Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakaaetia te kaitautoko o Celtic a Virgil van Dijk ki te takaro i te whakamutunga o te QTS Scottish League Cup i muri i te whakakore i tana kaari whero Tannadice. I tukuna te Dutchman i te haurua tuatahi o te William Hill Scottish Cup i muri i te tukinga me Calum Butcher i puta ai ia me te kaitakawaenga o Dundee United a Paul Paton i tukuna. Ka taea e Van Dijk te aro atu ki a United i Hampden i te Ratapu me te tukinga o te hauwhā whakamutunga i Celtic Park e toru nga ra i muri mai. I tukuna atu a Virgil van Dijk i te haurua tuatahi o te whakataetae Scottish Cup ki a Dundee United. I kaha te whiu a te kaitautoko o te Celtic ki te kaitākaro a Callum Butcher i Tannadice. E karanga ana ngā kaitākaro o Dundee United ki te kaitiaki rārangi i muri i te tukinga i te Scottish Cup. Ka taea e te kaitautoko o te Netherlands te takaro i te whakamutunga o te Scottish League Cup i muri i te whakakore i tana kaari whero. I wikitoria hoki a Paton i tana kerēme, pērā i te tūmanako, whai muri i te take o te tuakiri hē. Ko te kaikawe o United a Nadir Ciftci i whakakorea hoki i muri i tana whakawhiwhinga ki te aukati i nga whakataetae e rua mo te whakapae i whiua e ia te rangatira o Celtic a Scott Brown ki te mahunga. I kitea e te rōpū te take 'kāore i whakamatautauria'. Koinei te wiki tuarua e anga atu ana a Ciftci ki te poari whakawa, i te angitu i te wero i te aukati e rua-takaro whai muri i te pakanga me te kaitautoko o Inverness a Gary Warren. Ka ngaro tonu te kaitakawaenga i te whakamutunga o te Ipu o te Ipu i muri i tana whiwhinga tuarua o te whakataetae i te wikitoria haurua-mutunga ki Aberdeen, engari ka waatea ki te purei i te Parkhead Scottish Cup replay. Ko te kaiwhawhai o United a Nadir Ciftci (roto maui) i whakakorea hoki mo tana whiu i a Scott Brown (roto matau) ki te mahunga.
I whakatutukihia e Celtic te 1-1 ki a Dundee United i te Scottish Cup i te Ratapu. I tukuna atu a Virgil van Dijk i muri i tana wero i a Callum Butcher. Kua whakakorehia te kāri whero a te kaitautoko o te Rōpū o Aotearoa, ā, ka taea te tākaro i te whiringa toa o te Ipu Rōpū. Ka taea e Van Dijk te tu atu ki a Dundee United ki Hampden Park.