The flag of Lisbon Lions was escaped last Saturday evening during the Champions League final in Munich, did not escape the notification of Celtic fans who know their history.
After all, the Glasgow Club understands better than most of which is needed to win a fourth fourth that the European Cup includes – they did it in 1967.
Moreover, their performance was completed 58 years ago by beating Inter in the final, just like Paris Saint-Germain did in the Allianz Arena during the weekend.
Although the breathtaking 5-0 triumph of PSG was brutally unilateral, it is worth pointing out that Celtic also convincing winners.
Their 2-1 victory under Jock Stein does not reflect their domination of the game, one in which they already took the initiative and parked the bus in the bus.
If they had released statistics at the time, they would have shown that Celtic had 45 shots (16 on goal) to Inter's Three.
They had 64 percent owned, won 10 corners to the zero of their opponent and completed 86 more fit.
And the historic team of Stein was not the multi-billion dollar product of a backed investment fund. All Celtic players came famous from Glasgow within 30 miles.
Of course, football is now not what it was then. The money is greater, the competition is more difficult and Celtic does not have the remote chance to do it again.
What they do have is a little history. They were the first – and are still the only one – club that has won a quadruple that exists a European cup, a competition title, a National Cup and a League Cup.
The four successes of PSG this season include the Trophy des Champions, an annual competition – no different than the English community shield – between the competition and cup winners of the previous season.
They do not have a competition cup in France, or even in many other countries in Europe, and that is why Celtic's record will probably be for a while.
Tierney goes to the half -century club for Scotland
Not for the first time, the two biggest clubs in Scotland are pathetic in the national team of the country, which gathered this week for two international friendly competitions.
Anthony Ralston is the only current Celtic player who was chosen for the Scotland matches against Iceland on Friday and Liechtenstein on Monday.
Rangers only have John Souttar and Connor Barron in the selection of Steve Clarke, who says a lot about the dependence on the Glasgow clubs of Overzese talent.
To be honest, their best of their own soil young people – such as Ben Doak and Rory Wilson – are shown by English clubs before they have made the first team.
And Celtic have some credit in the bank. James Forrest and Callum McGregor were Academy products that devoted their career to the club and became Scotland -Stam guests in the process.
More pertinent, Brendan Rodgers can rightly point out that Kieran Tierney, mentioned as an Arsenal player in the latest squad list, returns to Celtic.
The defender, who signed for Celtic at the age of seven and left them for the Premier League in 2019, will appear his 50th Scotland appearance when, as expected, he will play in one of the upcoming friendly matches.
Half a century of caps will raise Tierney to the Scottish Fa's Roll of Honor, who gives him a memorial gold medal, an invitation for every home game of Scotland and hung a portrait in the Scottish football museum.
He will join 13 former Celtic players on that list: Kenny Dalglish, Craig Gordon, Paul McStay, Tom Boyd, Kenny Miller, Callum McGregor, Danny McGrain, Ryan Christie, John Collins, Scott Brown, Gary Caldwell and Stuartstrong. Not bad for a 27-year-old who plays in the same position as Scotland captain Andy Robertson and has suffered from injuries, in particular a long-term picked up at the Euro 24-final.
Tierney is the kind of players supporters to identify with and exactly the type of player that Scotland and Celtic need more of. Had only a few where he came from.
Johnston says that summery recruits should be mentally difficult
Alistair Johnston is clearly about the only important ingredient that Rodgers will look for in every new recruit while he is preparing to step on the transfer market this summer-the mental power to cope with the pressure pack 'fish bowl' of Glasgow.
Rodgers has already made it clear that he wants to strengthen in a number of positions after the final loss of the Scottish Cup for Aberdeen and has his Feelers on the market for new faces.
However, Johnson believes that the talent that his boss started is about much more than Fast Wingers or productive center Vooruit with a solid record on the field behind them.
The Canada immediately gives back that it took time to settle in the ruthless spotlights and difficult expectations associated with a Celtic player and admits that his two and a half years in the club can sometimes feel a decade.
Talking with the official Celtic podcast at the end of the campaign, Johnston admitted the pressure of life in Glasgow, because a player can drive you crazy and push you over the edge. “
He believes that this is the reason why a number of people with good records on the field did not get in the heat of the old sturdy battle and has explained what is needed to succeed your background or your transfer costs.
'It is not easy to play at Celtic in terms of the pressure and the requirements. That's what you see when the boys with the boys who are successful here, “he said.
'It will not always be perfect, but they manage to get through, find ways to contribute – even if they don't have a great game. OK, what other things can they do to help the team win?
'Because you are not only expected to win here. You are expected to win a certain way. You are expected to dominate.
“That's not easy. That's busy. Every game that goes in with those expectations can wear boys.
“I felt the effects of it. I have only been here for more than two years, but if anyone told me that I had been here for ten years, I would not say that you were wrong in terms of how much I grew on and next to the field, how much I have matured as a person.
'It's something you have to enjoy. You have to enjoy it because otherwise it can drive you crazy. It can push you over the edge.
“That's why many players, I think, fail. It is not because they are not technical enough or not have the talent. It is because the whole situation can become overwhelming – living in Glasgow, the pressure of it, going out to get groceries and people who recognize you.
'Living like a Celtic player 24/7 is a lot and you have to enjoy it. You have to understand that there will be good times and bad times and you can't get too high or too low. If you are on a roller coaster of emotions, you set yourself up for failure.
'It adds a whole dimension, as a football player here. If you are not confident in yourself, it can be a difficult place to play.
'I have so much respect for the boys who have been here for a decade plus in terms of the Jamesy Forrests and the callum McGregors of the World – because they will also live their entire lives here after they retire.
'They will only know this fish bowl that Glasgow is like a Celtic player and that is an impressive feature. Just have that mental power to be able to deal with that pressure day.
“That mental determination that spirit playing with yourself is much more difficult than driving a ball or touching a diagonal.”
Bernardo ready to join forces with former old firm enemy
Paulo Bernardo is ready to work with a former old sturdy rival in an attempt to bring glory to his nation in the coming weeks.
The 23-year-old Celtic midfielder was picked in Portugal's first 26-man team for the European championship under the age of 21 in Slovakia together with former Rangers striker Fabio Silva.
Silva spent six months on loan in Ibrox in the 2023-24 season before he moved to the Spanish side Las Palmas about a temporary agreement from Parent Club Wolves.
Portuguese Under-21-21 coach Rui Jorge will crop the team to 23 players in front of his side of the tournament against France on 11 June, but both Bernardo and Silva are expected to survive because of their top experience at the highest level in the club match.
The pair also has the opportunity to become real history makers, because, despite the production of a conveyor belt of talent from Talent, Portugal has never won the European level under 21 championship.
Bernardo signed last summer for Celtic on a permanent £ 3.5 million deal after a loan from Benfica, but previously made 11 starts in the Premiership and will also try to use the matches of his nation in Slovakia to prove a point to club manager Brendan Rodgers prior to the following season.
Meanwhile, Silva has the chance to become the most productive scorer in his country up to 21. He has 15 goals to his name with former Porto, Werder Bremen and Besiktas Hit-Man Hugo Almeida who holds the record with 16.
“It's a goal, but it's not something I am obsessed with or that my head is obsessed with by reaching.” Silva said. “I think that so far the goals I have scored here in the national team and the level that I have shown have been reached in a very natural and constant way and that is why I will continue to do that.”