Ateltico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has defended his club's decision to wear commemorative strips from the 1974 shame game.
Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo has defended his club's decision to wear commemorative strips from the 1974 shame game and insisted they have a 'magnificent relationship' with Celtic.
The Spanish club were criticised for wearing a special strip with the exact same colours as the team that played against the Hoops in the infamous European Cup semi-final first leg of 49 years ago in Glasgow, which has gone down in history as one of the notoriously violent games in the competition after the visitors had three players sent off.
Atletico added to their collection of dismissals after Argentinian star Rodrigo De Paul was sent off in this week's encounter, which finished in a 2-2 draw after Celtic had twice been pegged back. However, Cerezo insisted the club were within their rights to pay tribute to their players, who reached the European Cup Final that season before losing their first of three finals."We have a magnificent relationship with Celtic, we have no problems at all."Celtic Park has a special place in the club's history."A few years ago, we also played here and we also reached the Champions League Final. We reached the European Cup-Winners Cup Final too after we played here in 1985.
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