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.
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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