Celtic great hopeful Parkhead club can replicate 1985 result against Atletico in Madrid in their Champions League group game tonight.
GETTING kicked up and down the pitch by Atletico Madrid’s cynical players in the first leg of the European Cup semi-final at Parkhead in 1974 was hard for Celtic enforcer Davie Hay to bear.
The former full-back cum midfielder got his tactics spot on. Johnston netted his first European goal when he got on the end of a Provan cross. Bonner then saved a penalty. The visitors finished the 90 minutes level despite there only being 73 away supporters in attendance. The 75-year-old, though, is only interested in seeing the Scottish champions perform as well as they did in their previous meeting with their opponents and increase their hopes of a place in either the Champions League or Europa League knockout rounds.
“He was determined that nothing untoward came from our end, that we didn’t let the club down, that we couldn’t be seen to be retaliating. I’m not sure if that was the right thing to say. Who knows? “But I have moved on. I think in life you have to move on. When you look at what is going on the world just now, you do think that maybe if people could come together a bit more there would be fewer problems. Nothing I say will change the result.
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