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Celtic's Liam Scales tackles Aberdeen's Oday Dabbagh during last Saturday's Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park, Glasgow

Celtic’s Liam Scales tackles Aberdeen’s Oday Dabbagh during last Saturday’s Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park, Glasgow

The media mixed zone in the aftermath of a cup final can be an unforgiving environment, to put it mildly.

Deep in the bowels of Hampden Park, Liam Scales strolls in to speak to the press just minutes after his Celtic team watched Aberdeen lift their first Scottish Cup in 35 years at their expense, following a gruelling 120-minute battle and a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.