Benfica enjoyed a 0-2 away win on Friday evening to remain joint-top of the Portuguese league with Porto. They will have enjoyed a day off while Celtic played on Saturday and will two days training before tomorrow’s game. By contrast, Celtic player will have rested yesterday and will get no more than a run out inside Estadio da Luz tonight. With games coming thick and fast at the moment, hopefully rest is the most important requirement for the players.
Benfica shredded Spartak for most of the second half in Moscow but contrived to miss what chances they created, allowing the Russians their only win of the group so far. The return game in Lisbon was a comfortable win for the home team.
Neil Lennon has some major tactical decisions to make. He will surely acknowledge the danger Benfica pose but has to find a way of scoring an away goal or two. Match day one between Celtic and Benfica brought a 0-0 draw, ostensibly a good result for the visitors, but the group has matured since then. Both teams played that game as though it was an away game; Benfica were happy to defend and Celtic, in their first Champions League game since 2008, were keen to feel their way back into the tournament.
This time Benfica will attack with speed and hope that Celtic open up a little more than they did against Barcelona. It’s important also to acknowledge that while Benfica are no Barcelona, they will also be less predictable than the Catalans, we will not have it all our own way in the air.
It’s going to be a game tiring 90 minutes where the use of fresh legs could be crucial but an early Celtic goal would allow Neil Lennon to set his stall out clearly.
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Re The GB
I have seen a few folk decide Celtic are colluding with the police on the basis that the police know a lot of the green brigade’s name’s. I would put forward, bearing in mind I’m sure there are times when the police use their powers to request information, which Celtic legally have to comply with, that its not that difficult for a multi million pound detective agency.ie the police, to find out the names of many other green brigade members from other source’s including the name’s enforceably taken.
Facebook is one of many tracing sources the police use, and green brigade members like many of us, handily list the names of our friends with pictures. Someone put the theory, yes but even they ‘greet’ you by your first name you as you enter section 111 or away games, as evidence they get your details from season tickets data, well unless you have your seat number strapped to your forehead, how do they know your seat number before you even enter the section 111.
It goes without saying, we must support and ask the club to support anybody that is being harassed or intimidated, but I can’t damn the board on the evidence provided so far.
DBBIA
Where has all the Miss World money gone?
greenmaesto – not sure what you mean mate. The 1947 UN plan map doesn’t have any grey areas on it.
Whatever it is, there has been an enormous reductions in the land of the Palestinians since 1947.
I like Tito Vilanova. He’s always smiling in a very gentle and humble way.
Good luck to his team tonight.
Tomtheleedstim- the 1947 proposals have been left in grey on the later maps, presumably to show what the Palestinians have lost/given away/ had stolen.
The Bhoys are back in town!
Tonight’s the night!
That’s all from me today. Well……until tonight. Promise.
HH!
C1st – John ‘Bomber’ Brown is equally anxious to track down the missing wages of pulchritude.
Security at the home of Julia Morley [Eric Morley’s widow ] has been quadrupled.
saltires en sevilla-I can’t remember Paddy Barclay in MSM in Scotland(too young :}),he hasn’t been indoctrinated in to the hun propaganda machine/Media House mandates.Intelligent and enthusiastic journalist,will never catch on :}HH.
DBBIA
miss world ? . ever seen the beauties at the tail end of a walk. :-)
Good morning from cloudy wet Manchester.
Just had Guy Garvie lead singer with Elbow in my cab. Lovely down to earth bloke looks like a school teacher rather than a lead singer.
Didn’t Red Rum come third in the Sports Personality of the year once?
Spartak v Barca match on at tea time. So we will know the score before kick off. Not sure it makes much difference
Blinkin; flip.
A major MAJOR european night.
Please keep the comments Celtic-related.
Aye,I know that Gaza is a disgrace and an affront to humanity.
We all do.
This is a Celtic site,IMO,that means we discuss predominately left-wing politics as well as our club.
I recognise the depth of your feelings on this one,but surely it can wait.
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A certain poster was meant to be on the end of this one,but I cannae be bothered wi the argument.
