Part-time DJ Jota insists Celtic won’t skip a beat as they go into a huge week in the club’s Treble bid.
The Hoops ace revealed he spends his downtime on the decks while the Hoops are hitting the high notes on the pitch. Jota has been taking spinning lessons from Scottish superstar DJ Ewan McVicar, whose team St Mirren were swept aside by Celts on Sunday. Ange Postecoglou's men are on song after making it 25 domestic games unbeaten with the 5-1 Buddies bashing. The Viaplay Cup winners now face a league and Scottish Cup double header with Hearts and Jota is looking to break records rather than playing them. The Portuguese notched the leveller in Paisley after Celts went behind and he said: “I’ve not spoken to Ewan but maybe I’ll give him a call.
“What will I say? I’ll keep that to myself. Will I show him my goal? Maybe! I have been practising deejaying but that’s just a little hobby. It’s a passion of mine outside football. It’s an important week but the philosophy of this club is we think game to game, day after day. We don’t even think about the next game, it’s the next day of training. There’s no point in us looking to the future when we are still in the present. Let’s try to enjoy these beautiful times a much as we can because we can’t take it for granted.”
Celtic faced a first-half sweat against Saints when Stephen Robinson’s men went a goal up early on, but Jota insisted the victory was never in doubt – as the Hoops were not going to be knocked out of their rhythm.
He continued: “Why would you think it wasn’t going to be our day? I think it depends on your approach, of course the red card changed things in the match but our approach remained the same.
“It was the same from the beginning, we knew how difficult the match was going to be and we knew exactly what to do. There are different times of the game and different things happening, but we had to adapt.
“There are two points here. Firstly, we trust each other, second, we know exactly what to do according to our way of playing and Ange’s vision.
"Everyone knows exactly what is required on the pitch and the spaces and opportunities will be there as long as we make the runs. If we keep doing our stuff, we will create chances.
"That’s happening in every game and then it’s up to us to score.”
Jota grabbed the second half equaliser when he slid in to meet an Aaron Mooy cross and then prodded over the line when he was lying on the deck. And the wide man had fans in stitches when he raced back to the halfway line to restart and almost pulled assistant ref Ross Macleod along with him in the process.
Jota said: “Have I scored a scruffier goal? Oh yeah! But in my opinion every goal is a beautiful goal, as long as the ball goes into the net then I am happy.”
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