CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers gave a vote of confidence to his Celtic players when he announced an unchanged side to face Young Boys in the crucial Champions League qualifier at Parkhead tonight.
The side that started the 2-0 Scottish Cup win over Kilmarnock in the east end of Glasgow at the weekend go in for the kick-off against the Swiss club.
TEAM: Schmeichel; Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Trusty, Taylor; Engels, McGregor, Hatate; Kuhn, Kyogo, Maeda. Subs: Sinisalo, Bain, Ralston, McCowan, Scales, Idah, Palma, Valle, Yang, Nawrocki, Bernardo and Murray.
Earlier today, we asked how much you could remember about previous Celtic connections with Switzerland in CQN‘s fun five-minute quiz to test your knowledge.
Now we repeat those questions and provide the answers.
HAT-TRICK HERO…John ‘Yogi’ Hughes went on the rampage in Switzerland. (See Question 4.)
QUESTIONS:
1: Celtic paid £5million to which London club for Swiss international striker Albian Ajeti in the summer of 2020: A: Charlton B: Arsenal or C: West Ham?
2: Central defender Ramon Vega had a brief loan stint at Parkhead from Spurs in season 2000/01. He joined which English club the following year?
3: Ange Postecoglou signed keeper Benji Siegrist in July 2022 when his contract expired at Dundee United. Which former Celtic manager signed the netminder for Rapid Bucharest last summer?
4: Celtic beat Basle 5-1 in a European Cup-Winners’ Cup-tie in Switzerland in September 1963. Which legendary Celt scored a hat-trick?
-5: Who was the Hoops boss when the team lost 5-1 to Neuchatel Xamax in 1991?
ANSWERS:
1: C: West Ham.
2: Watford.
3: Neil Lennon.
4: John ‘Yogi’ Hughes.
5: Liam Brady.
*DON’T miss the unbeatable match report from Celtic v Young Boys this evening – only in your champion CQN.
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