Celtic’s progression into the Scottish Cup Final in May sees the club contest the final for a record 62nd time in their history.
With Celtic lifting the famous trophya record 41 times, Brendan Rodgers will look to continue to create history for the club by beating Rangers on the iconic date of the 25th of May.
The semi-final against Aberdeen will go down as one of the best in the history of the competition. Not only was Celtic coming back from 1-0 down to lead twice exciting, but Aberdeen also played their part in the extraordinary game by scoring late-on twice to force the game into extra time and then penalties.
We all know what happened after that and now Celtic can look forward to an end-of-season final to, hopefully, pull the curtain down to the end of a successful season.
However, former Rangers midfielder, Barry Ferguson, is still fuming about a decision in the Hampden game that went Celtic’s way.
Ferguson says the ‘game’s gone’ after correct Celtic VAR decision
There were two incidents in the game where VAR had to intervene and come to the correct decision. The Liam Scales handball and the foul on Alistair Johnston in the final minutes of extra time.
The match officials came to the correct decision on both as Scales was outside the box and Johnston was barged into by Junior Hoilett but three days later, Ferguson is still fuming about one of them.
Ferguson said [The Go Radio Football Show], “Oh I think it’s so soft. Honestly, I do.
“I don’t think it’s a free kick, I really don’t. He’s (Hoilett) going to try and attack the ball aggressively, which I would want.
“I just can’t see why it was given as a foul. I think if there’s fouls given for that, the game’s gone for me.”
How anyone can see that as not being a foul is beyond me as the footage clearly shows Hoilett barging Johnston in the back to put the defender off-balance as he looked to clear the cross. It seems Ferguson is a little bitter.
The Celtic fans won’t care though. Another final beckons and the possibility of a league and cup double and after the team’s rollercoaster form this season, the supporters will be delighted that the team are still contesting two trophies.