Glasgow, Scotland.
Continuing with his childhood dream, Luis Palma will have a new opportunity to debut as a scorer in the UEFA Champions League, this time, against a European great: Atlético de Madrid.
The Honduran legionnaire has just made a tremendous assist on Saturday for Glasgow Celtic. His team beat Hearts 4-1 and leads the Scottish Premiership with 25 points out of a possible 27.
Palma has two goals in his six games for the Hoops, playing in both Champions League games against Feyenoord and Lazio. The confrontation against the Spanish will be held at his home, Celtic Park.
Griezmann inspired
The French striker arrives in Glasgow encouraged by the hat-trick scored in the 3-0 victory over Celta on Saturday, which keeps the red and whites at the top of LaLiga.
Griezmann, who has become the catalyst for the red and white team, arrives in his best moment for this match on the third day of the Champions League after scoring eight goals in eleven games.
In his best scoring start in the 14 seasons he has been in LaLiga, the ‘Little Prince’ is in second place among the best scorers in the Spanish championship with 7 goals, just one goal behind Real Madrid’s Englishman Jude Bellingham, who heads the list .
Atlético is the leader of group E of the Champions League, tied on 4 points with second-placed Lazio. Celtic is bottom of the league after falling in both of their appearances, so Dutch Feyenoord is third with three points.
“We need to press, play well, defend well and I hope that in our stadium we can get a great result,” said Celtic coach Brendan Rodgers on Tuesday, who will line up Palma again among the stars of the British team.
TOKEN
Day: Wednesday, October 25
Time: 1:00 PM
Transmission: ESPN 4 and Star+
Location: Celtic Park, Scotland.
PROBABLE ALIGNMENTS
Celtic: Hart – Johnson, Lagerbielke, Scales, Taylor – O’Riley, McGregor, Hatate – Maeda, Kyogo, Palma.
DT: Brendan Rodgers (IRL)
Atlético de Madrid: Oblak – Molina, Savic, Witsel, Hermoso, Javi Galán – De Paul, Koke, Saúl – Griezmann, Morata.
DT: Diego Simeone (ARG)
Referee: Felix Zwayer (GER)
2023-10-24 22:29:08
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