The rivalry between Rangers and Celtic runs deeper than most.
The Old Firm is one of the fiercest derbies on the planet and strikes a dividing line through the city of Glasgow.
But EA Games might just have underestimated quite how much the two Glaswegian clubs despise each other.
Rangers fans must have been delighted to see their club back on FIFA 17 after an absence from the game after slipping out of the Scottish top flight. Fans even campaigned last year to see Rangers included on the game, so getting the chance to play Celtic again will have been sweet for many FIFA disciples in the blue half of the city.
But there was one little detail in the game that has pissed off a lot of Gers fans and amused Celtic supporters in equal measure.
It might seem like a tiny inconsequential detail to anyone uninitiated with this age-old football rivalry, but up Glasgow way they don’t take these things too lightly.
Celtic are famous for their pre-match huddle – it’s something they’ve done religiously before games for the past 20 years.
So when a photo emerged of the Rangers team doing the iconic Hoops huddle, the reaction was quite obvious.
https://twitter.com/DundeeDerby/status/779038090220412933
Rangers fans were not impressed in the slightest…
https://twitter.com/FFBanList/status/779033086172491777
Rangers doing the huddle in fifa 17, @EASPORTSFIFA get that sorted 😒😷
— LD (@LewiDee72) September 23, 2016
https://twitter.com/lukepettigrew4/status/779407127630741504
https://twitter.com/Jackmannnnn/status/779265108690239488
Rangers doing the huddle in FIFA 17???? @EASPORTSFIFA GET THAT TO FUCK
— chrissy agnew (@chrissyagnew18) September 22, 2016
After Rangers’ IRL drubbing at the hands of Celtic recently, some Rangers fans were just happy to be back on the game to have another crack at their rivals…
https://twitter.com/_stephenmuir/status/778906433777729537
FIFA is so much better now Rangers are back in it
— ᒪᎥᗩᗰ (@LiamWATP) September 22, 2016
I am pumping Celtic 10-0 with Rangers every single day on Fifa 17 leading up to the semi final #BattleFever
— 🤹♂️ (@FettyWATP) September 22, 2016
Just beat rangers on fifa 17 for the first time
— ianj40 (@ianj38) September 22, 2016
A could play Rangers FIFA 17 Career mode till I die
— Rabbi (@RickleChimby) September 22, 2016
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