Martin O’Neill has named his Celtic team to face the Rangers at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup quart final this afternoon…
The Celtic manager comes into this game on the back of a hard-fought fightback last weekend to earn a point in a 2-2 draw at today’s venue.
That was followed by a significant win against Aberdeen in Celtic’s game in hand that allowed the Champions to leapfrog the Rangers and close the gap of current leaders Hearts.
🍀 @CelticFC manager Martin O'Neill discusses the loss of ever-present Callum McGregor for today's game, and the approach to facing Rangers without his skipper
"He's a big miss for us." 🗣️#ScottishCup pic.twitter.com/KxAfdA9KdZ
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Callum McGregor and Kieran Tierney are both injured but Auston Trusty plays – his ban must apply only to league matches – and Dane Murray makes the bench. Oxlade-Chamberlain started last week but is on the bench while Junior Adamu was in the huddle last Sunday but isn’t in the squad today.
Today though is all about winning a place in the Scottish Cup semi-finals at Hampden next month and the Celtic team kicking off to achieve that objective is as follows:
Viljami Sinisalo; Julian Araujo, Benjamin Arthur, Auston Trusty, Liam Scales(c), Luke McCowan, Reo Hatate, Benjamin Nygren; Yang, Daizen Maeda and Sebastian Tounekti
Subs: Doohan, Donovan, Saracchi, Murray, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Bernardo, Cvancara, Mvuka and Forrest.
📋 Your Celtic side for the #ScottishCup quarter-final.#RANCEL | #CelticFC🍀 pic.twitter.com/VCAfla7YjF
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🚌 The Bhoys arrive in Govan.#RANCEL | #ScottishCup | #CelticFC🍀 pic.twitter.com/R2jeMkVo0u
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No recognised left back !
Hopefully it works out ok 🍀🍀🍀
That’s now 7 players missing, who would have been in our match day squad. Best part of them as starters also.
Just highlights the size of our task today.
Surprised Saracchi isn’t starting?