GREG TAYLOR returns to the Celtic starting line-up against RB Leipzig on matchday four of the Champions League at Parkhead this evening.
The Scotland international comes in at left-back for Alex Valle in the only change from the team that thrashed Aberdeen 6-0 in the Premier Sports League Cup semi-final at Hampden on Saturday.
Auston Trusty continues in central defence alongside Cameron Carter-Vickers with Liam Scales again on the bench.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, 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 could you remember of the previous home encounters against the Bundesliga club in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
ON THE RUN…Kieran Tierney in action against RB Leipzig in November 2018. (See Question 1.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic beat RB Leipzig 2-1 at Parkhead in November 2018. Who were the Hoops’ marksmen?
2: Dedryck Boyata played at centre-back in the same game. He left Celtic a year later for which Bundesliga side?
3: James Forrest played on the right in the dramatic win. Can you remember who was on the opposite flank? Was it: A: Lewis Morgan B: Scott Sinclair or C: Jonny Hayes?
4: Celtic had a German-born player in defence when they lost 2-0 to RB Leipzig in Glasgow in October 2022. Can you name him?
5: Ange Postecoglou utilised 16 players that evening. Amazingly, only seven remain and one of that number – Alexandro Bernabei – is on the verge of an exit. Can you name the other six survivors?
ANSWERS:
1: Kieran Tierney and Odsonne Edouard.
2: Hertha Berlin.
3: B: Scott Sinclair.
4: Moritz Jenz.
5: Cameron Carter-Vickers, Greg Taylor, Reo Hatate, James Forrest, Kyogo Furuhashi and Daizen Maeda. Team: Hart; Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Jenz, Taylor; O’Riley, Hatate (sub: Mooy 65), Haksabanovic (sub: Turnbull 65), Abada (sub: Forrest 42), Kyogo (sub: Giakoumakis 65) and Maeda (sub: Bernabei 80).
Well done if you got five out of five. Go to the top of the class!
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