Celtic had the better of the opening 30 minutes against an accomplished Atletico Madrid team in this evening’s Europa League clash but after losing what will be considered a bad goal from a defensive perspective, were corralled by the visitors, who were content to tighten the game and play on the break.
Arda Turan’s blistering shot from outside the box should have been blocked, but Beram Kayal won this season’s Regi Blinker European Endeavour award and ducked out of the way, only a few yards in front of the helpless Fraser Forster, who did well to get a hand on the ball but could not stop it.
Celtic were a goal behind after 3 minutes in the corresponding fixture in Madrid and should have been behind inside 60 seconds when Eduardo Salvio was gifted a free header from 6 yards but he failed to hit the target.
Celtic soon settled with Georgios Samaras again proving effective in a wide-left midfield role. Daniel Majstorovic headed a corner into the six yard box which Samaras knocked goal-wards but keeper Courtois blocked on the line.
Next Anthony Stokes found space on the left to cross for Samaras but he couldn’t keep his first-time shot from the edge of the area down as Celtic had Atletico on the back foot, however, the goal would settle the visitors and clearly spread some dissonance among the home team.
Neil Lennon lost Joe Ledley to a twisted ankle seven minutes from half time and changed tactics at half time when Victor Wanyama went off with a dead leg, sacrificing five in the middle for a 4-4-2 but chances were few in the second half as Atletico defended effectively.
Georgios Samaras, who ran tirelessly and threw himself into challenges with no shortage of bravery while playing with space to exploit on the left, looked uncomfortable in the latter part of the game when playing with Gary Hooper as a front pair.
Hooper had the ball in the net but was judged offside after Stokes knocked the ball onto him. Ki fired a 25-yard free-kick on target midway through the half forcing a fine save from Courtius before Fraser Forster made two excellent saves, one from a remarkable Diego free kick from a tight angle that was heading for the top corner and another when he stopped Juanfran.
Celtic laid siege to the Atletico goal for the final five minutes but could not find an opening.
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!!Bada Bng!!
How are you my old amigo.
I’ve been on the march and at the game.
Hope retirement is suiting you.
!!Bada Bing!!
Ah though it looked like he went for it but completely misjudged it but disnae matter, it’s all semantics now that the game’s over.
We played good enough fir the win tho!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq2J146riTI
praecepta 00.08,
No bad assessment IMO. I honestly feel the problem is the SPHell.
Our performance tonight would stroll most domestic games,
Usually when we lose the ball we get it back soon enough…not tonight.
TTT , you ever tried travelling a mile over the countryside ? that’s why !
TTT , Vic , Bada , thanks you for your kind support . I was asked the other day what I thought about starting the Kano Foundation and I answered that it was the 4th best thing I have done after marrying mrs Sanna and fathering mini-Sanna1 and 2 !!
Kingoh and the rest of the guys from BMH were the inspiration – we are very lucky to have such big-hearted guys to show us the way.
HH
Vic Ajax,
aye saw it earlier today…..Billy Baxter……???????
Sounds like an evil jock baddie in the Tiger comic from the 70s or something like that!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
BB
My spelling is atrocious.
sannabhoy says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:28
Nice!!!
You do good work and remind the world what it means tae be a tim.
Please send details on how ah can support, it won’t be much but ah’ll give whit ah can.
Injuries to Victor and Joe cost us that game.
Atletico could not have maintained the tempo in the second half,if they had remained on the pitch.
And it is unlikely that they would have finished with eleven players…they had averaged 22 fouls per match in the Europa Cup.
Has Kojo sold Izzy yet ?
The Token Tim says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:28
LMAO
G64-still a bit strange,but will get things prepared for new year.
Vic Ajax- Agree mate, we should have got a draw IMO,but after first 2 games you would have taken the option of winning last game to go through.
In my usual seat LL 113 and at end of the game most fans like my son and i were clapping the team off off for their effort. Well guy behind me with his young son shouts out why u clapping they were sh..e then during game another guy eastcoaster not seen him before shouts out he hopes Glenda is injured so he can get tae F now i had this during a league match a few weeks back from the guy who normally sits there when he hoped Ki got injured so he could get taken off and i let my feelings known to him Never spoke since.
Do i live in another planet or what are these guys on ?????????????????? Fans ???? dont think so
Cmon the BHOYS IN GREEN
Ultimately like all Celtic supporters – I’ll be delighted to win by goal difference if needs be and will tempoarily forget how much I don’t rate PL as a CEO – but when my jubilation subsides – I will still be of the opinion that the Board have indulged in false economy over the last 4 seasons.
