Celtic turned in a mature away European performance this evening as the subjugated Qarabag in the heat of Baku. Chances were at a premium for both teams. Qarabag were reduced to hopeful shots from outside the box, while Celtic took an hour to fire their first real effort, but had the best two chances of the game.
Celtic were nervous looking in the opening 15 minutes, as they struggled to retain possession, allowing Qarabag ample opportunity to build attacks. Midway through the first half Craig Gordon attempted to punch with his left hand but missed and, fortunately, the ball hit his right hand and fell to safety.
29 minutes in Qarabag’s best player, Almeida de Oliveira forced a save from Gordon from outside the box but although the Celtic keeper had to stretch to reach it, it was a save he would have expected to make. A minute from the break Nir Bitton attempted an audacious chip from the halfway line which the keeper backtracked to stop.
10 minutes after the break El Jadeyaoui had the first attempt of the game which was made inside the box but Gordon saved easily. Then Gary Mackay-Steven drove across field before passing to Stuart Armstrong, who took a step inside the box before shooting over the bar.
On 66 minutes Qarabag found a man in space inside the box for the first time but by the time El Jadeyaoui took a touch Dedryck Boyata was on hand to block.
Seven minutes from the end Stefan Johansen made his trademark lung-busting run into the box to assist Armstrong but Stefan was a tad ahead of the pass and ended up shooting wide while stretching back.
James Forrest had the best chance of the game four minutes from time. He ran at the Qarabag defence from 40 yards out, rode one challenge, and found himself clean through with the keeper to beat but instead of shooting from 12 yards he tried to square to Griffiths (who was never going to get the ball) and the chance was missed.
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Bring back Sammi ? Jeez, that will go down well with the guys who booed him onto the park in one of his last games. Short term memory in here, only remembering the good games. It doesn’t matter to any of us if Cifcti is our sort of player or not, he’s Ronny’s and Celtic’s player and should get all the support that entails.
I’m hoping we can do a Stan Petrov kind of deal with VVD, so if he goes in January he’s not got 6 months left on his contract and we can cash in if he really wants to go to England. Make it worth his while in the short term.
Will be interested to see how far Qarabag go in EL once they get their pitch sorted.
Really enjoyed Chris Sutton’s commentary as well, Ronny has done a number on him after their interview last year, just wish others on here could buy in as well….
West End of East End
Ok….we all just better agree with you then eh.
Its all about opinions.
And mine is….that Ciftci is very ordinary,…he may improve, and I really hope he does.
But….we shall see
HH
new article posted.
The Green Man – Good to see you’ve came round to my way of thinking :-)
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Seems to be a standard reply.
Still, I’m sure someone will be counting them!
Hopefully on the right page.
Mrs C asked what would I like for my 50th.
Here it is, Boston.
Great city. I am sure that the Police Band would pick up a few criminal records in Scotland.
http://youtu.be/-XmIw3v5s80
Clogher
Anyway, do the pages run back to front now.
A big job changing the whole format.
Boston PD at St Patrick’s Day. Looks like a great spot.
http://youtu.be/-XmIw3v5s80
HH,
Clogher
St Patrick’s Day in Boston,
http://youtu.be/-XmIw3v5s80
Clogher
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