Although the Celtics are the lower-ranked team in the Champions League, it is not easy for any team to want to eliminate the Celtics.
In this season's Champions League, the Celtics have done very well.
In the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League play-offs, the Celtics visited Moscow in the first round, miraculously tied the opponent on the turf of the home team, and returned to the Park Stadium in the second round, although the Celtics occupied the right place , But still failed to resolve the Moscow in 120 minutes.
However, in the brutal penalty shootout that followed, Celtic Polish sacred goalkeeper Borutz performed supernaturally and eventually defeated his opponent to advance to the group stage.
The Celtics also performed very well in the group stage. It is needless to say that they won one match with the Shakhtar Donetsk. They also defeated the old opponent Benfica and the team's seed team AC Milan at home, especially the latter game. The game against ac Milan was very eye-catching.
It was in the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage. The Celtics faced AC Milan at home. The Celtics took the lead at the beginning. After Kaka's free kick, he helped AC Milan tie the score. The Milanese thought it would be The beginning of the victory, but before the end of the game, goalkeeper Dida's injury and McDonald's goal, so that they can only return with failure.
The Celtics can have such a performance, it is naturally inseparable from the strength of their players.
The Polish sacred goalkeeper Borutz is the Celtic's Dinghaishenzhen.
During the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Borutz served as the main goalkeeper of Poland. Although the Polish team performed poorly, Borutz's agility is still impressing the fans. At the same time, Borutz also played with his excellent performance. It is also favored by many European giants including AC Milan and Bayern Munich.
The Celtics also have the young genius McGeedy. Since his promotion to the Celtics first team, McGeedy's position has become more and more stable. He has become the backbone of the Celtics midfield.
Striker McDonald also performed quite well. In the match against AC Milan, he helped the Celtics score a lore goal and became the hero who helped the Celtics achieve the group qualifying.
In addition, the Celtics and East Asia fans familiar with the Japanese star Toshio Nakamura, he and McGeedi partner midfielder, almost swept the other teams in the Su Chao.
Under the leadership of head coach Strachan, this Celtics has become the biggest dark horse in the Champions League. They are hard-working and full of fighting spirit. Many media believe that the Celtics are expected to block in the Champions League. Manchester City.
Strachan also has a certain degree of self-confidence, especially after the "Manchester Derby Fighting Event", he believes that Manchester City will definitely be affected by a lot, so the Celtics have a greater chance of winning.
However, the schedule of home-to-guest is not good for the Celtics. Strachan knows that if the team wants to eliminate Manchester City, they must obtain a greater advantage at home, otherwise they will lose their make-up Wrong chance.
"Manchester City's results in the group stage are good, but they have suffered some setbacks. The Celtics will try their best to win the advantage at the Park Stadium. This is our opportunity. I believe my players will be able to play at home. Advantage."
"We will use performance to let all opponents know that the Celtics are not a good team to deal with!"
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Strachan claimed that the Celtics will use their performance to prove that they are not the ‘soft persimmons’ of the Champions League.
When Strachan said so, there are still many media disdain, after all, the Celtics are only the Soviet Super League, the Soviet Super League is not a big deal in Europe, the Celtics as the Super League, this year The results of the European War cannot be said to be so good.
In comparison, Manchester City are the Premier League. In recent years, the Champions League, the Premier League, whether it is fourth or first, can have a very good performance, even Liverpool also won the 2004-2005 season Champions League championship.
The Celtics performed well in the UEFA Champions League group stage, but Manchester City's performance was even better. As a second-grade team, with an absolute advantage to complete the group's first qualifying, it proved everything.
Perhaps the only thing that is recognized is that Strachan placed the Celtics in a weak position-compared to the Premier League champions, the Suchao giants are indeed much weaker.
However, no one expected that Strachan, or the Celtics, used their performance to prove what they said.
Celtic Park stadium.
The game reached the 17th minute of the first half, just before the Celtics forward McDonald, helping the Celtics complete their first goal.
"1: 0! The Celtics lead Manchester City!"
"It was McDonald that scored the goal. He scored a goal in the European group stage and AC Milan before. This is the third goal he scored in the Champions League!"
"Manchester City's defense was somewhat negligent, Dunn failed to block the first point, and Ferreira failed to hold the position, giving McDonald a chance ..."