Proper investment would IMO have trumped any referee bias by a distance..a properly resourced Celtic – by that I mean, proven experienced replacement for Strachan and fewer ‘Loans & Freebies’ with a few quality players over the last the last 4 years would have reaped big dividends – both in terms of Euro income but would have extinguished the Huns – we have gifted them £10m’s and ensured their continuation when we may have been able to resign them to mid table obscurity. One thing I will say about Hun fans..if the team ever slipp to 3rd they will just stay away in massive numbers – aye they would get crowds of 20,000, further nailling the coffin. So for me – I’ll take any SPL victory but I feel opportunity missed.
If I were Lenny I would indulge the SPL fixation by sending a reserve team to final Euro game..SPL at all costs!
The Token Tim
beady eyed highlander?
never seen the comics first hand cos ah grew up in the eighties but ma sisters had em.
to everyone else, don’t forget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87IQhui_Yy8
Hi Fholks have to say I’m very proud of our Bhoys tonight everyone of them without exception…
I think everyone of them put in a shift and played for the jersey and for themselves….
The goal was unfortunate but not alot we can do now about it…
Have to say i’m quite optimistic about the game in Udinaise but agree that Sundays game is 10 times more importants than 2nite
Sanna,
you forget Im frae the ‘Shire?
Course ive travelled the country mile…………hunners o times.
me and ma mates used to do that in an effort (usually fruitful) to find discarded scud mags back when I was but a nipper ;-)
Funny how they often found themselves ripped apart and spread about in the woods/fields lying handily for pubescent young bhoys to discover much to their joy and merriment!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Nothing new but still feel i have to mention Victor Wanyama.This lhad looks like he could end up at the very top of the game,hopefully with us.
He has the attributes that combine Desailly and Seedorf at a young age.I am by no means placing him in there company yet but the abilities are there.
I really hope this bhoy fulfills his potential.It will be a pleasure watching it unfold if it comes to fruition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZX1c8U4WU4&feature=related
THEWORLDISYOURSVICTORcsc
Wanyama is a truly outstanding prospect
Night Bhoys HH.
!!Bada Bing!! says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:33
Defo mate, it’s still in our hands. Remind me how the huns are doing in Europe?
CultsBhoy hates being 2nd says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:34
Not a fan of the board either mate but its no gonna get any better than this. Like it or no this club is now a plc wae stocks so that means whoever takes charge the morra has tae make profit fir the stockholders and widnae give 2 s***s about the fans (you and me).
The one thing they never figure is that our Neil would actually dae something BIG and ah believe he will!!!!
God bless ya Neil Lennon!!!!!!!!!:)
PB
I’m sorry for what you have to put up with.
Pangur Ban,
i also sit in LL 113. Some of the utter drivel shouted at times tonight, esp towards Ki (Ok not his best game by a long shot, but still…) was bang out of order.
Even tonight when Sammi was without doubt one of our best players, was still on the receiving end, once in particular when a Scott Brown pass was just too close to the defender, well Sammi was given both barrels from this guy along my row for being…..lets just say a coward and a useless so and so.
Couple of times I was close to saying my piece (esp the Sammi incident) but given I was there with my 7 yr old Bhoy (and my bro and his 10 yr old son) felt it wasnt worth letting ma bhoy see his old man lose the rag with fellow Celtic “supporters”
Does get more than a tad irksome though.
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
BABASONICOS71 says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:36
by January we all can say this tae the rest of the feckers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EVxXihbMvY&ob=av2e
Pangur,
Ignore the no-marks.
They don’t know the essence of the word supporter.
Unlike your ghood self.
Peace brother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NwYSu5qMOA
Vic Ajax @ 0034hrs,
yep thats the very one…….out to break Billy Dane’s leg and steal his boots into the bargain!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
The KF logo is very nice btw.
Would recommend getting it on to yer fb pages and other social networking dens of iniquity you lurk in to spread the good word :)
Oustanding work from the lhads.
The auld Celtic Ethos grows stronger in the face of young capitalist upstarts :))
The Token Tim says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:42
Ah hear that crap every time ahm in the LL (tickets fae the Coatbridge Celtic shop), but is it just confined tae the LL or is that crap in other parts of CP. Still think the main stand feckers are still the orginal prawn muchers to ready to slag off anyone rather than give em support.
