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Josh McCafferty

Champions League share iconic Kyogo goal as star celebrates landmark birthday

The official Japanese X account of the UEFA Champions League has shared an iconic Kyogo Furuhashi goal to celebrate his 30th birthday. 

The centre-forward has an innate ability to score big goals in big games, and that was no more apparent than when Spanish giants Atletico Madrid visited Celtic Park in Europe last campaign.

The sides played out an enthralling 2-2 draw, and Furuhashi opened the scoring early doors with a smart finish past Jan Oblak.


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To mark the star's 30th birthday, the Champions League's Japanese X account shared the strike online:

Furuhashi will look to once more produce the goods for his side when Young Boys visit Glasgow's east end for a mammoth European tie on Wednesday.

Brendan Rodgers' men know victory against the Swiss side will all but seal their place in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over a decade.

The attacker has already bagged in the competition this season, grabbing his side's second in a 5-1 thumping of Slovan Bratislava on league phase matchday one.

The Parkhead faithful would take a similar result this time around as Brendan Rodgers' men look to make history.

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