WILFRIED NANCY has given his Celtic players a vote of confidence by naming an unchanged team in the Europa League encounter against AS Roma this evening.
The French boss goes with the team that lost 2-1 to Hearts on Sunday with Auston Trusty continuing on the right-hand side of the back three.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Trusty, Scales, Tierney; Nygren, Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Yang, Maeda and Tounekti. Subs: Sinisalo, Doohan, Balikwisha, McCowan, Iheanacho, Kenny, Bernardo, Murray, Donovan and Ralston.
Earlier today, we asked how much could you remember about past associations with Italian teams in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HAPPY DAZE…Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates one of his 85 Celtic goals. (See Question 4.)
QUESTIONS:
1: True or false: Celtic have never faced AS Roma before in European competition?
2: Christopher Jullien headed in a memorable late winner when the Hoops defeated Lazio 2-1 at Parkhead in October 2019. Who scored the team’s first goal?
3: Celtic drew with Atalanta in Bergamo in last season’s Champions League. What was the final score: A: 0-0; B: 1-1 or C: 2-2?
4: Lazio won 2-1 when Celtic last faced Italian opposition in the east end of Glasgow in October 2023. Who scored the hosts’ goal: A: Luis Palma, B: Kyogo Furuhashi or C: Callum McGregor?
5: True or false: Celtic have won five, lost five and drawn five of their 15 home games against Italian teams?
ANSWERS:
1: True.
2: Ryan Christie.
3: A: 0-0.
4: B: Kyogo Furuhashi.
5: True.
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 AS Roma this evening – only in your champion CQN.
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