High time we stood together
I’ll rephrase that.
HIGH TIME WE STOOD TOGETHER.
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For it is written…………….
WE ARE CELTIC SUPPORTERS,FAITHFUL THROUGH AND THROUGH.
Tonight’s game will be exceptionally tough. A point will be a tremendous result
Even if we were to lose, we still have it all to play for at home against Spartak
Hopefully most us will bear that in mind at FT if the worst happens
Mon the Hoops
googybhoy
If Barca beat Spartak, we have European fitba after Christmas guaranteed.
Also, Spartak might be a bit deflated for the final match in Glasgow.
If Spartak beat Barca it’s all up in the air.
A draw and probbaly Barca have to play a bit against Benefica in the last game.
Bhoys ,any good sites to get stats on games,team line ups,substitutions etc,ta.
Dontbrattbakkinanger
11:36 on 20 November, 2012
I think the new special Sevconian volume of the Guinness book of World Records will show they won the ECWC in ’68,’69, ’70 [defeating Italy 4-1 in the Final] and ’71.
They also won the Mackeson Gold Cup,the World Series, the Ashes, the Stanley Cup, the African Nations Cup, the tour de France [ on the famous ole bicyclette du St Etienne ] the Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine, and Miss World.
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Wish ye’d tipped me aff,belterae an acca..
Send me a postcard from the holiday home you bought on the strength of it,bud,
Just dropped in to say…
Benfica 1-1 Celtic
If I had my choice….I would fancy our chances in the Europa league.
If we got a run in that tournament, it would continue the development of
Lennon’s lion’s. imo
At the weekend I was swaying toward a victory for us tonight but, after putting
in a little more thought to things…Benfica shouldn’t be underestimated.
And they won’t be.
NFL is a very clever young man. Every day is a school day when he’s around.
Btw…don’t rule out NFL from, throwing a curve-ball in favor of the GB, once the
fitba stuff is oot the road.
It’s not a very good situation between the GB and the police right now but, in a twisted sort of way…I’m glad the bored came out with their ham-fisted statement.
Why no name attached to the letter ?
Why no press/MSM conference to shine a light on this disgrace ?
Why no expressions of unity ?
Far too many folk on the bored are prepared to take executive salaries but, when
it comes to carrying out exective duties….they’ll run a mile. imo
P.S. The Club statement(LLLLLOOOOOOLLLL), reminds me of, when the mibbery reached new heights in 2010….what did the bored/executives/whatever do ?
That’s right, they sent a letter to the BBC’s Chris McLaughlin…outlining the clubs
concerns about refereeing decisions that seemed to have a habit of going against the club Signed by…A SOURCE ?!?! WTF was that all about ?
The Celtic hierarchy are a bunch of charlatans who should be gotten rid off. imo
But hey…I’m not saying this because it’s popular…but because it’s NECESSARY !!!
Sack the Bored NOW !!!
Their kidd-gloves treatment of the GB, will hopefully spell their END. imo
Hail Hail
DBBIA
They only won Miss World because all the other contestants had been flour-bombed by Bob Hope.
Or something like that.
Anyone able to post Barca`s reult (s) since we beat them?
JJ
seem to remember Andy Gray couldn’t identify an aerial picture of the bigot dome on a question of sport a few years back.
must be a right good hun eh.
also anyone know what happened to another Q of Sport panelist the always
jovial mr mccoist , not heard from him for a while.;-)
Cloudy in Lisbon
Thunder / lightning and rain forecast for tonight .
Just seen a female Major from the Israeli military on the tele . .
Her response to a question re the large numbers of civilian casualties / deaths in Gaza was to say — yes — regrettable — but necessary and anyway at least half of them were” militants “
googybhoy ♥ celtic
11:52 on
20 November, 2012
Spartak v Barca match on at tea time. So we will know the score before kick off. Not sure it makes much difference
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oh i canny wait to get back to the blood and knotters of the spl :-((((
would make my day if we get a wee europa cup run at least
and if we get to the last 16 , iwould have to inform every sevco fan i know ;-))))))
would be good for a pot 4 team who would not win a point according to the stv fuds
COYBIG
go get em CELTIC
jam67
!!bada bing!!
