Opinion will often be split between those who think football is purely about winning and those who feel it should be about entertainment, but any fan will tell you that finals are about one thing only.
It doesn’t matter how well you play or what happens on the pitch during the game, history will only ever remember which team won and which side lost.
READ MORE: On This Day: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink’s Glory Goal Sinks Rangers
The Daily Record reported on an interview with Christopher Jullien where he spoke about his standout Celtic moment so far, and it’s clear that getting his hands on a trophy was the main thing.
He was speaking about Celtic’s Betfred Cup victory over the Rangers:
“I consider every goal that I score as important. The one against Hamilton was important. The one against Lazio at home was unbelievable. But the one against Rangers was, of course, something special because we got something at the end.”
“To win the first trophy of my career and for the club, to give to do that for the team, that was just unbelievable. The game was hard, and that goal is one of the best of my career for sure.”
“At the end of the day, what you remember are winners. In years to come, you won’t remember the game, you’ll just remember the trophy.”
“The game, that time, Rangers were better than us. We didn’t play well, but we had Fraser Forster who was on top of his game. We had a chance to score and we took it. We did a really good job.”
“Normally, I post in these forward positions, and afterwards I go back. As soon as Ryan crossed the ball, I had a good feeling. It was fast, I had a Rangers player by my side, and I attacked the ball.”
“Even me, afterwards when I saw it again – I’ve watched it a lot of times since – I’m like, wow. I don’t think if happened five times again I would score.”
It’s interesting to hear that but it also makes you realise that winning trophies isn’t an easy thing to do in football. Of course we are all used to Celtic winning at least one trophy each year, but the majority of players will never get to experience that, so it’s understandable that it’s a momentous moment.
That final will never go down in history for being a great Celtic performance, but their name will always appear on the trophy.
Meanwhile Matt Corr’s Debut Celtic book is titled INVINCIBLE and will be published early next month. You can pre-order below and there’s a decent Father’s Day launch offer for yo too!
Support Celtic Youth Development
Help raise money for Celtic Youth Development by joining the £1 weekly lottery and you could win up to £25,000 – just click the photograph below to join. Lots of our readers have already done so and they’re now doing their bit to help fund Celtic Youth Development that can deliver the stars of tomorrow and beyond. And you might even win a few bob too! And a special thank you to all The Celtic Star readers who have already signed up and are now supporting youth development to give us the Celtic Stars of the future…
