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Richard Buxton¡20 April 2024
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Richard Buxton¡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 2â˛, Sokler 90â˛, MacDonald 117â˛; KĂźhn 21â˛, Forrest 63â˛, OâRiley 105+1â˛
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 KĂźhn pulled the Scottish champions level with a clinical strike after Kyogo Furuhashi seized on a mistake by Angus MacDonald.
Brendan Rodgersâ 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 Hoilettâs floated cross to the far post with a well-taken header.
On the stroke of the extra-time interval, Matt OâRiley fired the Bhoys ahead with a shot into the roof of the net from Alistair Johnstonâs 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 Solkerâs in normal time.
In the shootout, Ryan Duncan and Joe Hart both crashed efforts against the post before Killian Phillipsâ miss settled matters at sudden death.
Celtic will return to Hampden Park on 26 May to take on the winner of Sundayâs other semi-final between Rangers and Hearts,