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.
The Andrea Kearney Fund have a signed Celtic jersey available for auction on eBay. The fund, in memory of Andrea, assists families of women who are diagnosed with cancer while pregnant. Since Andrea died, aged 41, four years ago, over 50 families have been helped.
You can keep an eye on the auction here.
The CQN Annual will be available next week, both online and at one or two selected retail outlets. There’s a cracking image on the cover of a goal celebration from a recent goal….
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Harambee Stars and Celtic FC
midfielder Victor Wanyama is among
the seven top contenders for the Overall
Sports Personality of the Year (Soya)
Award.
This is the first time a footballer is
making it to the final list of the category
launched last year and won by world
women 5000m and 10,000m champion
Vivian Cheruiyot.
Wanyama’s impressive record is ever
growing with a recent one leading his
Scottish side Celtic FC to a 2-1 win over
Barcelona in the Uefa Champions
League contest.
Apart from Wanyama, Cheruiyot, who in
February won the coveted Laurels
Sportswoman Award, will be struggling
to defend her Soya title against Olympic
800m record holder David Rudisha,
3,000m steeple chase gold medalist
Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya swimming ace
Jason Dunford, World Marathon Majors
champion Mary Keitany and Paralympics
1,500m(T46) record holder Abraham
Tarbei on December 6 at Carnivore
Hotel, Nairobi.
starry
I would love to meet up but unfortunately I’m stuck on the Socialist Republic, although I’m hoping to sneak off for the Spartak game…
If you haven’t signed this, then please do;
http://www.avaaz.org/en/palestine_worlds_next_nation_uk/?bYtTGab&v=19218
This is what happened to little Omar Al-Mashharawi in Gaza today
https://twitter.com/IsmaeilFadel/status/269170014244966401/photo/1
Barra-ism#14 fermenting, how you mixing?
HH
Seven Fishes Four Steaks
20:24 on 15 November, 2012
It’s not as bad as all that.
It’s only one arsehole with two monikers.
All Benfica Spartak and Barcelona blah blah blah
And here was me thinking we had a very difficult trip to pittodrie to contend with first
Zbyszek
How are you? How are the Legia boys – did they get their problems sorted out?
The offer for tickets still stands – providing they give me a few weeks notice.
Drop me an email when you have time.
Take care – H!H!
Excellent news about Tony Bhoy……. Reckon he has it all, could be a great!
El Diego Bhoy,
When I stop railing against racism, fascism & all other forms of supremacy, then I will stop using my right to speak.
I am truly sorry that my judgement does not meet with your approval.
I am sorry that I can not promise to speak differently in the future.
No. That’s a LIE.
I am NOT at all sorry.
Kilbowie Kelt
keep on keepin’ on!
HH
I have some spare tickets for Pittodrie on Saturday (including one concession) if anyone is interested.
mickbhoy1888
20:31 on
15 November, 2012
What do you think about ‘rangers leech’ ……? Do you think he’s a (glorious) shyster, like Agent …?
Invercelt
15:11 on 15 November, 2012
The Raven (previous thread),
You may be right about “not needing to be behind bars”: the Palestinians are (mostly) not behind bars – in what way are they imprisoned? Of course they’re not in control of their own country,
Inver…………you answerd your own question – the Palestinian people are not in control of their country ie Israel controls EVERY aspect of their life in Gaza as quite a few posters have commented on earlier today .Am sure this happens in a normal prison therefor the Palestine people are controlled by the prison guv;nor .Am just about to switch on the news and no doubt i’ll see Israel using White Phosphorous and commiting atrocities against innocent people
Zbyszek
Seems like I jinxed Legia, their manager must have used wise football
praecepta
Thank you, I’m Okay. I hope life treats you well, Sir.
Celtic : Barcelona was available in open channel in Poland. Five minutes after the game I got email from Marcin. He said: ”
Oh, God, how I would love to be there. My wife just said: you see how good that you stayed with us: I imagine you would need to stay with those fans two or three days more> You would forget that you have wife and small baby”
Thanks for the offer. I will speak to the guy on another ocassion and will pass your offer.
1st and foremost treat the sheep as if they are benfica!
How refreshing to see the comments from tony tony watt!
signed for best team in world and greatest feeling of his life!
undoubted the guy is a talent (and i know he is young, burchill was a gem at the age but the day henke broke leg in lyon burchill had three 1on 1s with keeper bt he missed, contrast with watt against barca the real deal)
he has the talent he has the ability and like you an me knows he has the privelege of donning the hoops, he knows the importance and he knows the expectations.
big things ahead, fantastic that he has them with us!