Ain’t that what we are fanatics about Celtic and SUPPORTERS!!!!
Steady. We haven’t won nothing yet.
Who is the benchmark ?
Fred C. Dobbs says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:26
We have a nucleus of talent (with some decent/ better than average players that can fill in) – clinical application on the park of those skills can win us this league.
Add a central defence with pace (and one capable of passing) and the league is ours!
If Izzy is back (+ cover) the GK – we could live with.
First touch, retaining the ball and passing will be the key to success.
The Token Tim says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:44
Nae beady eyed Irishmen or real Scottish here or ever!!!
Who controls the information controls the reaction!
Time tae change that!!!!!
BABASONICOS71 says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:43
Awesome song, even the better half loved it.
:)
Vic Ajax,
Followed by this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnDcnMKyGTY ;0)
BABASONICOS71 says:
1 December, 2011 at 00:50
Nice, still got unfinished monkey business m8 and its still an incredible album
Ok Bhoys’n’Ghirls
Time for ma pit.
Heres to a victory on Sunday and a massive HAIL! HAIL! to Sannabhoy and the rest of the TKF Fholks.
Keep up the Good Work!
HAIL! HAIL!
Token
Do you think the Queen is on to us ?
still got this on cd single (they stopped vinyl by that point):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LilY5ob9Xvs
Nighty Night Token m8y
Gordon64
:)) Naw, but her dark protectors most definitely are…shaking heid in hands smiley :(
So …after the beeb saying their story was right and the LSE saying they were taking a look at Whytes legitimacy as a RFC director guess what Rangers put theirs hands up and say fair cop
Lets wait and see how the laptop loyal treat this
Whay a rotten lot lot they are I say
Rangers Football Club has confirmed its chairman and majority shareholder, Craig Whyte, was disqualified as a company director.
The club admitted Mr Whyte was disqualified for seven years, with the ban beginning 11 years ago.
The disqualification was revealed in a BBC Scotland documentary.
In a separate announcement, the club has revealed that its net debt for the most recent financial year was down from £27m to £14m.
Its turnover was also up by nearly £1m.
The disqualification announcement should have been made to the Plus stock exchange, on which Rangers shares are traded.
The figures are included in unaudited accounts published through the Plus exchange. They also show that net current liabilities have risen sharply, from £21.5m to £34.2m.
That appears to reflect the £49m tax bill which Rangers has been disputing through a tax tribunal procedure, and which could force the club into administration.
‘Dark cloud’
Mr Whyte’s statement, with the accounts, said turnover rose nearly £1m to £57.2m.
With any change in ownership, there will be a change in approach, and I firmly believe the changes I have implemented will be in the longer-term interest of the club, which must always come first”
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Craig Whyte
That was helped by extra income from European games, “although there was an overall reduction in season ticket sales, hospitality sales and sponsorship revenue”.
Net operating expenses rose by £3.6m to £47.5m, reflecting higher salary levels, increased European and fixture costs and inflation.
Proceeds from the sale of players increased in the year to June 2011 from £512,000 to £4.2m.
And after making a pre-tax profit of £4.2m last year, that fell to only £76,000.
In his statement, Mr Whyte said that the tax bill had been “a dark cloud hanging over the club for far too long”.
He went on: “Rangers has never been short of challenges in recent years and there is no question there are many challenges ahead for both the club and Scottish football in general”.
The Rangers chairman stressed that the club was no longer reliant on bank funding, since he took over the £18m debt held by Bank of Scotland.
He paid tribute to his predecessor Sir David Murray, as majority shareholder, and to former manager Walter Smith, saying his recent achievements on the pitch were “extraordinary by any standard” and set the seal on “a truly remarkable managerial career”.
“With any change in ownership, there will be a change in approach, and I firmly believe the changes I have implemented will be in the longer-term interest of the club, which must always come first,” Mr Whyte added.
TTT – I am used to the heckling some players get as all clubs have their hate players but to verbally shout for one of your own to be injured Honestly what goes thru their minds. Remember fighting wi a guy at easter road NOT physically but nearly about Peter Grant ye it was that long ago. I hate all the negativity and my son who is just started to like football at 12 YES 12 asks why they shout all this at our own players.
My other son who is a lot older now, GB man now says that it was the GB that has made my youngest enjoy his CP experience.