YESTERDAY saw one of football’s biggest annual fixtures, the Champions League final.
Paris St Germain took on Inter Milan for the ultimate prize, but there was a surprise in the stands for Celtic fans harking back to their own glory at that level.
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A flag spotted in the PSG end portrayed the Lisbon Lions, the Hoops team who famously won the European Cup in 1967.
The display seen in the crowd in Munich’s Allianz Arena was unfurled as the French team matched the achievement of that legendary Glasgow side.
Lifting Europe‘s biggest trophy wrapped up a major quadruple, making Luis Enrique‘s men the first to do so since Jock Stein set the record.
PSG stormed to the league title comfortably this season, won the Coupe de France last weekend in a 3-0 victory over Reims, and lifted the Trophee des Champions against Monaco.
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The 1966-67 Celtic team beat Rangers to the league and League Cup, and pipped Aberdeen to the Scottish Cup.
And of course to wrap it up, both quadruple winners added a UCL to their trophy cabinet in a final against Inter Milan.
It was 2-1 all those decades ago in Lisbon, but this year’s contest in Germany was a much more comfy 5-0 romp.
This weekend the scorers were Achraf Hakimi, Desire Doue, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and 19-year-old Senny Mayulu.
58 years ago it was Tommy Gemmell and Stevie Chalmers who netted for the victors who are still hailed as heroes to this day.
The seemingly all-conquering PSG team have picked up the ultimate honour in just their first season after the departure of Kylian Mbappe.
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The Hoops seem a while away yet from being hopeful of picking up another Champions League and major quadruple, but the domestically dominant team also failed to earn a treble this campaign.
Brendan Rodgers‘ side ran away with the Scottish Premiership and got the League Cup via penalty shootout against rivals Rangers.
But last month Aberdeen surprised them, again in a shootout, and lifted their first Scottish Cup in 35 years.
The 1990 final win for the Dons once again came on pens against the Celts.
Captain Callum McGregor said after the game that missing out on the cup and treble opportunity was amongst the worst moments of his career.
