Never thought I’d say the day with a best 11 featuring Rüdiger and CCV as center backs together…. Rüdiger is punching above his weight on this one!
Match is on Paramount+. Atmosphere is rocking. Lots of pyrotechnics before the League Cup final which isn’t common in Scottish football. Looks like match will be delayed a few minutes for the smoke to clear.
There's a LOT at stake in this match. If Celtic win comfortably, another coach gets canned and Gers' EL campaign gets derailed
The Yank Boys at CB take on Young Boys in the CL. Young Boys are in Dead F'ing Last out of 36 teams, scoring 3 and conceding 22. They are mathematically eliminated, in 9th of 12 in the Swiss Super League, and are playing a rotated side on the road. Celtic need to take advantage of this opportunity and not count on taking points off Villa next week.
Especially as Villa's defeat yesterday means they drop to 8th and in danger of not qualifying for the last 8 directly. In fact, even a point against Celtic won't be enough to guarantee that. Villa need to go for the win. There could be opportunities for Celtic to nick a win there. Two wins will get them to 15 points. Depending on other results that may be enough for the Bhoys to gatecrash the top 8 themselves