Annan Athletic skipper Steven Swinglehurst is counting down the hours until tomorrow’s Scottish Cup fifth-round collision with Rangers.
22.01.2022 - 23:14 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Celtic survived a scare from Conor Sammon to make it Into the last 16 of the Scottish Cup but landed Ange Postecoglou with another trio of injury worries.
Goals from Giorgios Giakoumakis and Liel Abada before the break appeared to put the visitors on easy street against a well-organised Alloa outfit but Barry Ferguson’s men struck with 15 minutes left to make it more nervy than it should have been.
And when the dust settled, the Hoops boss was left sweating over the loss of Callum McGregor, Yosuke Ideguchi and Abada, all of whom went off injured.
Postecoglou made six changes from the side that beat HIbs on Monday but he still fielded a strong line-up against an Alloa outfit currently lying eighth in League One.
Giakoumakis led the line either side of Abada and Daizen Maeda but Reo Hatate, who had such a fine debut against HIbs, was on the bench, alongside Christopher Jullien, making his first squad appearance in 13 months after suffering cruciate ligament damage.
Ferguson’s side were massive underdogs but had Premiership experience at both ends of the pitch in the shape of Mark Durnan and Sammon.
The Indodrill Stadium was bursting at the seams with a crowd of 3022, as Alloa kicked off and within two minutes they gave their fans hope with an audacious attempt from distance by Mouhamed Niang, who robbed Tony Ralston and attempted to chip Joe Hart.
The ball floated a couple of feet over the keeper, who was stranded miles off his line.
As expected, Celtic dominated possession but they hadn’t troubled Alloa until they struck ruthlessly in the 13th through Giakoumakis.
The Greek striker darted to the near post to cleverly divert Liam Scales’ left wing cross past David Hutton.
The concession was a bitter blow to the hosts but they dug
Annan Athletic skipper Steven Swinglehurst is counting down the hours until tomorrow’s Scottish Cup fifth-round collision with Rangers.
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