BRENDAN RODGERS has named an unchanged team to face Slovan Bratislava as the Champions League kicks off at Parkhead tonight.
The Celtic boss gives a vote of confidence to the line-up that started the 2-0 Premiership win over Hearts at the weekend.
It means record £11million recruit Arne Engels is in after making his first start – and scoring his first goal – against the Tynecastle outfit.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Ralston, Valle, Trusty, Nawrocki, Welsh, Bernardo, McCowan, Idah, Palma, Forrest, Yang.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about past encounters with teams from Slovakia in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat the questions and provide the answers.
SPOT ON…Bobby Murdoch fires in Celtic’s penalty-kick winner past Solovan Bratislava keeper Villiam Schrojf at Parkhead in March 1964. The referee gets a good view! (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic beat Slovan Bratislava 1-0 home and away in the Cup-Winners’ Cup for a 2-0 aggregate triumph in March 1964. Who were the two goalscorers?
2: Who was the Celtic manager who made his competitive dug-out debut in Bratislava against Artmedia in July 2005?
3: The Hoops lost 5-0 in one of their worst-ever results in Europe. Who was in goal that day?
4: Celtic won 4-0 in the return. Can you name the four goalscorers?
5: Celtic beat Slovakian side Kosice 1-0 in Glasgow in August 1996. The hosts had to wait until the 87th minute to make the breakthrough. Who was the goal hero?
THE WINNER…Portuguese hitman Jorge Cadete runs away in triumph after his late strike against Kosice in 1996. (See Question 5.)
ANSWERS:
1: Bobby Murdoch (pen) at Parkhead and John Hughes in Bratislava.
2: Gordon Strachan.
3: David Marshall.
4: Alan Thompson (pen), John Hartson, Stephen McManus, Craig Beattie.
5: Jorge Cadete.
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