Originally published at: Confirmed: Giorgos Giakoumakis to miss Celtic derby semi-final
Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis will miss Sunday’s Scottish Cup semi-final vs Rangers, Ange Postecoglou has confirmed in a press conference today. Giakoumakis limped off with an apparent hamstring injury during last week’s thrilling 7-0 victory over St Johnstone. He was always a major doubt for the fixture after that and he is now confirmed to…
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Common sense approach after the last gamble with Kyogo cost Ange his services for 3 months.
Giakoumakis will hopefully ready to go 100% fit for the League game against them at CP.
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If GG gets injured and Kyogo does too, we’d be without a recognized striker. Not a good idea. Rest GG, bring Kyogo on at 65 minutes.
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I think the smart move would be to start Kyogo on the bench for Sunday.
If we go with Jota, Maeda and Abada as front 3, we should over run TRIFC 2012 at the back.
That would then leave perfect timing for Kyogo and maybe Forrest to come on in the second half and keep piling on the misery for our Glasgow rivals 
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Agree with the three previous comments. Pity GG is out as he made a huge imosct recently and lived up to his belief - we are the best team in Scotland. However as Paul Lambert said its on the day, a referees decisuon, a sending off etc one individusl decision could be decisive. Still, I am backing the bhoys to come out on top tomorrow. Come on the mighty Celts.
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