Celtic legend slams Atletico Madrid’s 'bad taste' trick that will see Spaniards wear replica kit of shame game

Atletico Madrid’s decision to celebrate the notorious shame game by wearing a special strip at Celtic Park on Wednesday has been branded incendiary.

The Spanish superstars will ditch their famous red and white kit for a replica of the one they wore in Glasgow 49 years ago when they had three men sent off, seven booked and kicked the Hoops off the park during a poisonous 0-0 draw. Atleti were widely condemned for their behaviour at Parkhead, which even saw police step in to break up the altercations, although they were only fined £14,000 by UEFA.

Celtic fans were urged not to travel for the second leg in Spain and there were death threats issued to Jimmy Johnstone and manager Jock Stein. The Spaniards won the second leg 2-0, with Rodriguez scoring the second goal on the night, although they were eventually thrashed 4-0 in the final by Bayern Munich after a replay.

Celtic legend Tommy Callaghan has questioned the wisdom of Atletico wearing a replica strip and labelled it “bad taste”. He said: “Whether Atletico have forgotten all about 1974 and the things that happened, I don’t know.

“I don’t think there will ever be a game like that again. It’s certainly in bad taste to wear that strip and it’s a bit degrading and maybe they are trying to get at Celtic a bit, it’s inflammatory.

“I don’t think it will have any impact on the Celtic team that is playing now as what happened back then had nothing to do with them.

“It’s the club which will be offended and the people still at Celtic and the supporters who were there back then, there’s not a lot of us left but we remember well what happened.”

Atletico legend Miguel Reina has admitted his teammate Ruben Diaz could have decapitated Jimmy Johnstone with one of his tackles in an