two points away on Thursday, but it will be different today as nothing but a win will be acceptable.
The reward for a victory is clear with a potential final against Championship opposition, so this is the perfect chance for Celtic to continue their incredible domestic cup run.
They can probably take comfort in some ways from the recent 3-3 draw where they did enough to win without playing well, and we’ve seen Aberdeen stumble on the big stage multiple times before.
They do have a physical threat up front that needs to be dealt with, but Lennny was short of defenders so there wasn’t a lot of choice for him in that department today:
📋 The team news is in!
Our starting XI for today’s #ScottishCup semi-final 🆚 Aberdeen.
𝗖𝗢𝗬𝗕𝗜𝗚 🟢⚪️ pic.twitter.com/u9rROKpQQ8
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) November 1, 2020
It will be interesting to see how Bitton and Duffy get on as a pair – they should be dominant in the air but Frimpong and Laxalt will need to be switched on to sweep in behind when needed.
It’s also pleasing to see Eddy back and the bench looks very formidable, so a lot of the fans are agreeing that this is the strongest that the team has looked for a while:
Nice to see no greeting faces in the comments the day 😂
— Emma (@EmmaEmm21) November 1, 2020
for once a half decent line-up hope there’s some sort of urgency today 💚🤍💚
— BIGGIE BOI (@Galaxy_Fearz) November 1, 2020
Don’t see how griff could be 100% yet either to be fair. Some bench though. Cant see us making a mess of this today
— Kevan Clow (@KevanClow) November 1, 2020
Lovely stuff 🍀
— ArmchairCeltic (@CelticArmchair) November 1, 2020
strongest team we’ve fielded in a while, good to see elhamed back
— Tom Aldridge (@TomAldr97452684) November 1, 2020
Rogic slipping through balls into Edouard 😍
— Mark James Ferry (@FunkyFez) November 1, 2020
