Inter scored a breakaway goal from Guarin, who should have earlier received a red card for deliberately striking Stefan Johansen on the face, on the 88th minute to win this tie 4-3 on aggregate. But despite playing for the majority of the game with 10 men, after Virgil van Dijk’s 36th minute red card, Celtic looked comfortable throughout. Man of the match Nir Bitton dictated play for long periods.
The best actual chance of the game fell to Gary Mackay-Steven on the 7th minute when a cross-field pass from Emilio Izaguirre was misjudged by the Inter defence, allowing Mackay-Steven to control and nip clean through on Carrizo but the keeper spread himself to block.
Stuart Armstrong had a strong penalty claim denied on 14 minutes. As he prepared to shoot, Santon grabbed him by the shoulder but the referee gave the first notice that he would give the home team the benefit of the doubt all night.
Inter took time to get into the game but Icardi almost connected to a blasted cross ball by Santon as the home team made their first chance, on 19 minutes.
Two minutes later Celtic had their second penalty claim on the evening when John Guidetti was held but again the referee was in no mood to award a decision against the home team.
Ultimately the red card may have determined the outcome of this game but if anyone expected Celtic to collapse afterwards, they were mistaken. Inter enjoyed their best spell of the game between van Dijk’s 36th minute red and halftime, but the man advantage was not evident from the flow of play. Craig Gordon made a stunning save from a header, which was ultimately found to be offside, on 38 minutes, and two minutes before the break Gordon saved again at his near post after Jason Denayer blocked an initial shot.
Needing a goal while a man down requires a difficult tactical balance. Celtic decided to keep things tight until later in the second period. Gordon saved twice, from Hernanes and Guarin, before the latter retaliated when Stefan Johansen nutmeged him but hitting the Celtic player with a forearm smash.
Ronny Deila sent Kris Commons on for the final 13 minutes and, with Celtic struggling to test the keeper, the midfielder tried his luck from 35 yards but Carrizo was untroubled.
With Celtic pressing for what would have been a winner, Inter broke with speed. A Guarin shot from 25 yards thundered into the top corner, leaving Gordon with no chance.
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Oneofthe70percent
Better result for us than them though, with our lead and a game in hand.
new article posted.
beatbhoy
At home against any Scottish side I am looking at a win.
I will settle for 2-0 instead of 4-0 though due to the game last night.
LB
ernie lynch
12:21 on
27 February, 2015
I love it when you willfully ignore the argument being presented.
Of course there’s a contextual element to this kind of example too.
If you’re standing at a KKK meeting shouting obscenities at them then it’s unlikely you could categorise it to be racist. They are after all dressed in all their finery.
If, on the other hand, you are shouting it at a group white men you are doing so purely on the colour of their skin, and in that instance it could reasonably be assumed that there’s a racial element to it.
Ronnie giving press conference now.. Sorry if previously posted
25 seconds ago
RD: “I hope every Celtic fan comes to the stadium. It’s hard to get better than what we had against Inter but I hope.”
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Celtic Football Club@celticfc·57s57 seconds ago
RD: “I can see that for the country it’s important to have excitement in the league but I’d rather stay top, alone and comfortable.”
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Celtic Football Club@celticfc·1m1 minute ago
RD: “Aberdeen has to win, maybe a draw, to stay in the fight for the championship. If we win then we’re in a very good position.”
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Celtic Football Club@celticfc·2m2 minutes ago
RD on Sunday’s game against @AberdeenFC : “It is the most important game we have this season. If we win it’ll be very hard to reach us.”
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RD: “Over a season you get something and you get something against you. We have bad days and refs have bad days.”0 replies2 retweets2 favorites
Celtic Football Club@celticfc · 5m 5 minutes ago
RD: “I know what I saw last night and I know the performance. We hardly conceded a chance when it was 11 against 11.”0 replies2 retweets2 favorites
Celtic Football Club@celticfc · 5m 5 minutes ago
RD: “I’m a coach that likes to work with development and see progress. The players here are young and I’m optimistic for the future.”0 replies4 retweets7 favorites
Celtic Football Club@celticfc · 6m 6 minutes ago
RD: “We have to know why we have got better and do it more. If we do that we will be even better.”0 replies3 retweets2 favorites
Celtic Football Club@celticfc · 6m 6 minutes ago
RD on last night’s defeat to @Inter : “I’m proud of the boys. We showed we have really improved but this is just the start.” (MD)
RD: “We have to know why we have got better and do it more. If we do that we will be even better.”0 replies3 retweets2 favorites
Celtic Football Club@celticfc · 8m 8 minutes ago
RD on last night’s defeat to @Inter : “I’m proud of the boys. We showed we have really improved but this is just the start.” (MD)
Wolfsburg are second in Bundesliga 8 pts behind Bayern and 10 pts clear of 3rd.
They will be strong favourites to beat Inter and also to lift the Europa League. Would have been another great tie for us and a while since we played a German team in ko rounds. Next season !
Need to make sure we are right for Sunday, both physically and mentally. May be sluggish in the first half so hope Ronny picks an 11 who are focussed and ready.
Would imagine the 4-2 will take care of itself but the 3-1 will be vital. Think Johansen will start (doesn’t do tiredness) and KC may well start as will GMS who only played 35 mins last night.If SA has the energy he should be ok and if Leigh is fit he will be raring to go.
First half lethargy may be our enemy so a big vocal drowd plus the players’ frustration may be enough for a win.
