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Graeme Young

Ange Postecoglou wanted to adopt Rangers Euro resilience as Celtic boss has perfect response to 'lucky' narrative

Delighted Ange Postecoglou waxed lyrical over resilient Celtic as they outlasted rivals Rangers again to reach the Scottish Cup Final.

The Parkhead boss was beaming with pride and reckons his Treble chasers possess the knack of grinding out wins 12 months on from their Hampden heartache against Gio Van Bronckhorst's Seville-bound side amid their own stirring run to the Europa League Final.

The Celtic boss bigged up Cameron Carter-Vickers after his final appearance of the season but was keen to stress their winning mentality was a team game. And he reckons his heroes possess an added dimension against their biggest rivals. Speaking after setting up a date with Inverness on June 3, Postecoglou said: "12 months ago when we lost here, it was another tight game, I thought last year Rangers were a very good team, they had that resilience in them, that's why they got to a European final.

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