THERE was an acute sense of déjà vu last night: the red shirts would swarm toward the opposition goal; flailing legs would propel the ball back whence it came; the red shirts would regroup and surge forward again.
This unerring familiarity carried on into the second half: the fluid movement of the red shirts became agitated; the desperate punts upfield became more surefooted; and then, defying probability, the besieged team scored - and won. This was Celtic v Manchester United, but it might as well have been Scotland v France last month.
I once heard an American sports pundit decry 'soccer' because of its propensity for upsets. He missed the point. When an academic with too much time on his hands proved a few months ago that there were more shock results in football than in all other comparable sports, he was quantifying what millions of supporters of lesser teams already knew: a delicious potential for the unpredictable.
madalchemist
Yeah, true enough. I missed most of the match as i was playing indoor football-yes, i've come out of retirement to stretch the old limbs once in a while!
I was pleased that Celtic won but was a bit annoyed by alleged comments ( Tommy Burns, was it?) that Celtic progressing to the group stages of the Champions League was an achievement that supercedes that of Martin O' Neill's team which reached the Uefa final. How the hell do you quantify that?? They haven't done anything yet.
Having said that, i sincerely hope that Celtic do go on and give a good account of themselves in Europe this year. I'm not naive enough to think that they can win it as i think the defence is still weak and Neil Lennon is also still in the team.
Also why is Aiden Mc Geady not getting more games, he's brilliant, much better than Duff in the irish team, i reckon.
Right, that's my rant for now!
Allez les Celts!