Udinese were pushed all the way tonight but hold on for a point that was enough to get them through to the knock out round of the Europa League at Celtic’s expense. Gary Hooper gave Celtic the lead but Antonio Di Natale equalised in time added on at the end of the first half.
The game was only six minutes old when Georgios Samaras extended his telescopic legs and moved beyond Benatia to the edge of the Udinese box but the defender dived in front of the Greek striker to con the referee into awarding a free kick.
Udinese should have taken the lead in 12 minutes when Scott Brown was careless with a cross-field pass which was intercepted. The Celtic defence were caught moving forward and had left Di Natale in acres of space but his lob missed the target.
Gary Hooper was the next sinner 10 minutes later. Udinese had no answer to the probing of Samaras and James Forrest. The former beat two players and slid an inch perfect pass inside the full back for Hooper to collect 16 yards from goal. Unfortunately he failed to find the target with what at that time looked like being the best chance of the game.
Celtic opened the scoring on 28 minutes when Samaras rampaged down the left and sent a dangerous cross between goalkeeper and defence. Handanovic punched the ball against his own defender and was left stranded when it rolled to an unmarked Hooper three yards from goal. The Englishman rolled the ball over the line to put Celtic ahead.
With 45 minutes already played Samaras again rampaged down the left but possession was lost as Celtic were reluctant to pour forward seconds before half time. Udinese moved the ball quickly up field and a fortunate break of the ball allowed them to catch the Celtic defence flat footed. Cha was wrong side of his player who crossed for Di Natale to finish. It was an unfortunate break for Celtic who had the better of the first half.
Udinese stepped up the pace after half time and enjoyed their best period of the game. Fraser Forster made three saves within as many minutes just after the hour mark. Ten minutes later a sharp passing move provided Asamoa with a gilt edged chance from 10 yards but he turned the ball against the post with Forster stranded but this signalled the end of the home team’s pressure.
Celtic came close to taking the lead again on 74 minutes when Cha DuRi stretched to volley from outside the box. His shot struck the post with Handanovic unable to reach it. The ball rebounded off the goalkeeper, who landed on the ground, and spun back towards goal, but Handanovic recovered in time to catch it on the line.
Greek referee, Koukoulakis, did not have a good game, mistook Cha for Scott Brown and incorrectly booked the Korean. 18 minutes later he booked Cha again but had clearly received a message from an assistant informing him of his earlier mistake, leaving Cha bemused and relieved to survive his second yellow card.
Celtic were pressing for the goal but with 10 minutes remaining a slip by Daniel Majstorovic set Di Natale clear. Fraser Forster then had the most impressive 6 seconds of his career. The keeper made himself a big target and saved Di Natale’s shot but he had change direction quickly as the ball broke free on the right. A cross was swiftly dropped onto the head of the unmarked Di Natale 8 yards from goal but Forster changed direction one more time to save again.
The match finished with Celtic camped inside the Udinese box. The ball broke to Ki inside the six yard box from a Charlie Mulgrew corner but his shot was blocked. Fraser Forster came forward for two further corners. From one, Daniel Majstorovic flashed a header goalward but an Udinese defender raised his arm to the ball, however, the referee failed to award a penalty.
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Napoli v London Huns on CL draw
kitalba…,
He’s a greenhun IMO
Grivet – white and olive green east African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face
Gotdon J & Sadies Bhoy
typing to fast and not prroof readiing!!! :-)
My Sister teaches P1 but has done all the Ps (if you know what I mean), and she has told me that she knows of kids that have left Primary School who are barely literate, now I would guess this is the fault of a few groups. Teachers, Parents and the kids themselves.
macjay:
I’ll give you a call over Christmas mate, at the moment I’m busy trying to get my taxes up to date.
BTW: when you next speak with hoolahoops… ask him about the “Scott Brown can’t pass” and see if he has changed his mind. Also please pass on my fond regards.
Milan v Arsenal
Could very well be no EPL representation in the QF of the CL
Scottish Cup Final 88. End of a special season, and Thatcher did make it slightly more special. The red cards at Hampden; I was 11, I was there, and my dad made sure I knew how much of a demon Thatcher was.
In all seriousness I wouldn’t have known the difference in policy between Darth Vadar and Maggie Thatcher, but, they were the two most evil characters in my universe at the time… shortly thereafter came Terry Hurlock.
Ten Men Won The League at 11:18
And wouldn’t that be awful sad.
