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Celtic Legends v Borussia Dortmund Legends

Charity the winner at Celtic Park as Celtic Legends beat Dortmund Legends 4-2

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May 27, 2024


Another celebratory weekend for Celtic was rounded off with an entertaining charity match at Paradise, with a Celtic legends team beating Borussia Dortmund 4-2.

The biggest winner, of course, was Celtic FC Foundation, and over 30,000 supporters enjoyed an afternoon of football fun in the rain, getting the chance to cheer on some of their former Hoops heroes, including Gary Hooper, who netted a double and Georgios Samaras, who opened the scoring.

Before the game, fans welcomed Brendan Rodgers and James Forrest on to the pitch as they carried out the Premiership and Scottish Cup trophies which the first-team secured this season.

And then there was an equally warm Celtic Park welcome for a Hoops legend and Borussia Dortund great, Murdo MacLeod, who came out to kick off the game.

The pace of the game may not have been as frantic and frenetic as that witnessed 24 hours beforehand at Hampden when Brendan Rodgers’ side beat Rangers 1-0 to seal the Double.

But it was nevertheless an entertaining 90 minutes of football, with Scott Brown playing from first minute until last and running the show in the middle of the park.

At the final whistle, both sets of players received a well-deserved standing ovation for their efforts, not only in the course of the 90 minutes but also in helping to promote Celtic FC Foundation, who benefitted from the crowd that came along to Paradise.

Celtic: Boruc, Ambrose, Petrov, McManus, Lustig, Emilio, Ledley, Brown (c), Maloney, Samaras, Hooper
Subs: McGovern, O’Dea, Mulgrew, Robson, Donnelly, Vennegoor of Hesselink

Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Dede, Kringe, Piszczek, Schmelzer, Odonkor, Großkreutz, Blaszcykowski, Stevic, Kirch, Petric
Subs: Owomoyela, Bender, Lambert

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