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After two highly productive performances against Barcelona confidence will be high, but it is worth remembering that Benfica earned a 0-0 draw at Celtic Park on Champions League match day one, and will have no fears for Tuesday.

After that game in September Celtic were favourites to finish bottom of the group.  Barca managed a slim 3-2 at home to Spartak after a late surge, placing them top of the group while the Russians were rightly encouraged.  Benfica earned a valuable away point without being greatly troubled by Celtic.  Indeed, the half time video analysis from the Uefa technicians looped repeatedly on one incident, a Benfica penalty claim.

That scenario has changed.  Celtic sit second top but a win would see Benfica match them on points and go second on the head-to-head.   Make no mistake, despite Celtic’s heroics against Barcelona, Benfica expect to be second in the group on Tuesday evening.  They are rightly favourites.

We are now tantalisingly close to the knock out stages of the Champions League but two of the most difficult games of the season lie ahead.  The best thing Celtic can do is show Benfica as much respect as they showed Barcelona.  Benfica are not quite as dangerous as the Catalans but they are more than capable of exploiting any gaps in the Celtic defence.  Treat them as Barcelona-lite and we might even collect our second win in this tournament away from home.

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  5. A Ceiler Gonof Rust on

    Wow, that was a nervous four minutes of extra time. I know it’s irrational but when I watch it, I still keep thinking they will equalise.

     

     

    nutterdotcom.

  7. petec on

    Fortunes Favour Mibbes

     

     

    03:51 on 16 November, 2012

     

     

    The Lord, when you totally believe, puts people in your path that he means to put there for a reason.

     

     

    I am Truly Blessed to be able to look forward to go into work and listen to a man who has no FEAR of being ridiculed about having God as his best Man.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODtExxkW0ws

  9. hoopsmon on

    FFM

     

    Not up Doric way. But have very sharp elbows¿ Allegedly.. Proper Doric fowk would consider me Sassenach…

  10. Taurangabhoy on

    Hoopsman and Fortune Favours did yous think all this up by yourselves from the couch …or have you actually been to the middle east. Were you at the game callers : )

  11. petec on

    Fortunes Favour Mibbes

     

     

    03:52 on 16 November, 2012

     

     

    petec @ 03:50

     

     

    Canamalar is as free thinking as we all could hope to be, imo.

     

     

    It shows. Good mhan.

     

     

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    If I was having an Atheism is bad rally, which it is, I’d have Mr C right at the front.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gREiJhtBPxw

     

     

    ;)

  13. hoopsmon on

    Hoopsmon isnae a patch on Fortunes Favours…….. Fifth Amendment. If I could post a tune or two I would plead. My lappie is lapsed and my phone’s bordering on bored. FFM is your Dj the night.

  15. petec on

    Fortunes Favour Mibbes

     

     

    04:10 on 16 November, 2012

     

     

    petec @ 03:59

     

     

    I know.

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPi2r2j70Zc

     

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    It is easy to watch this rather than Breaking Bad.

     

     

    Breaking Bad makes me squirm at the brutality.

     

     

    TY FFM for this link, it is exceptional.

  21. petec on

    FFM if you look through the audio links, and it is best going from 2005 forward, bottom of page. As I said, cherry pick the audio files as they are life changing sonics. Trust me on that.

  22. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Taurangabhoy

     

     

    Sorry amigo.

     

     

    Were you closer to the “game”?

     

     

    I’ve got good friend who “served”,m ranging in age from 20-50.

     

     

    It’s bad stuff amigo. Share your thoughts, you can do so here without criticism. There are fholks here screaming the Celtic Dream while raking in pennies from the middle east.

  23. Taurangabhoy on

    FFM thanks for making me laugh. I might come on later and just check out choons from fellow celts of all ages and places on a Pablo like Friday night. Been a crap week for me . I still have a job but many of my hard working colleagues don’t. I hate this right wing wind down into depression economic management, reminds me too much of Thatcher and the reasons that I ended up in Israel myself many decades ago. The rich get richer the poor get the picture. sucks. So until Celtic beat Benfica I am going to be feeling the way I do. I won’t reply again tonight not good company.

  24. petec on

    Taurangabhoy

     

     

    04:26 on 16 November, 2012

     

     

    FFM superb reply right back at me . Too right behave yerslef Petec : )

     

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfQgKcv7V-g

     

     

    Backsliding Complimentary.com

     

     

    You just cannae argue with Music like that.

     

     

    Estadio Nacional moved on a lot earlier than me to the full appreciation of ALL Music.

     

     

    OOH AAQAAAQQQQAAAQQAQA SAMARAS.

  26. Taurangabhoy on

    FFM its more complicated than it looks . The baddies aren’t always the baddies. I was in Kiriat Shmona with a young Morrocan Jewish lad stayed with his family with my girlfirend and his who were friends. They had been seriously persecuted and kicked out to Israel . Live or die easy enough choice and one I saw with many Arab Jews. Hizbollah were sending in mortars to the schools from the Golan heights.The holy land is much smaller than you think so its like firing rockets from a hill into a school. Now what would you do if your kids were at that school. This was well into my time there. I arrived an avid Marx and John McLean reader with my Arafat hat on and reality took a few chunks off me. Long time ago so believe me I am no Zionist or have any idea about what todays Israelis are doing. Somehow I don’t think too much has changed and it remains complicated. Don’t believe everything you read or watch on the BBC news eh Petec : )

  30. petec on

    Celtic are on the verge of displacing the 2nd Seed.

     

     

    Aberdeen, will hopefully play Brilliant football and if they beat us, good luck to them.

     

     

    Lisbon is the real focus for every player, whether they are playing Saturday or Tuesday.

     

     

    Benfica do not get beat at home.

     

     

    Benfica have everything to play for.

     

     

    Celtic will be complacent after doing what they done against the Greatest ever Club side.

     

     

    Bring it on.

     

     

    Time for the heroes.

     

     

    I have a really funny feeling we will end up TOP of our group. Yes I have had a few vodkas.

     

     

    Spartak have one of the fastest forward/wide midfield lines in the World and they will expose Barca IMO.

     

     

    If we need anything from the last game, it will be the toughest game mentally because they are probably one of the best counter attacking teams on the planet.

  31. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    Taurangabhoy

     

     

    FFS, apols for my last post looking like a , well, you know.

     

     

    But it’s important experiences like your own are drawn out, and publicised.

     

     

    The majority of us know that the wars are illegal, that’s about it, and the kids are fighting it….it’s us that are letting them down imo. Aye, we are, and we have !

  34. hoopsmon on

    FFM and Taranguabhoy

     

    I specified Palestine earlier as the nation being exploited in the stealth for wealth game being played out. In reality it affects practically the whole of the Middle Eastern bit of the map that few people take the time to even look at. The west, in particular, is dumbing down its social/health care and education systems to facilitate the faux wars that lead to the suffering on both ‘sides’. Knowledge will always be a necessity where care needs to be taught.

     

    God bless HH.

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