Back in the old days of the Uefa Away Goals Rule, a 2-0 win in the first leg at home had an 80% success rate at proceeding in the competition. Away goals added a jeopardy for the loser in this situation, they need to score twice but conceding once meant they would have to score four, so they could not be too gung-ho.
AZ have no such worries tonight, they can pile forward knowing they need three goals to win or the same to take the game into extra time, should they concede one. We go into the game knowing they will have lots of the ball and territorial advantage.
In all honesty, I don’t think we are anything close to an 80% chance of proceeding, more like 60%. AZ created enough good chances at Celtic Park to suggest they can find ways beyond our defensive lines. What will worry the home side is how prolific our forwards look.
European football is significantly about game management, especially this early in the season. Think back to Neil Lennon’s first season, when he took a 2-0 to Utrecht. That lead was wiped out within 20 minutes before a total collapse.
Think also about Brendan Rodgers first qualification campaign. Having won the first leg against Hapoel Be’er Sheva 5-2, the Israelis went 2-0 up three minutes into the second half – within a goal of going ahead in the tie. Brendan used all three substitutes by 65 minutes and went a touch catenaccio until full time. When the roof collapses, it is all about how you respond.
However the game progresses, Celtic’s match fitness should be better heading into the closing stages, or extra time, if it comes. We need to be ready with a strategy for these periods of the game.
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the numbers don’t stack up. When you check the uefa and spfl websites, the awarding of cards is consistently different for games involving charlatansco and games not involving the scum
Sorry, rant over; two reds in a row; they’re taking the pish. Just like last year.
Alashkert have just come close twice. They’re working this Hun defence.
However, it’s all in the numbers and it don’t stack up. They are cheats.
Only started watching second half of huns game. Alashkert have had the two best chances of the half so far.
The huns look very poor.
You don’t hear much about players being ‘upended’ these days. :-))
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SQUIRE DANAHER
😊 Sorry Squire, I’m actually very positive we won’t win the Euro Conference. We need realism so that we constantly improve. A 2-0 win over Alkmaar is flimsy evidence for thinking we will be a European Champion, doncha think?
Is Morelos wearing speedos?
We score a goal. They need three just for extra time. I know some people are, by nature, a bit pessimistic but I think we should start to believe our own eyes. Ange wants goals. We’ll get a goal. (At least one). These nights, weeks and new eras are why we are all in here lurking or posting. Hail Hail Bhoys🍀
Hahaha! Lost programme. Technical guy and girl standing at table in a studio. Who hit the wrong button???
Feed cut
Just turned on the telly to watch the last twenty mins of the monkeys game. Neil McCann is the ultimate soup taker barometer. Are we sure this guy was born a port Glasgow Tim ?
Back
they are now making up excuses
https://live2go.tv/
AZ stream
Huns under the cosh
@CelticFC v AZ
Hart, Ralston, Starfelt, Welsh, Taylor, McGregor, Abada, Rogic, Turnbull, Christie, Furuhashi
Alashkert have a diminutive but good right back called Coelho. He just made a fool of Paterson.
The BBC are making a good attempt at polishing this particular turd of a performance but there’s no getting away from the fact they’ve struggled against ten man alashkert two weeks running.
This is a good read, and in life, everything comes back to Celtic.
https://sport.optus.com.au/articles/os26703/ange-postecoglous-attacking-seed-was-sown-by-ferenc-puskas-australia-chose-expediency-ange-opted-to-conquer-the-world
Ange is the Celtic manager.
Ange was manged by Puskas at South Melbourne Hellas
The galloping major played at easter road in 1964 against Jock Steins Hibs.
Jock was inspried to play them by witnessing the famous games of the Magyars at Wembley. and Real at Hampden.
Jock was signed for Celtic by Mr McGrory.
James Edward played for Willie Maley.
Who played alongside Johnny “Jake” Madden , the first player to kick off for Celtic.
Jake Madden retiring from playing went to Czechslovakia then part of the Austro Hungarian empire and managed Slavia Prague. from 1905.
Who played against touring Celtic teams managed by Mr Maley in 1904 (4-1), 1906 (3-3)
In the 1911 tour Celtic included Buadapest with games against MTK (2-0) and Ferencvaros (1-1).
The Czechslovakia team made the world cup final in 1934, with Madden now retired and known as the father of Czechslovakia football
The Hungarians made the final in 38 but beaten citing the ispiration of the football played by CZ.
Puskas Senior was playing at this time and on the edge of the team.
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EMBRAMIKE on 26TH AUGUST 2021 5:50 PM
@CelticFC v AZ
Hart, Ralston, Starfelt, Welsh, Taylor, McGregor, Abada, Rogic, Turnbull, Christie, Furuhashi
………….
Edouard on bench?
Huns go through but look knackered.
Josef Venglos a a certain Moravik Senior were playing in the 50s and 60s and could have played against Puskas in their equivament of the Intertoto.
Josef brough us Lubo.
Puskas taught Ange.
and the cycle goes agian.
As BRTH signed off his Dr Jo story …………….. there is something special about this place.
Well that was one of the worst I have ever witnessed.
At least they had to go the 90 minutes.
Let’s hope we match it with the right result but a far superior performance.
did Innes just say how ‘our season’ has gone when referring to thems.
On the bench Celtic have Bartas, Bain, Bitton, Ajeti Soro, Edouard, Bolingoli Montgomery, Urhoghide, Shaw and Robertson..
mc Innes
ps, Venglos travelled with Slovan in 1964 but was dropped for the game at celtic park.
for the return Venglos still did not play but Lubos dad did.
Camera keeps zooming in and out of McInnes view. He’s got his papers and annotations complete with scribbles and I think they fear their might be something controversial that viewers might pick up on.
there
RC on – tumbs up
If we can keep our players from getting kicked off the park (and biased refs sending one of us off) we should take goals of the huns this weekend
Very poor team
Richard Foster has Celtic as favourites to win on Sunday.
https://www.thecelticwiki.com/european-tour-1911/
the guy that writes the celtic war years book has a great few pages about the 1911 tour, and that mr maley was taking notes about the military build up.
To put the hum performance into perspective over the two legs…..they were 1/9 to win the first leg !!!
Our bench lacks quality. Forrest and McCarthy are out but our bench tonight illustrates we’ve strengthening to do before the deadline.
the high press 1906 tour versus leipzig
https://wikifoundryimages.s3.amazonaws.com/nKtBENy5YdjANExC-3Lz8w565590
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