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Richard BuxtonĀ·20 April 2024
OneFootball
Richard BuxtonĀ·20 April 2024
Celtic booked their place in the Scottish Cup final after a memorable showdown with Aberdeen which was settled on penalties.
Scorers: Miovski 2ā², Sokler 90ā², MacDonald 117ā²; KĆ¼hn 21ā², Forrest 63ā², OāRiley 105+1ā²
Bojan Miovski opened the scoring inside just two minutes by latching onto a through ball from Leighton Clarkson before firing past Joe Hart.
Nicolas-Gerrit KĆ¼hn pulled the Scottish champions level with a clinical strike after Kyogo Furuhashi seized on a mistake by Angus MacDonald.
Brendan Rodgersā side took the lead shortly after the hour mark through substitute James Forrest squeezing a shot home from the edge of the penalty area.
The Dons snatched a late equaliser through Ester Solker meeting Junior Hoilettās floated cross to the far post with a well-taken header.
On the stroke of the extra-time interval, Matt OāRiley fired the Bhoys ahead with a shot into the roof of the net from Alistair Johnstonās cutback.
There was one final twist in the tale as MacDonald pulled his side level for a second time with an identical far-post effort to Solkerās in normal time.
In the shootout, Ryan Duncan and Joe Hart both crashed efforts against the post before Killian Phillipsā miss settled matters at sudden death.
Celtic will return to Hampden Park on 26 May to take on the winner of Sundayās other semi-final between Rangers and Hearts,
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