Celtic’s Karamoko Dembele, the 13-year-old prodigy who made headlines when making his debut for Celtic’s U-20 side, has triggered an international arms race between England and Scotland as both countries look to secure his services at the youth level.
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Celtic fan arrested for throwing a hamburger at a police horse in Piccadilly Gardens. Male started kicking about in the van! #nightinacell
— GMP City Centre (@GMPCityCentre) December 6, 2016
Celtic may have had a roller-coaster week, what with their being eliminated from European competition with a loss to Barcelona mid-week before coming back to defeat Aberdeen 3-0 in the League Cup final on Sunday.
Barcelona defeated Celtic 2-0 in Scotland, the Hoops providing a better account of themselves following their 7-0 drubbing in the reverse fixture at the Camp Nou. Barcelona’s victory made them Group C winners with Manchester City and Borussia Monchengladbach battling to a 1-1 draw in the group's other fixture.
Any Barcelona goal yields a plethora of astounding statistics, and Lionel Messi’s opener in the 24th minute was no different. Neymar provided the assist, and it was already his seventh of this Champions League campaign, equalling the all-time mark for a single season.
Moussa Dembele’s latest goal for Celtic — in the 87th minute of Sunday’s League Cup semi-final against arch rival Rangers — sent the green end of Hampden Park, Scotland’s national stadium, into a frenzy.
It also sent Brendan Rodgers’ Hoops side into the final, with a 1-0 win, his second in as many games against the Ibrox men.
But as happy as Celtic supporters were with the goal, and the result, Dembele’s countrymen, it seems, are barely able to contain themselves.
We just want everyone to know that five-year-old Celtic fan Louis Kayes is a more dedicated fan than all of you put together.
Louis missed Saturday's game against Motherwell, which is not something you would normally associate with the most dedicated fan in the world, but Louis, because he is so dedicated, called Celtic to apologize for his absence. Specifically, he wanted manager Brendan Rodgers and captain Scott Brown to know he had missed the match because of a birthday party.
The “Old Firm” derby — Celtic and Rangers — divides the city of Glasgow, and much of Scotland, at least in footballing terms.
And, it has become known as one of football’s most notorious derbies--a rivalry played out before the backdrop of religion and politics. It is known worldwide.
Known maybe, but no longer watched.
With the rivalry’s four-year respite resulting from Rangers financial woes and subsequent relegation, it appears the fixture has lost some of its luster.
Celtic central defender Kolo Toure, The18's 2015 Player of the Year, has boatloads of good experience in big matches. Unfortunately, that is not how it worked out against Borussia Monchengladbach.
Liverpool fans and Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers, who was at Anfield at the time, will remember when Toure had a similar howler against West Brom in February 2014, which snatched a 1-1 draw from the jaws of victory--and may have helped cost the Reds the EPL title that season.
Just a few days ago Celtic’s Karamoko Dembele was merely the club’s “other Dembele”. Even when he made his debut for the Hoops’ U-20s against Hearts last Wednesday - as a substitute in the 81st minute - he was still second fiddle to first-teamer Moussa Dembele, the recent scorer of a spectacular brace against Manchester City in Champions League play.