Hope Udinese or Athletico Madrid get one of the other English teams in the Europa draw.
Mort
canamalar:
He is a personnal friend of mine and my own, has been for more than forty years. He has a different view point to you, and often me too, but he is still my friend and he is most certainly not a green hun.
He did not do too well in Republican history though :-) But then, not too many teachers dared to teach us in Glasgow, not even our Scottish history.
BontyBhoy says:
16 December, 2011 at 11:20
Scottish Cup Final 88. End of a special season, and Thatcher did make it slightly more special. The red cards at Hampden; I was 11, I was there, and my dad made sure I knew how much of a demon Thatcher was.
In all seriousness I wouldn’t have known the difference in policy between Darth Vadar and Maggie Thatcher, but, they were the two most evil characters in my universe at the time… shortly thereafter came Terry Hurlock.
share
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Denis thatchers wifes a whore, sung by both supporters and a great ending to a great year
greenjedi says:
16 December, 2011 at 10:51
Sadies Bhoy
“Kids are leaving school now unable to read or write. My Sisters a teacher and despairs at the education system. In Primary Schhools they now longer concentrate on the basics, readindg, writing and artithmetic but also have do give equal time to other stuff that while important is secondary to the basics.”
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As Sadie’sbhoy pointed out an over burdened curriculum and an excess of new initiatives have had an adverse effect on the Scottish education system. However, I can assure you the 3 R’s are still very much at the forefront of the Primary school curriculum.
The only children leaving school without the most basic skills in reading and writing are those who have had some type of specific learning difficulty.
The OECD measures the attainment of pupils in 50 odd countries every 4 years or so in the Programme for International Student Assessment. It’s been running since late 1990s.
It measures Literacy, Maths and Science attainment at 4th and 8th Grade. In Scotland, because our kids start school at a younger age, we measure attainment at P5 and S2 – 5th and 9th Grade effectively.
The most recent survey – 2009 – shows a continuing decline in attainment since the earlier surveys, with Scotland moving from an above average attainment relative to the other countries, to an average attainment for the three topics measured.
Effectively, our actual standard has remained fairly constant, neither improving nor declining overall (although there are trends at the top and bottom end of attainment) but the standards of other countries have improved hence our slip down the rankings.
We now lag behind economies such as Finland, Estonia, Singapore and Shanghai in the standard of education our kids receive.
Used to be true that Scotland had (relatively) world class education.
Now we’re definitively mediocre.
Not good for the old co-efficient.
BontyBhoy: 16 December, 2011 at 11:20
“Scottish Cup Final 88. End of a special season, and Thatcher did make it slightly more special. The red cards at Hampden; I was 11, I was there, and my dad made sure I knew how much of a demon Thatcher was.
“In all seriousness I wouldn’t have known the difference in policy between Darth Vadar and Maggie Thatcher, but, they were the two most evil characters in my universe at the time… shortly thereafter came Terry Hurlock.”
You forget Shirley Porter – possibly the vilest of them all.
KIT
Holahoops ?
I haven`t heard from him in ages.
DBBIA,
Is that true about Gerard Butler?
Gordon Bennett!
(DharmaBamwhoishopingforan”It’s the end of the world and we know it”inspiredGBfest)
Cha knocks ball on for Di Natale goal. C67 commentator continually blames big Dan.
Scott Brown penalised for dangerous challenge. Cha du Ri booked.
Baldism. Don’t ignore it.
Always dissapointed to go out of Europe but immensely proud of the players last night. Very pleased for Fraser who has taken a lot of abuse on these pages, most of which completely undeserved.
Anyway, it was always going to be a tall order getting out of this group with top Spanish and Italian sides in with us. Added to how we got into the group following an appeal, I think UEFA were quite happy for us to participate in the group stages but probably wouldn’t want us any further as Sion probably wouldn’t go away.
Performance wise, there was nothing disgraceful in any of the games. Neil set us out in good formations designed to win games but the odd lapse in concentration cost us vital points. It’s difficult I suppose from the players having to keep concentrated for long periods of the game when they don’t have to do this in the SPL so much. They will improve and I’m sure this experience will help them a lot.
Roll on Sunday and another performance like that and we’ll get the 3 points.
Mort
The Battered Bunnet says:
16 December, 2011 at 11:22
Significantly there is now a distinct lack of desire amongst many young people to actually WANT to learn. There are a multitude of other factors but this shouldn’t be ignored.
setting free the bears says:
16 December, 2011 at 11:17
He was funded by the Kremln. Why the secrecy ?
