Celtic v Rangers: 2024 Scottish Cup final – live
Live updates from the 3pm BST kick-off at HampdenAny comments? Feel free to email Scott with your thoughts
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers speaks to the BBC. “It’s a wonderful occasion and one we’re really excited about … I didn’t need to change too much to the team … we arrive here playing some fantastic football and fighting for each other so no need to change … this is a different game, you still have to turn up to perform … they are only hurdles, we need to get over them … we look to impose our way … if we do that we have a great chance … this is a club that’s steeped in a great history of winning, but it’s also for this team to create its own history of winning and keep winning … we’ve won a fantastic title race and now we come into the Scottish Cup which has its own history and we want to add to that.”
Rangers boss Philippe Clement talks to the BBC. “These are the great moments … this is the second best thing to be here as a manager … the nicest is to be on the pitch … I know that feeling and to win things … it is an amazing occasion to have the Old Firm in the final … [keeping John Lundstram on the bench] is to do with fitness … he has played a lot of minutes this season … around 5,000 … it is a lot of games … I expect a really intense start … Nicolas [Raskin] has been pushing really hard … we go for his intensity at the beginning of the game, maybe Lundy will come later … we have had one training with the team that’s going to start today … you start with XI and you never finish with those XI so we worked with the whole squad.”
