šŸ† Celtic reach Scottish Cup final after shootout win over Aberdeen | OneFootball

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Richard BuxtonĀ·20 April 2024

šŸ† Celtic reach Scottish Cup final after shootout win over Aberdeen

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Celtic booked their place in the Scottish Cup final after a memorable showdown with Aberdeen which was settled on penalties.

Scorers: Miovski 2ā€², Sokler 90ā€², MacDonald 117ā€²; KĆ¼hn 21ā€², Forrest 63ā€², Oā€™Riley 105+1ā€²


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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 Hoilettā€™s floated cross to the far post with a well-taken header.

On the stroke of the extra-time interval, Matt Oā€™Riley fired the Bhoys ahead with a shot into the roof of the net from Alistair Johnstonā€™s 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 Solkerā€™s 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 Sundayā€™s other semi-final between Rangers and Hearts,