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As if the ugliness of the 120 minutes wasn’t enough – the grisly battle, the hair-on-fire panic, the abysmal lack of anything resembling coherence or even competence – there was the disgrace of the post-match.<\/b><\/p>\n
Celtic had made it through to the Scottish Cup semi-finals after one shot on goal and no shot on target. <\/p>\n
They had survived their way through the day despite their own awful shortcomings, winning on penalties because Rangers were an abomination in reply.<\/p>\n
On a day of blocks, misplaced passes, crosses flying out of play, free-kicks wasted, aerial duels, hoofball, head tennis, punts downfield, unending fouls and a chronic lack of accuracy, the last act was Tomas Cvancara beating Jack Butland.<\/p>\n
Or, at least, we hoped it was the last act. <\/p>\n
It wasn’t, of course. The finale to the day involved a pitch invasion from many, many Celtic supporters at the Broomloan Road end. There were 7,500 of them at Ibrox. A return to the way things were pre-2018. Mistake. Big, big mistake.<\/p>\n
Initially, the Rangers fans in the Copland Stand reacted, a tiny number threatening to pile on to the pitch and head into the fray. They were shoved back in quick order. <\/p>\n
More Celtic people streamed on, dancing and waving and cajoling. Red rags to Rangers’ bulls. Celtic staff beseeched them to clear off but their pleas were ignored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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