Then on to St J at CP on Wednesday – 6 points from those 2 games should set up the SPFL title for us. HH
Happy with what I saw of the performance (on a stream, which didn’t settle until 2 mins before the sending off): When I saw VVD’s tackle, I thought “that’s a booking”, at that time I hadn’t appreciated VVD had already been booked once. I thought the first Inter booking was a little harsh – the ref had a bad day, but that happens. The Inter players made the most of things, but so did some of ours at times (JG), so of course the referee gets taken on. Like it or not,, that’s part of the international game, complaining about that is like complaining that British teams are more physical. If we are good enough, we overcome that, we have in the past.
However, I agree with MWD, we lost this tie at Celtic Park. The margins are not great for us, and against a team like Inter (who http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ shows have a squad worth 5 times the Celtic squad) these things count. And although we can say that Craig Gordon made mistakes, he’s still the best Celtic keeper I’ve ever seen (Billy McNeill’s memory is not predicated on losing the ball to Prati against AC Milan in 1969!). But our progress is good, very good in fact. Holding on to what we have got is the real worry.
At the moment, the glass is 3/4 full.
In response to the reply to my previous post forget about football for a minute. In big business there is undoubtedly corruption, industrial espionage or whatever. As a business it makes sense to take steps to counter such illegal activity that might be occurring. When millions are at stake then for a business not to take such possibilities into account and put in place some kind of measure against them is inviting such activity to repeat again and again at great cost to that organisation. To be clear I am not saying there has been any illegal activity but with the track record of corruption in Italian sport it is irresponsible not to consider that it might be occurring.
Quite apart from what I would term the rather sinister element of many of the decisions of the officials last night – like sideline throws, penalty denied and no free kicks allowed to Celtic that I can remember in danger areas in the first half particularly and blatant corner kick just before Virgil got the line – John Guidetti’s display was a huge disappointment. This was the player I was really banking on to deliver in the San Siro. His timing and control were shocking. But give him credit for keeping us in the tie with his strike at Celtic Park.
Celtic have played a massive fourteen matches in Europe this season and I’ve really enjoyed the run. Sure Legia and Maribor were a letdown but then we had a new management team and the squad is now super fit and Ronny has a settled team. The central defensive situation will have to be sorted if Denayer and Virgil are for the off. Question mark over Guidetti will he go or will he stay.
Another big match on Sunday and Aberdeen are talking a great game at present and our young squad will be well up for this and will be well recovered by Sunday. Young players will thrive playing on front of 50,000 fans.
Night in Milan 15:45 @ Doncaster.
Lads, CQN naps on here please…
My selection for today is AP on Festive Affair (2.00 Doncaster)
Cheers, fleagle1888
CQN Saturday Naps Competition : WEEK 28 results (21st Feb)
Well done to Hotel de Paris & tommytwiststommyturns who both napped Rocky Creek @8/1. Same price, but a different winner, for Burgas Hoops with Shammick Boy @8/1.
Other winners: 16roads (Beltor @3/1) and What is the Stars (Skinny Love @3/1)
+£39.00 TheBarcaMole (5)
+£32.25 Eurochamps67 (11)
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*No selection posted (wk 27) : Che
*Non-Runners (wk 27) :
Cheers, fleagle1888
(Bangalore CSC)
14:35 @ Doncaster – Golan Road – NAP!
Good luck everybody.
4.10 at Kelso – CLOUDY TOO
Doncaster 345 Drop out Joe
Good luck everyone
Call The Cops,3:10 Doncaster….good luck everyone.
Bennys Mist
3.25 Newbury
Good luck to all
Donny 3-45
DROP OUT JOE
Bloody second again last week ..LE REVE ….
Morning all,going for Headly’s Bridge 3.25 Newbury. GL n HH
Chieftains Choice
KELSO 1500
BALLYGARVEY 325 NEWBURY.
I think ‘the bounce’ beat it last time,soon see if I’m right!
13:45 Newbury
Provo
HH
mon parain 3.45 donc
Blackthorn Stick 2:20 Lingfield
Ruler Of All 1.45 Newbury.
Good luck all.
Ballyoliver in the 2:15 at Newbury.
T4
Being dragged into the relegation dogfight. need to up my game.
Newbury 2.50
Kiama Bay.
14.15 Newbury–Soll from the Pipe stable.
Cape City Boy last race leopardstown
I was going for Drop Out Joe but two tips for it already. I will still bet it and Batavir, who needs to win to get to Cheltenham, but for the nap, it’s Nicholls on a Saturday
SOUND INVESTMENT 3.25 Newbury NAP
Best of luck,
EC67
Taking a punt on saphir river 4.10 at Kelso, be lucky bhoys
Samingarry 3 45pm Doncaster pls
Gl
1.45 Newbury Leave It Be
still ahead of VP. :))
Good afternoon Bhoys
Or De Grury 3.35 Kelso
Good luck and happy punting!
Today’s less than confident attempt at picking a wildly challenging big price winner is……….. MEDICINE HAT in the 3:00 Kelso…………
Regards & Hail Hail
TBM
Lads, Festive Affair is a Non-Runner, so my second bite at the cherry is :
Victors Serenade (2.15 Newbury)
Hail Hail… fleagle1888
COSYCORNERBHOY is having a nice wee dayooooot.
In Silverburn,poor sod!
Under the circumstances I’ll forgive him for backing against me.
EASTER METEOR 325 NB