The immediate benefit of last night’s 0-3 win away to Alashkert, is that the manager can use Wednesday’s return game as an opportunity to get squad fitness to the required level, without having to worry about qualification.
We have 180 minutes football to get ready for Rosenborg or Valur. The former are 16 league games and five months into their season. And you do not need to be reminded, Rosenborg dusted themselves down after defeat to Celtic last season to end Ajax’ interest in European football before the end of August.
Did you notice Craig Gordon seemed anchored to his six yard box, allowing space between him and the defence for long balls to be pitched into? Not sure what the plan was here but it didn’t help. There is a newness about the defensive line-up which would benefit from the keeper taking a more active role.
Odsonne Edouard and Moussa Dembele looked a real handful. Both held the ball and withstood attention from multiple opponents. James Forrest got a goal and, technically, two assists, although his contribution to the opener was a shot he will try to forget. James produced the difference between Celtic and Rosenborg a year ago, his experience at this level will be valuable in two weeks.
There will be tougher tests for Lewis Morgan but his directness impressed.
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Fantastic save/tackle from Pickford; Mandukic took a right sore one as well! This may very well come back to haunt me but Modric looks burst!
KTF
England keeper half’s the striker!
Why is that not a pen
BATEEN BHOY on 11TH JULY 2018 9:13 PM
What’s a penalty?
KTF
THE EXILED TIM on 11TH JULY 2018 9:15 PM
Because the keeper won a 50/50 cleanly?
KTF
Thought that was a pen also!!!
BATEEN BHOY
I said the same, anywhere else on the pitch it’s a foul
thats was a red card for the england goalie
Keeper didn’t touch the ball – went straight through the player. If a defender does that it’s a foul.
VFR,
If that had been a defender who’d comitted that challenge, that would be a penalty every day of the week. Foot way over the ball.
Just my opinion, like ?
VP
Semi back post is any post in the penultimate game of a Competition.
TET and BB
Penalty? The `keeper`s excellent save? Not for me.
Back to the game now. I`m enjoying it.
JJ
VFR
No he didn’t, the keeper was nowhere near the ball, a pen all day long
HH
Surely Hoddle would have told us if it was a penalty. No?
Two bad lots.
HH. ?
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA
Oh dear……????
yesssssssss get in get in get in get fu**in in
wooooooooooooohoooooooooooo
braw
Croatia………………………….
WHAYHAAAY
Good on the Croats.
John Stones
The world’s most expensive…..waste of money.
VFR
Goalie made no contact with the ball, and went in studs up on the striker, and could have seriously injured him. How is that “won a 50:50 cleanly”??????
?⚽️
TET, the keeper got to the ball first. No pen.
Could be an irrelevant call now anyway.
KTF
Yesssss
Uh Oh
Super Mario???
come on
Plod on overtime.
Commentator sounding quite upset.?
Cue the next 10 mins of time-wasting, diving and cheating I suspect.
KTF
Mibbe it’s no comin’ hame
Mandzukic looks like one of the Beavis and Butthead dudes.
That Mandzukic is even better than Perisic.gEnius.!!!!!!!!!!!
VFR
We are gonna have to agree to disagree me thinks :-)
HH
? on 11th July 2018 9:23 pm
Cue the next 10 mins of time-wasting, diving and cheating I suspect.
KTF
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By England?
kiss me vardy …
Braw
A full strength Celtic team would easily dispatch either of those two mobs.
HH. ?