Champions League
With Giakoumakis in their original formation, Celtic versus Shakhtar
Celtic will play their final card to continue their European adventure in 2023 by welcoming Shakhtar in a game that saw Giorgos Giakoumakis take a place in the Celtics’ starting line-up.
Giorgos Giakoumakis scored in Celtic’s 4-3 away win over Hearts in the Scottish Premiership last weekend and just 24 hours later he was rewarded by Angelos Postecoglou by including the Greece international in Celtic’s starting line-up at home for their Round 5 game against Shakhtar the Champions League.
Celtic line-up: Hart, Juranovic, Carter-Vickers, Genz, Taylor, O’Reilly, Hatate, Abada, Haksabanovic, Jakumakis, Furuhashi
Shakhtar XI: Trubin, Taylor, Bondar, Matvienko, Mikhailichenko, Bondarenko, Stepanenko, Sudakov, Zubkov, Midric, Traore
Source: Sport 24
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