After McDonald's goal was completed, many media praised the Celtics' performance.
In the previous game, the Celtics were very aggressive and their players' continuous running on the court proved that they were fully prepared for the game.
In comparison, Manchester City's running is also very positive, but in the beginning of the game, they seem to be a little out of shape, and the result is the Celtics took the lead in scoring a goal.
But after the game restarted, you can see that Manchester City did not worry about losing the ball, they still played well.
The Celtics are also immersed in the goals just scored, many players have a smile on their faces, and some people discuss a goal with each other while running.
At this time, Manchester City also scored.
It was only three minutes after the Celtics completed the goal, that is, in the 20th minute of the game, Manchester City took advantage of an opportunity, Silva and Ivan Crewe completed a clever wall collision on the right. Silva took it into the penalty area and finished the volley with his right foot.
The football crossed the goalkeeper Borutz's head and hung into the top corner of the goal.
1: 1!
Immediately after the goal, the Celtics fans were still immersed in the goal just scored. They kept talking about it and thought that the Celtics are expected to eliminate Manchester City.
But then, they saw Manchester City finished the goal.
This difference made the noisy sound of the stadium suddenly quiet, and the Celtics fans could not believe that the team was tied so quickly.
After Manchester City completed the goal, the players were excited to celebrate. Manchester City fans who came to Glasgow with the team also waved and shouted. Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and cheered for the goal.
"Silva!"
"After he cooperated with Ivan Crewe, he went alone into the Celtics penalty area and completed a wonderful volley ..."
"The Celtics players seem to be thinking about the goal just now. They didn't expect Manchester City to get a chance so quickly!"
"This goal proves the strength of Manchester City. They didn't have much hard work. They just completed an ingenious cooperation, which caused the Celtics defense to nearly collapse. Goalkeeper Borutz was also a little surprised that the shot came so fast. The first reaction ... "
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Although Manchester City quickly tied the score, but it is undeniable that the Celtics play.
In the atmosphere of the home team of the Celtics Park stadium, each of their players played quite well. Their intensive defense and active fights have caused Manchester City a lot of trouble.
As the coach Stracan said, the Celtics are not ‘soft persimmons’. They really have a certain strength and they are not surprised that they can beat AC Milan at home.
The Celtics soon proved it again.
After Manchester City finished scoring, the two teams were fiercely fighting in the midfield. Manchester City have a certain advantage in ball control, but in the face of the Celtics' solid defense, it is not easy to score.
In addition, the Celtics' advancement and counterattack are still very threatening. Their fierce fights have caused Manchester City a lot of trouble. Their direct cooperation can sometimes bring great threats.
As a result, when the game reached the 37th minute, Manchester City's defense failed to pay attention, and the Celtics scored a goal with a counterattack.
This time it was McGiddy's cross from the left.
The full-back Robson threw off Ivan Krue header, and the ball crossed an arc over Wang Xiaolei, and walked into the gate against the crossbar.
"Robson! Robson!"
"2: 1 !!!"
"The Celtics led the score again! McGeedy's pass was very delicate. The ball just fell on Robson's head. Robson's header was very tricky. Wang Xiaolei made a save, but the football position was too far outside. No longer can stop ... "
Robson's goal made the Celtics fans boiling.
In fact ~ www.novelhall.com ~ When the Celtics are going to play in the elimination round against Manchester City, they actually think that the Celtics have little chance. After all, compared with the Celtics' glory in the Super League, Manchester City will be much more brilliant in the Premier League. At present, the other party is still unbeaten in the Premier League. There is almost no resistance in the Champions League. The Celtics' promotion road will be much more difficult.
This has explained the gap between the two teams.
Because of this, they were so excited when they saw the Celtics' first goal, and when Manchester City quickly equalized the score, they could only suppress this excitement.
Now the Celtics have scored again!
This is very unexpected to the fans. The Celtics fans did not expect the team to play so well, so when Robson finished scoring, the Celtics Park stadium immediately boiled.
Many fans remembered what coach Stracan said before the game, "... the Celtics are not a good team to deal with!"
Now every Celtic is very recognized, they proudly raised their lips, it is like saying: "Look, we are not good to deal with!" (To be continued.)