Celtic again showing "Jeckyl and Hyde" defensive qualities and really should've "put this game to bed" inside the first 45 mins after comfortably taking a two goal lead v a Hertz side with "has-beens" named Berra and Walker in Neilson's starting line up. Berra is a donkey with no pace!! But again weaknesses in the CB and goalie positions, with errors that needlessly allowed Hertz back into this game, that definitely have to be redressed asap although Celtic's young goalie, Hazard, redeemed himself with two "pk deciding saves" v two Hertz players, who "choked" on the pressure, and he became the hero who won the cup for Celtic after flogging two goals in this 3-3 draw - learn to punch a ball properly son or stay on your goal line! Watch Craig Gordon's face when he thought it was his "moment of footie history" for Hertz after saving Christie's pk - a sight to behold together with Hertz captain Halkett's greetin face after the final whistle - priceless lol!! Plus the tripping faces on their whole squad of players - GUTTED AFTER THEY THOUGHT THEY'D WON IT!!! Maybe there is a football god after all who does issue retribution to cheating semi-finalists - what a fitting "oh we're in with a chance" scenario to see them finally f####d up in this way lol!!
Best moments of this match? Christie's cracking opening goal, a 20 yard shot in the "postage stamp corner", was special - a bit of quality in an attractive match (but lacking real quality/class!) and nae chance for Gordon to save it!! Plus Sparky's ET goal, a strike that should've been the winner - a "poaching Hibee" and a "hammer of Hertz" down the years and his opening pk in the pen decider was also very good.
Lastly, one must comment re this Scot Cup tourney being played out in the way it was anyway. The whole compromised SFA arrangement with cup-tied players being allowed to play for the four remaining clubs was highly questionable from the very beginning and I'd call this particular domestic trophy the COVID-19 Scottish Cup - the whole scenario, with changed rules, without fans in a huge stadium and "playing in an echo chamber" is downright surreal as observed when the English FA played out their cancelled 2019-20 FA Cup tourney later on in the summer - it was so notable that I can't even remember who won it!!
Best moments of this match? Christie's cracking opening goal, a 20 yard shot in the "postage stamp corner", was special - a bit of quality in an attractive match (but lacking real quality/class!) and nae chance for Gordon to save it!! Plus Sparky's ET goal, a strike that should've been the winner - a "poaching Hibee" and a "hammer of Hertz" down the years and his opening pk in the pen decider was also very good.
Lastly, one must comment re this Scot Cup tourney being played out in the way it was anyway. The whole compromised SFA arrangement with cup-tied players being allowed to play for the four remaining clubs was highly questionable from the very beginning and I'd call this particular domestic trophy the COVID-19 Scottish Cup - the whole scenario, with changed rules, without fans in a huge stadium and "playing in an echo chamber" is downright surreal as observed when the English FA played out their cancelled 2019-20 FA Cup tourney later on in the summer - it was so notable that I can't even remember who won it!!