He Heart of Midlothian pursues the impossible: breaking the hegemony they hold Celtic y Rangers in Scotland. Between ‘Catholics’ and ‘Protestants’ are distributed all leagues that have been disputed… since 1985!!!
The ‘miracle’, although still distant, is taking shape. The disciples of Derek McInnes have become the first team outside the ‘Old Firm’ that arrives Christmas leader since he achieved it Aberdeen himself in 1993.
They have achieved it, to make matters worse, defeating Rangers (2-1). A victory that leaves Hearts solo leader con six points advantage over the Celtic, 11 more than the Motherwell y 12 about one’s own Rangers. It is true, yes, that he has played one more game than the ‘Catholics’.
Luck smiles on them. Bojan Miovski put Rangers ahead in the 10th minute, but the goal ex of Girona was canceled by offside. Yes, however, it was worth 1-0 Stuart Findlay in it 38′. The central defender headed a corner taken by Alexandros Kyziridis.
Just four minutes later, en el 42′, Lawrence Shankland put ‘land in between’. Head extended Claudio Braga and the Hearts ‘killer’ resolved with a shot without too much angle that slipped between the legs of Jack Butland. Youssef Chermiti closed the gap for Rangers in the 95′with time expired, but nothing changed.
Celtic prevented, ‘in extremis’, Hearts from being even more of a leader. The ‘Catholics’ they beat Aberdeen (3-1) about the time. And the game quickly turned in their face. Benjamin Nygren marked the 1-0 in the 39th minute and, to make matters worse, the visitors were left with one less due to the expulsion – a direct red – of Dylan Lobban en el 45′.
Kenan Bilalovic’s 1-1 in the 75th minute put Celtic on the ropes. However, the goals of Kieran Tierneyformerly of Real Sociedad, in the 88′ and of James Forrest in it 92′ They avoided a new setback for the pupils of Wilfried Nancy.