WHY THE SECRECY?
Because he worked for the Kremlin.That`s why.
And kept it secret.
Stalin? Kruschev? Nice chaps?
The culture that Britain needed?
greenjedi,
Universities have repeatedly said that there are some kids coming out of secondary school who have difficulties with the most basic English and maths
Well done the Bhoys last night.
Had a wee wager on logical choice of 1-1 and HT and FT draw.
So got a few bob coming back.
No let’s march on in Perth.
Mort (Kano 1000) says:
16 December, 2011 at 11:32
Correct Fraser had a great game although we thought he was too slow to come out for the goal but that’s the view we got from behind the goal.
I recorded the game and just watched their goal, he had no chance.
Gordon J
At my Sisters school she is not allowed to put a big red x beside mistakes anymore, thats madness!
Happy Birthday Mr Celtic. My Favourite Bhoy. R.I.P.
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Morning all from a snowy Newcastle.
Delighted with the performance from most of the Bhoys last night. Keep it going and we’ll be partying in April let alone May.
Just one thing really sticks in my throat and your thoughts would be most welcome……..how does everyone feel about the “leadership” shown by our “Captain” in allowing a team-mate to take his booking for him? If he then went on to do so off camera and that’s why Cha wasn’t sent off then I apologise but to me it was disgraceful.
As I say, it just wramkles me a bit.
somebody wants a wee free thread?
they were the crowd that got freds banned at the guu ;-)
whitsita’abootCSC
wramkles = wrankles!
Mort
Fair post. Fraser was indeed outstanding – best goalkeeping performance under Lennon’s reign. Every player will have benefited from the experience.
rangers conquerors in champions league and europa qualifiers
NK Maribor and Malmo
both finished bottom of their section in the Europa League with a teeny weeny point each
Apologies if you read that in todays papers ( perhaps you didn’t )
Not too privvy about the banner situation but…..my theory is that, ‘persons’ were planted in amongst the support last night, hoping that by displaying the banner then, the GB would take the fall and, I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that it was the same ‘persons’/journalist who, tried to record the fans in the Nou Camp singing TBOTOB and, submit the recording to stick-in the Celtic fans to UEFA ?
Which backfired as, UEFA dismissed the recording!
Off oot
May God Bless ‘Every’ Celtic Fan
prestonpans bhoys at 11:41
He’ll still make mistakes, I’ve yet to see a goalie who doesn’t but he is improving and is still very young for a goalie.
That double save from Di Natale was excellent. If that was McGregor we’d never hear the end of it.
Mort
prestonpans Bhoys
Your first impression was correct FF was slow to come off his line at goal,but he did have agood game,and I am his biggest critic.Slan
wrankles = rankles, even.
What were we saying about educational standards?!
Is it just me ,or did the guy not mis hit the cross for their goal? I thought he intended to hit the ball to over lapping team mate on the far side,but sliced it and caught us out.
It’s a wonder that no-one has suggested that Cha is an imposter… the great South Korean wingback is under lock and key somewhere at ‘Media house’ or mordor, and Lennon hasn’t spotted this interloper, possibly because they got to him too.
I don’t think we should be too down on the interlopers sent to undermine us… presumably they’re paying to get in, and with crowds down, because Lennon was got at and is playing the media interloper, it’s good for the finance.
Mort (Kano 1000) says:
16 December, 2011 at 11:49
Do you know anything about this banner stuff? There was some bhoys in front of me with various banners, which I didn’t bother to read, who looked like they were just out of school – I certainly would not serve them a pint!
Talking of flares,Voguepunter and Gordon 64 are getting togged up for the pensioners party in the Vogue.Close your eyes and think of Jack and Victor in the Clansman,and you are almost there yourself.
Canamalar I very rarely post on here now but the question you asked has been answered a few times. As far as I know (and I could well be wrong) No British club has flown the swastika. The game you are probably meaning is when the SFA hired Ibrox for an international v Nazi Germany. The swastika flag was the flag of the country Scotland were playing which is why the SFA had it flying. This had nothing to do with Rangers as it was an international
Dharma Bam says:
16 December, 2011 at 11:51
wrankles = rankles, even.
What were we saying about educational standards?!
Fair play Darma! I could say in my defence that I had just typed the word wrangle prior to posting on here but that would be pathetic so I won’t….sorry…shan’t. :-)