Celtic were not the only seeds to get a bloody nose in this week’s Champions League play-off round first leg games. Lyon and Real Sociedad looked well matched before the game but Lyon’s 0-2 home defeat suggests the seeds were outclassed.
Austria Vienna were the team I wanted this round but despite indifferent domestic form they upset the odds and beat Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 in Croatia. Perhaps the biggest surprise was Schalke’s 1-1 home draw with Poak Salonika.
Our defeat was, apparently, an historic sporting occasion for a country who are only a decade or so into their relationship with the game. Kazak prime minister, Serik Akhmetov, went into the home dressing room after the game on Tuesday to congratulate Shakhter and bask in the fruits of his sports development policies, but I hear there is trepidation ahead of their trip to Glasgow.
Top Russian TV analyst, Vasily Utkin, predicted, “Celtic will solve all the problems before second game, they will learn what mistakes they did in Astana and they will show their real power. If this happens I’m pretty sure Celtic will go through.
“In the previous round Shakhter beat Albanian champions Skenderbeu 3-0 but in Albania they were down 3-0. They are the team whose emotions are very important. If Celtic start the game well at Celtic Park, with all their songs from the stands and support given by their fans, the players from Karaganda may start the game on their knees.
“Their only chance will be on the counter attack. Whether this will be productive is the question for Celtic. A goal for Shakhter would complicate Celtic’s situation.
“I see Celtic reaching the Champions League group games. They are Champions League quality. Whatever Shakhter will do they are not Champions League quality, at least not yet.”
“This… is a question for Celtic” is the key phrase. Champions League qualification is in our own hands. Beat Shakhter Karagandy by more than 2-0 at home is as good an offer as anyone will get to qualify for the Champions League.
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Gordon_J backing Neil Lennon
I suppose the Huns have the Leona Helmsy approach when she said “Taxes are only for the little people”. They take it one step further though to also include rules and regulations of any type. Wouldn’t be a bit surpised if his car isn’t even taxed and insured :-)
Marti
pflan76
17:15 on 22 August, 2013
‘So with Jim McColl apparently in lead position to take over that second div team, has anybody mentioned that he is a tax avoider?’
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I don’t think that’s a road we want to go down, given The Great Desmondo’s arrangements.
A typical loyalist tattoo, check the spelling:
https://twitter.com/Foodgill12/status/370558069123469314/photo/1
Uneducated, white, Klan, Sevco, trailer trash.
BFDJ..why!
desertbhoy
Had the punter heid on there
You of course are absolutely
KAAA-RRECT!!!
cadizzy
16:58 on 22 August, 2013
Good post
They should have nailed the fat sleekit coward (imho) with the question do you or anyone on your la-la land list think it is okfor anyone in football to bet on your team to lose?
I see there’s two clowns spouting off today, The Sevco 2012 manager and the other eejit on here who thinks Joe Ledleys a bum and can’t change games.
Joe Ledley scored the match winner against ranger 1872- 2012 on the 28th Dec 2011, it meant we leapfrogged rangers after being behind 17 points and went on to win the league, you might say the ultimate game changer.
Joe Ledley CSC
Who is covering the return leg on TV ?
Just had a text from Spain asking me
Al jazeerah as usual in this area..
Lefty
Sky sports4
blantyretim is praying for the Knox family
Thank you
Livefootballontv…
Leftclicktic
No problems…
From Celtic FC.
Celtic face a vital European tie next Wednesday against Shakhter Karagandy, and a packed Paradise can roar Neil Lennon’s team on as they aim to overturn the two-goal deficit from the first leg and reach the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive season.
Strikes by Finonchenko and Khizhnichenko have put Shakhter in the driving seat, with their manager Victor Kumykov confident of completing the job next week, however Neil Lennon and his troops arrived back in Glasgow yesterday in defiant mood and are determined to resurrect their Champions League hopes at Celtic Park on Wednesday.
“They’re definitely in the ascendancy,” the manager admitted, “and there’s always that euphoria straight after the final whistle but they have to come to Glasgow and they’ll have to defend well because we’ll be coming at them from the off.
“If you look at the game, we had six or seven clear-cut chances to take the lead, equalise or get back into the tie so it gives us plenty of encouragement for the second game in Glasgow.”
A packed and passionate Celtic Park can lift the team on to new levels, as was witnessed in spectacular style on several occasions last season, and perhaps most memorably against FC Barcelona on that famous night back in November. Now the team need the backing of the supporters more than ever, as they target a memorable European comeback.
The unrivalled energy of a full Celtic Park could yet be Celtic’s 12th man to make the difference as it has done on so many legendary European nights.
It’s only half-time… #BeCeltic Believe!
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TnT
Received same email this afternoon.
I did say that we would be receiving this email in my after match drunken rant..
