Clash not mission impossible, say Steelmen

Motherwell boss Stephen Robinson believes ending Celtic’s double-treble mission is not impossible.

The Hoops are looking to wrap up a second successive domestic treble by winning tomorrow’s William Hill Scottish Cup final.

But Motherwell are eager to make their own mark and emulate the heroes who last took the trophy back to Lanarkshire in 1991.

The Steelmen lost to Brendan Rodgers’ side in the Betfred Cup final back in November.

But after seeing his side push allconquering Celtic close more than once this term, Robinson is convinced Motherwell can prevail at Hampden.

He said: “There are no expectations on us apart from within our dressing room. Everyone expects Celtic to win but we have different ideas.

“We have created a real belief that we can do something special this season.

“I don’t think there’s any point turning up if you don’t believe you can win.

“We’re certainly not turning up to make up the numbers.

“The belief is not unfounded. “We’re constantly looking for footage of teams who have caused them problems previously – and a lot of the footage is of us.

“I know we have affected Celtic. I know we were a minute from beating them at Fir Park. We drew with them with 10 men.

“It will be a hard task, we’re playing against a very good Celtic side – but it’s certainly not an impossible task.”

Tomorrow’s showdown will represent Well’s fifth trip to Hampden this season as they kicked off their Betfred Cup campaign against Queen’s Park.

But more importantly the experience of seeing off both Rangers and Aberdeen in high-pressure semi-finals, as well as testing the Hoops in their previous final – a 2-0 defeat which swung on the controversial dismissal of Cedric Kipre – has reassured Robinson his side will not be overawed.

“You dream of these occasions and hopefully you don’t freeze,” he said.

“We’ve been here before this season and dealt with it. Now we need to see this as another game we can deal with.

“For us it’s not about anything other than becoming legends of the football club.”

Picture: SNS. Stephen Robinson: Real belief in his team.