Tom English sets the scene for the first Scottish Cup final for 22 years between Celtic and Rangers - both of whom are chasing a double.
The last time Celtic and Rangers met in the Scottish Cup final Brendan Rodgers was the academy director at Reading and Philippe Clement was on the treatment table at Club Bruges, a dodgy hamstring costing him a place in Belgium’s squad for that summer's World Cup.
In the 22 years since the last Old Firm Scottish Cup final, there have been two Barcelona versus Real Madrid Copa del Rey finals, four Bayern Munich versus Borussia Dortmund German Cup finals and five Inter Milan versus Roma Coppa Italias. Rangers are desperately trying to navigate their way through a fairly chronic injury profile. They have issues at centre-half, left-back, the middle of the park and out wide.
Then came the 3-3 thriller at Ibrox, which the visitors should have won having led 2-0 and 3-2, and after that, the 2-1 win at Celtic Park, which should have been a whole lot more comfortable for Rodgers’ team than it turned out. They had 22 shots to Rangers’ seven and six on target to Rangers’ one. He played a midfielder, Dujon Sterling, as an emergency centre-half midway through the last meeting with Celtic. Now he is sweating on the fitness of another of his centre-backs, Leon Balogun.
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