Already have my ticket before anyone asks..o)
Whenever the draw is will take …
Real, Porto and Ajax/Anderlecht.. Obviously dependant on pots.
benjybhoy mul
18:13 on
22 August, 2013
A typical loyalist tattoo, check the spelling:
https://twitter.com/Foodgill12/status/370558069123469314/photo/1
Uneducated, white, Klan, Sevco, trailer trash.
Starting a new job in Lanarkshire, I met a RFC (IL) that had a lovely 16P0 tattoo on his arm. Boasted that he did it himself in the mirror.
His king billy wearing red high heels was also a cracker….AND work of a professional :-)
Sevco sight Reporting Sleekit threw Guidi out of todays press conference with the sunday papers .
Good EveningTimland
My good friends’ son Sean is cycling to every Scottish Premier League ground to raise funds for the Tommy Burns Cancer charity.
They’re going to do this 400 mile journey in 4 & a half days.
Sean will be joined by Johnny Burns (Tommy’s son & patron of TB’s charity) and 26 other hardy souls. All monies raised will go straight to the charity.
I know there’s lots of good causes deserving our cash but every little helps. See below link for Seans page for TB’s charity. Give what you can.
Thank you
http://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/seanroberts1
Anthony Stokes has to be a first pick for the return game on Wednesday night.
He is of the few players we have that has a wee bit of dig about him.
Stokesy lead the fight that day at Rugby Park when we came back from the brink.
Gerry S
Must have been Bellshill :))))
Karagandy will come to Paradise and defend like their life depends on it.
This begs the question, where will our goals come from? We are depending on wingers and midfielders to fulfill the role of a striker, as obviously the couple of strikers we do have are not trusted.
On the evidence of his cameo the other week, Derk seems most likely to unsettle them with his pace and directness. Let’s hope he is fit.
It was always going to be a calculated risk attempting qualification with a weakened squad, particularly an established goal scorer. The prestige of the Club at Champions League level and untold millions of revenue is being gambled upon by the power brokers. Lets hope the team find some form next week and avoid what would be an executive level own goal.
Living_in_the_Love_of_the_Commons_People
This begs the question, where will our goals come from?
Sammi ,Kris ,Tony Stokes & Joe Ledley for me :))
Till later all
Deidco’s manager wants us all to get round the table and start again.
That sounds very familiar, usually once someone has been found out and busted.
“Frankly, no I don’t know the rules.”
Is your name on the list Ally? Or is that just a list from within your own organisation?
maybe the list was a list of Deico’s creditors that have been stiffed.
He loves to talk about names.
Names of those who were on a tribunal when he knew who they were.
Then he implies criticism of the SFA for taking since 2006 to find out about the account.
On the field, off the field, we will cheat again.
HH
I’ll go for that too.
Kris is likely also to be a key player next week.
Interesting to see the crowd on the night.
From memory there were 57K at the AMB game in 2005.
It might have been the free game on the ST but the noise was special.
Don’t think we will get as many this time.
I fear the thrill has gone.
That is why we need a growth agenda.
And why PL is now more than ever not the right person to be the club CEO.
Mc Coist has “officials” on that betting list of his
Big word that
Could cover a lot of people
The sleekit blackmailing pie eater should do the honorable thing for the game and name the names
His infamous line “Who are the names of these people” should be shoved right down his big mouth
Tell us the names ya sly slug
Oh player left on commons wavelength is Stokesy why wasn’t he played ?
If he’s no played during the home game then for me they’re trying to force him out the door
Madmitch – I think you might be right but for different reasons. You see I don’t really think we can grow anymore while we’re stuck where we are. That being the case there’s not much point in employing and paying somebody of PLs supposed calibre.
MadMitch 18:59 on 22 August, 2013
The people who want to turn up will turn up.
Hope we move the electric advertising boards a few yards closer to the pitch, this will stop a long run up for their long throw merchants.
Only even
Weeminger you show the same lack of imagination our CEO suffers from.
Steinreigns…..,
No shit Sherlock
Evening bhoys & ghirls.
Reading through the blog for the last hour has been brilliant. Many are nervous about next Wednesday but most of the comments have been positive. Some really moving and elegant writing by Bernie Slavin and Estadio.
The jokes have been superb. Mind you, the klan and sally provide us with all the material. And they give us more every day.
Aff2putmapumatapinnafreezurCRC
cadizzy
17:29 on 22 August, 2013
Googybhoy
relax. It is not a scam. If you want more details and how to better your chances of winning, text me on 85222
Did you get my text it just cost you £1.50?
Canamalar – I think the 100 ST cut was they’re last throw at getting more people in. In Scotland at least there’s not much more that can be done.
As for overseas like US, OZ, I think experience is maybe telling them the market isn’t as big as was hoped.
Look I might be on a bit of a downer at the moment but I think the wee leagues are all being strangled right now. The big teams wantva pan European version of the NFL.
canamalar prays Oscar can do it again19:07 on 22 August, 2013
No shit Sherlock
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Some folk seem to think it’s a complicated issue.