Bhoyhood fan Rodgers is under enough pressure from those family members coming over from Northern Ireland for the lunchtime showdown, let alone anyone else of a green and white persuasion.
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Rangers boss Warburton said: “It’s a feisty atmosphere”.
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“And this time being the first time in the number of years there has been a Celtic-Rangers game at Celtic Park then of course that is going to add that little bit of spice to it”.
The teams have not met in the Scottish Premiership since 2012, but Rangers beat Celtic on penalties in the Scottish Cup semi-final in April.
“It is our rival, a big rival”.
“So yes, that makes it important. You have to have good composure, you need to be immensely competitive”.
The actor, who has starred alongside big names such as Morgan Freeman and Mickey Rooney, said he expected Celtic to run out 3-0 victors, providing Leigh Griffiths starts the game. It is a different team and certainly a different mentality.
“We have [to] from the first whistle and be disciplined and communicate well and deliver a performance”.
The prolific forward is an injury doubt ahead of tomorrow’s Old Firm clash with Rangers, although Capaldi is still confident of a win whether the Scotsman starts or not.
MARK WARBURTON has backed his Rangers stars to rise to the occasion at Parkhead and prove their doubters wrong on derby day.
“We came in and had to quickly mould a team that was ready for the Champions League”. Not only has he galvanised the squad by changing up things on the training ground and strengthening areas of the team that was much needed – he has given the team belief again.
“The players have responded to the work and confidence is massive”. We were building a mindset to qualify and that’s what we did.
They felt the players were no longer fit to wear the jersey and wasted no time in reacting – which nearly led to a full-scale riot.
Rodgers said: “We had the police up, reminding us of responsibility”. We are looking forward to it, it’s a tough place to go but we are absolutely relishing this encounter.
“Sometimes emotion and the stress of playing in the game can over-ride that”.
“But I don’t think anything will prepare you from watching on the television to actually being there”.
Bookmakers say they expect 2,000 bets per minute on the match in which Rangers are 9-2 outsiders.
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