For European games, great breakdown of each game.
http://uk.uefa.com/
http://uk.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/matches/round=2000347/match=2009541/index.html
The first link is the site in general, the second is a randomly picked example of the statistical breakdown the site gives.
Jungle Jim
Mallorca 2-4 Barcelona
Barcelona 3-1 Real Zaragoza.
This season has already given us FAR MORE than we could have reasonably expected.
Taking anything from tonight’s game would be a huge bonus.
I hope there will be no carping or recriminations if we fall short.
We ARE becoming spoiled.
Sorry to those who feel otherwise, but I am far more concerned about Gaza than I am about Celtic’s CL prospects.
Celtic are doing just fine.
Good Luck to Lenny & his young Lions.
WYCOMBE BHOY
Naw,me neither,tbh.
A lot more proof required in a three-way argument.
Who is telling the truth is hardly a relevant question.
Who is lying?
That is H-U-G-E-L-Y relevant.
When anyone says they haven`t heard from so and so for a while, it doesn`t mean these so and sos are being quiet; simply that their words are not being reported. In the case of McCoist and Green, I would imagine that any utterings have been too outrageous for even our MSM to spin.
JJ
Murdo, Murdo, Murdo, Murdo
on talksport NOW!!!
TET
How can you possible believe the Americans blew up the twin towers??
Celtic First
Thank you. I wondered if their confidence had been dented. It would seem not so I can relax and expect them to win tonight.
JJ
ESTADIO
A warm welcome back my friend.
I had no idea you were ill, I hope your recovery is in full swing
” I lost 25% of my brain almost a year ago ”
Any chance the doctors held on to it ?
25% of your grey matter, still puts my heid in the shade.
Keep posting if you can, but above all keep well.
There is every chance we can lose this game tonight. At home Benfica are a different animal from their away from. We should remember this and we should remember how difficult this will be tonight.
We must hope that Barcelona win their game and that guarantees European football post Christmas. We can relax knowing that we are through to one European competition and Benfica will know this really is it for them – win or bust.
Every game we’ve played against them in a pair has been a mirror image – 3-0 twice, 1-0 twice and this season 0-0.
0-0 Would do me.
They won’t win in the Nou Camp UNLESS Barcelona play an entire reserve side and even then their reserves are pretty damn good.
Spartak losing puts them out completely and who knows what team they’ll play in Glasgow from there.
Even with a defeat, we are not out of the last 16 BUT a win or a draw tonight would represent a hell of a culmination of a journey that many of us didn’t see possible after Ross County.
We should all be proud no matter what happens tonight.
new article posted.
South Of Tunis
12:03 on 20 November, 2012
Cloudy in Lisbon
‘Just seen a female Major from the Israeli military on the tele . .
Her response to a question re the large numbers of civilian casualties / deaths in Gaza was to say — yes — regrettable — but necessary and anyway at least half of them were” militants “
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‘That was the reply of a Nazi. I suppose the Jews fighting for their lives in the Warsaw ghetto could have been dismissed as militants.’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRzL2CUnA7o
South Of Tunis
12:03 on
20 November, 2012
Cloudy in Lisbon
Thunder / lightning and rain forecast for tonight .
Just seen a female Major from the Israeli military on the tele . .
Her response to a question re the large numbers of civilian casualties / deaths in Gaza was to say — yes — regrettable — but necessary and anyway at least half of them were” militants “
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To be fair if somebody from Hamas was interviewed, they would not find any Israeli deaths regrettable from their missiles
For what it`s worth, I really don`t expect Celtic to lose tonight. No wishful thinking, simply a belief that we are now good enough to leave Lisbon with a point or three.
JJ
KevJungle – The Green Brigade must be housed in a new JUNGLE
12:06 on 20 November, 2012
Murdo, Murdo, Murdo, Murdo
on talksport NOW!!!
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