CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers has handed Kelechi Iheanacho a quickfire start against Partick Thistle in the Premier Sports League Cup quarter-final at Firhill this afternoon.
The Nigerian striker made his first appearance as a second-half substitute and scored the winning goal from a stoppage-time penalty-kick in the 2-1 victory over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park a week ago.
Viljami Sinisalo gets a rare outing in goal with Kasper Schmeichel among the stand-by squad alongside Daizen Maeda.
THANK HEAVENS…new Bhoy Kelechi Iheanacho celebrates his Rugby Park winner.
Now the holders are looking to earn a place in tonight’s semi-final ballot where they could meet St Mirren, Motherwell or Rangers.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney; Nygren, McGregor, Hatate; Yang, Iheanacho, Tounetki. Subs: Schmeichel, Balikwisha, McCowan, Engels, Bernardo, Saracchi, Maeda, Murray and Forrest.
Earlier today, we asked you how much you could remember about past associations with the Maryhill club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
THE SURVIVOR…Callum McGregor thumps in the winner for Celtic in their 2-1 Scottish Cup triumph over Partick Thistle at Firhill in January 2020. (See Question 5.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Can you name the Lisbon Lion who managed Partick Thistle on two separate occasions in the seventies and eighties?
2: The Firhill club beat Jock Stein’s men 4-1 in the 1971 League Cup Final for one of the competition’s biggest sensations. Who scored the Hoops’ consolation goal?
3: Four of that victorious Thistle team went on to play for Celtic. Can you name them?
4: Ex-Celt Mark Wilson is the current Jags boss. Who are the two most recent former Hoops stars to manage the club?
5: True or false: Callum McGregor is the sole survivor from the Celtic line-up that won 2-1 in a Scottish Cup-tie in the champions’ last visit to Firhill in January 2020?
ANSWERS:
1: Bertie Auld.
2: Kenny Dalglish.
3: Alan Rough, Ronnie Glavin, Jimmy Bone and Johnny Gibson.
4: Jackie McNamara (2011/13) and Gary Caldwell (2018/19).
5: True. Celtic beat Thistle 2-1 in a Scottish Cup-tie at Firhill in January 2020 with this team: Forster; Frimpong, Jullien, Bitton (sub: Simunovic 8), Taylor; Brown, Ntcham; McGregor, Rogic (sub: Arzani 85); Griffiths (sub: Klimala 80), Edouard.
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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