Barrach Obampot, The terrible images which you provided a link to, says it all. The Israeli policy on reprisals is State Terrorism of the worst possible kind. Some lunatic from Hamas launches a rocket over the border, explodes harmlesly in the desert,. Israel bomb a Palestinian Village in reprisal & kill maybe 30 or more Palestinians men, women & children. Ah sure, after all its only a question of mind over matter. The Israelis don’t mind, the Palestinians don’t matter.
thetimrieper
We are still top of the league. Another interesting news. Jagiellonia coach started the conference with the words: We were Celtic tonight, Legia were Barcelona.
Legia lost 1:2.
Marko Suler who was close to sign the contract with Celtic cost us two goals, second was very ridiculous.
Barrach Obampot
The picture @ 20:30 is horrible. May be worth removing ? If you wish to continue with it perhaps a wee warning.
biggest boost would big vic telling everybody that he is staying…no matter who comes in for him
Barrach Obampot
Hoping to be at the Spartak game too, I’m mixing on Vritual Dj but without a headphone function, so roughly!!!
Got a couple of things in the pipeline just finding the time to do them!
Scotlands shame
Refreshing attitude from Tony
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a happier footballer than TW , as seen during his interview post Barca
scotlands shame
9 out of 10 strikers would not have done what young Tony did against Barca, let alone an 18 year old kid.
The bhoy will go a long way.
Posts that I never read on CQN – any of those first six childish ones, or any of those long ones written in Scotch where every sentence is a separate paragraph. I know I’m inviting the response “anything written by Phyllis” – but I know also I’m rotten to the heart.
Quinnaldo
20:50
That’s true. But another big boost would be Man U coming in with £20M. :)
Books
On the Palestinian / Israel debate……the Orcs fly the Israeli flag…… I rest my case.
KK
You miss my point. Express your anger about injustices worldwide on whatever media outlets you can access but why must I need to put up with it on CQN daily?
Big Cup, It is indeed horrible, remove it? to what purpose. To make us all feel a bit more comfortable. But thats why he posted it, in the first place. We shouldn’t feel comfortable we should be making noises writing to our M.P.’s or T.D’s. in my case. We should be shouting on blogs and on Facebook. If the concerned people all over the World all shouted together, they will start hearing us.
Zbyszek
You were saying that before the game, Jagiellonia coach said he
was going to play wise football like celtic.
It was neil lennons fault you lost.
I’m off to Madrid tomorrow to see my daughter, what is there to do apart from watching the Aberdeen game in the local CSC?
Sorry bhoys I should have put a warning with that link.
Starry if I can get out then we’ll have to meet up.
HH
corkcelt
My kid is in the living room with me. It’s that simple.
Starry Plough
Are you heading over for the Spartak game mate?
Barrach Obampot
No probs, it’s an emotive subject and easy to get “lost” in the horror and barbarity that the innocents suffer.
That is a reasonable point ElDiego, we are Celtic Fans first & foremost but we are fans who have an in-built craving for Justice . I have made 3 or 4 posts now on the Palestinian Persecution, something I feel very strongly about. I accept that people want to talk about Celtic & Football and will desist from making any further posts on the subject tonight.
Riots On The Streets Across Europe Yesterday…..
As Our People Rail Against Cuts To Their Welfare…..
And The Sceptre Of Unemployment….
And On That Very Day…..
Our Faceless Marxist EU Masters Sign A Cheque For £7 BILLION In Aid To Egypt…
Straight Into The Hands Of The Muslim Brotherhood…..
Who ‘Stole’ The Election From The Secularist Parties…..
Whilst Allowing The Twelve Million Coptic Christians To Be Marginalised And Intimidated…..
Our Ain Folk Can Go Hungry…..
So The Muslim Brotherhood Can Buy Bigger ,Bettah Bombs…..?
Makes Sense To Me…..
Oor Dear Brother Walfrid……
Will Be Spinnin’ In His Grave…..
Behind The Wee Mount….
That’s For Sure…..
Barrach Obampot
20:30 on. ……………….. graphic pics m8 , shows the REAL horror of war .
Western media should publish these and maybe the
public war mongers mibee think twice bout the futility of it .
Corkcelt (re Palestine),
Not far off the mark IMO.
Zbyszek,
Enlightening as always. I’d thought for a long time that the Romans had almost driven out the Jews, but maybe that only applied to Jerusalem: I was sure that there were more Arabs than Jews in Palestine when Israel was founded.
Oooooo waaah Ernie said arsehole………..:-)
ElDiegoBhoy
20:53 on 15 November, 2012
__________________
Slightly easier question to answer.
The reason that I answer our two resident fascist, misanthropic attention seekers on CQN…. is because CQN is the platform on which these supremacists choose to post their bile.
Would you like me to go to the Salvation Army’s War Cry to make my responses?
I am at a loss to understand why you defend their bilious input.
It has NO PLACE on a Celtic site.