CONFIRMED: HOLM, YANG GET THE NOD

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BRENDAN RODGERS has pitched Odin Holm into his starting line-up against Aberdeen in today’s 2.30pm kick-off at Parkhead.

The Norwegian midfielder gets the nod ahead of Paulo Bernardo and David Turnbull who both figured in the 6-0 loss to Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital in midweek.

Yang Hyun-jun comes in for the injured Daizen Maeda.

TEAM: Hart; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Holm, McGregor, O’Riley; Yang, Kyogo, Palma. Subs: Bain, Ralston, Phillips, Turnbull, Oh, Bernabei, Iwata, Bernardo and Forrest.

Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past connections with the Dons in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz.

Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.

MIDFIELD DUEL…Callum McGregor prepares to race away from former Celtic team-mate Scott Brown. (See Question 2.)

QUESTIONS:

1: Four players who participated in Aberdeen’s European Cup-Winners’ Cup Final 2-1 win over Real Madrid in 1983 went on to have an association with Celtic. Can you name them?

2: Which Celtic Invincible joined the Dons in the summer of 2021?

3: Celtic opened last season’s Premiership campaign with a 2-0 win over the Pittodrie club. Who were the goalscorers?

4: Which Celtic player came back from an 11-game injury lay-off to score the winner at Aberdeen in December last year?

5: Celtic brought down the curtain on their eleventh title triumph in 12 years with a 5-0 win over the Dons at Parkhead on May 27. Two players each netted a double. Can you name them?

ANSWERS:

1: Gordon Strachan, Mark McGhee, John Hewitt and Eric Black.

2: Scott Brown.

3: Stephen Welsh and Filipe Jota.

4: Callum McGregor.

5: Kyogo Furuhashi and Oh Hyeon-gyu both scored doubles. Carl Starfelt added the other.

Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!

* DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Celtic v Aberdeen this afternoon – only in your champion CQN.

 

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