MARTIN O’NEILL has made wholesale changes in his Celtic line-up to face Bologna in the Europa League in Italy this evening.
Kasper Schmeichel returns to goal while Daizen Maeda leads the attack.
Reo Hatate also makes a return in the midfield alongside skipper Callum McGregor and Arne Engels.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Donovan, Trusty, Scales, Tierney; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Yang, Maeda, Tounekti. Subs: Sinisalo, Doohan, Nygren, Balikwisha, McCowan, Kenny, Bernardo, Murray Forrest, McArdle, Ralston and Isiguzo.
Earlier in the day, we asked how much you could remember about Celtic’s past associations with Italian clubs in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
ITALIAN JOB…Olivier Ntcham flicks in the winner as Celtic triumph 2-1 over Lazio in Rome on a historic evening for the Hoops in November 2019. (See Questions 1 and 2.)
QUESTIONS:
1: What was so special about Celtic’s 2-1 victory over Lazio in Rome on November 7 2019?
2: Who was the Hoops’ matchwinner that evening?
3: Celtic bought defender Enrico Annoni in February 1997 from which Serie A club: A: Napoli; B: AS Roma or C: AC Milan?
4: Wilfried Nancy’s solitary European experience saw Celtic routed by AS Roma at Parkhead last month. Was the half-time score: A: 0-1; B: 0-2 or C: 0-3?
5: Who scored the Italians’ first goal?
ANSWERS:
1: It was Celtic first competitive win on Italian soil at the thirteenth attempt.
2: Olivier Ntcham.
3: B: AS Roma.
4: C: 0-3.
5: Liam Scales (og).
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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