Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakaae ana te kaitiaki o Celtic a Virgil van Dijk, i wehi ia kua ngaro tana moemoea mo te kapa whakamutunga na te kaari whero i Tannadice i tera wiki. I tukuna atu te Dutchman i te wa o te whiringa toa a William Hill Scottish Cup a te Hoops ki a Dundee United whai muri i te whiu-ki-te-poi me Calum Butcher o Taysider. I tukuna atu e te kaiwawao a Craig Thompson a Van Dijk i mua i tana mahi he nui i te wa i peia ai e ia te hoa kapa a Butcher's Terrors a Paul Paton. Ko Virgil van Dijk (2nd maui) ka eke ki runga mo te upoko i te wa o te wikitoria 2-0 o te Scottish League Cup. Kei te whakanui te rangatira o Hoops a Ronny Deila i tana whiwhinga i tana taonga hiriwa tuatahi mai i tana taenga mai ki Parkhead. I waiho ai e rua nga tangata ki runga i o raatau waahi mo te tukinga o te QTS Scottish League Cup i te Ratapu i Hampden. Engari i whai oranga a Van Dijk raua ko Paton i muri i te whakaaetanga ki te takaro i muri i nga whakapae angitu ki te poari whakatupatotanga o te Scottish Football Association. A ko te haurua waenganui o te Celtic i mahue me te ataata nui rawa atu i te wa i riro ai i tana taha te tohu tuatahi a Ronny Deila hei rangatira o Parkhead me te wikitoria 2-0 i te National Stadium. Ka mea a Van Dijk: 'He wiki tino uaua. Kāre rawa au i kite i tētahi mea pēnei i roto i tōku ora. 'He tino pouri ahau ki te kore au e whakaaetia ki te tākaro i te Rātapu, ina koa koinei taku whakamutunga tuatahi. Engari, e mōhio ana koe, i mahia te tika, ā, i taea e au te tākaro. He waimarie kua hurihia e au te kāri whero, ā, he mahi pai tā mātou.' I tukuna atu te kaitiaki o Aotearoa mō tana tukinga ki a Callum Butcher i te hauwhā o ngā whiringa toa o te Scottish Cup. I tukuna atu a Van Dijk engari i muri mai ka whakaaetia ia ki te takaro i te Ratapu whai muri i te angitu o te tono. Ko Paul Paton o Dundee United hoki i whakakorea tana kāri whero i muri i tana tukunga hē. Kua honoa a Van Dijk ki nga nekehanga o te raumati ki te tonga, me te Barclays Premier League teitei-flyers Arsenal me Southampton e tirotiro ana i tana ahunga whakamua. Engari i tēnei wā, e hari ana te kaitākaro 23 tau ki te whai i te wikitōria a Celtic. 'He nui te tikanga o te whakaara i te Ipu Rōpū,' i mea ia. 'Ko te reira i toku kapu kapu tuatahi ake. 'He wāhi mīharo tēnei karapu, kei a au...
I hinga a Celtic i a Dundee United 2-0 i te whiringa toa o te Scottish League Cup i te Ratapu. Kei te werawera a Virgil van Dyke i tana waahi i muri i tana whakaatu i te kaari whero i te kapa Scottish Cup hauwhā whakamutunga i Tannadice. Ko te kaitautoko o Hoops me Paul Paton i whakaaetia kia purei i muri i te tono.