A last minute goal from the Irish Adam Idah at Hampden Park It gave Celtic victory over Rangers (1-0) and sealed the Scottish Cup title, in addition to the double, after also winning the Premier League a few weeks ago.
A great campaign was rounded off by the group of Brendan Rodgers who once again defeated his neighbor and greatest competitor in history, runner-up in both competitions. Rangers could not amend the gray campaign, after a slump in the final stages of the league championship, with a cup victory they missed when the final went into extra time.
Revalidate the double
Celtic, revalidating last year’s double achievement, carried the brunt of the match and took the prize in the end to take their accumulated Cup titles to 42. They also extended the distance to their rivals. The Rangers have 34. Now eight less than the champion. His last cup will be in 2022.
The 15th final between the two was for Celtic, who broke the historic tie before the rivalry, with seven wins for each team.
Disallowed a goal against Rangers
Rangers were champions in a duel with few chances, with a lot of caution on both sides, as they scored on the hour mark, with a corner kick taken by James Tavernier which went to the far post Abdallah Sima. The Belgian team celebrated the goal Philippe Clement, but the goal, at the request of VAR, was disallowed due to a goal foul Joe Hart, who hung up his boots in this fight.
The final was decided in the 90th minute, as the match headed into extra time. The goal is the work of two players coming off the bench. The play was developed by the Portuguese Paulo Bernardowho in the 78th minute took over Reo Hatate The Portuguese took the ball in midfield and advanced on the edge of the Rangers area. He took a powerful shot that stopped the goal Jack Butland but he didn’t tie the ball.
Idah’s remarks in the 90th minute
Attentive, he took the rejection Adam Idah, that game time had come for the Japanese Kyogo Furuhashi, and headed it into the net to give Celtic the title and seal the double.
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Celtic: Joe Hart; Alistair Johnston, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Liam Scales, Greg Taylor; Matt O’Riley, Callum McGregor, Reo Hatate (Paulo Bernardo, m.78); James Forrest (Nikolas Kuhn, m.72), Daizen Maeda and Kyogo Furuhashi (Adam Idah, m.62).
Rangers: Jack Butland; James Tavernier, Leon Balogun, Ben Davies, Ridvan Yilmaz; Mohammed Diomande, Nicolas Raskin (John Lundstram, .94); Dujon Sterling (Ross McCausland, m.81), Todd Cantwell (Scott Wright, m.74), Fabio Silva (Rabbi Matondo, m.74); and Cyriel Dessers (Abdallah Sima, d.46)
Purpose: 1-0, m.90 Adam Idah.
Referee: Nick Walsh. He showed yellow cards to Celtic’s Callum Mc Gregor, Joe Hart, Adam Idah, James Forrest, Greg Taylor, Gerrit Kuhn and Daizen Maeda; and Abdallah Sima, Dujon Sterling, Todd Cantwell, Ridvan Yilmaz and Nicolas Raskin, from the Rangers.
Incidents: The Scottish Cup final was played at the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow.
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Source: La Verdad
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