BRENDAN RODGERS has given a vote of confidence to the Celtic starting eleven who beat Hearts on Saturday when he said same again for the Champions League encounter against Club Brugge at Parkhead this evening.
Kyogo Furuhashi will start the match after opening the scoring in the 4-1 win at Tynecastle before making way for two goal Adam Idah.
Arne Engels will take his place in midfield alongside Callum McGregor and Reo Hatate to face his fellow-Belgians with Paulo Bernardo starting on the bench.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Scales, Palma, Idah, Valle, Yang, McCowan, Nawrocki, Bernardo, Forrest, Ralston and Welsh.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about Celtic’s Belgian Connection in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
PLAYING FAVOURITES…Belgian international defender Joos Valgaeren and Celtic legend Henrik Larsson in action during Celtic v Barcelona at Parkhead in February 2008. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Martin O’Neill bought a Belgian international defender as he prepared for his Celtic managerial debut in season 2000/01. Can you name the player?
2: Ronny Deila signed Belgian centre-back duo Dedryck Boyata and Jason Denayer from which English club: A: Arsenal, B: Chelsea or C: Manchester City?
3: Brendan Rodgers enjoyed a 3-0 success over Anderlecht in Brussels in his first outing against Belgian opposition seven years ago. Scott Sinclair and Leigh Griffiths were two of the marksmen. Who scored the other goal?
4: Celtic have had one Belgian goalkeeper in their history. Can you remember the identity of the netminder?
5: Arne Engels cost the Hoops a record £11million when he joined from Bundesliga outfit Augsburg on deadline day. Can you name the previous Belgian to be signed by the Parkhead club? Clue: Neil Lennon paid £3million to Rapid Vienna for him in the summer of 2019.
ANSWERS:
1: Joos Valgaeren, £4.8million from Rhoda FC.
2: C: Manchester City.
3: Patrick Roberts.
4: Logan Bailly.
5: Boli Bolingoli.
Ten out of ten if you got all five correct. Go to the head of the class!
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