Faced with the goalkeeper’s resistance Marvin Kellersomewhat to one’s own ends Loris Benito In the 85th minute he was able to end the fight of Boysdefeated by Celtic with a good enough result (1-0) for the Scots mathematically qualified for the next stage of the Champions League.
Beside Slovan Bratislavahe Boys They are the only team in the competition without a point before the opening whistle in the six games they have played. His zero in the box showed an open path for Celticwho need three points to keep their chances of progressing.
Ruled by men Brendan Rogers achieved credible results in victories against Leipzig (3-1) or the Slovan Bratislava (5-1) and correlations in the stadiums of Atalanta (0-0) and Dinamo Zagreb (0-0) or at Celtic Park, match witches (1-1).
But the job is not done and nine points with two games remaining is clearly not enough for the Scottish team. The constant defeat of the competition Boys They invited a peaceful day, but it was not so because of the resistance put up by the Swiss team through its goalkeeper.
Engels did not miss the penalty
Keller It was erected like an almost impenetrable wall that, especially in the first part, was a headache for the team. Celtic. In the first 45′ he intervened up to four times: they suffered Reo Hatate and, above all Arne Engelsthat at the end of half-time there was a penalty that was saved by the goalkeeper of Boys
The only one who can destroy the fortress built by Keller is Kyogo Furuhashiwho celebrated a goal after half an hour that was disallowed due to a previous foul. VAR intervened and ended the happiness of those Celticwhich appeared strongly in the second although the script was not changed: Austin can be trusted He hit the crossbar with a header from a corner and Daizen Maeda crashed again Kellerwho again intervened to keep it 0-0,
Schmeichel avoided a 0-1 draw for the Males
Gradually, the Celtic It sprang up and gave ground. Demoralized by the interventions of Kellerreceived a great fright on the only occasion of Boysin the boots of Darian Men in a double shot from close range forced Kasper Schmeichel to be fully utilized.
Rodgers tried to give a turn to the last thickness of his team entering the Alex Valle, Paulo Bernardo and Adam Idah in the last quarter. Almost didn’t work. However, the light came on at Celtic Park with a through ball from Maeda to leave Idah just new Keller. The brilliant goalkeeper Boys He intervened again, but the rebound bounced off his body Benedict and entered his purpose. This is the only way to end their fight, but it is enough to qualify the Celtic for the playoffs.
match lineup
1
2
3
42
20
6
27
41
8
10
38
33
24
3
8
13
23
39
20
35
7
77
Celtic Park

Marvin Keller33
Zachary Athekame24
83′
68′
Jaouen Hadjam3
Lukasz Lakomy8
Mohamed Ali Camara13
46′
Loris Benito23
82′
85′
68′
Darian Men39
63′
Cheikh Niasse20
83′
30′
74′
Silvere Ganvoula35
45′
63′
19′
89′
Filip Ugrinic7
63′
87′
88′
Joel Monteiro77
71′

Replacements

David von Ballmoos26
Dario Marzino40
89′
Tanguy Zoukrou4
68′
Patrick Pfeiffer6
Lewin Blum27
83′
Kastriot Imeri10
Miguel Chaiwa14
63′
68′
Sandro Lauper30
83′
Cedric Itten9
63′
Ebrima Colley11
71′
74′
Meschack Elia15
Alan Virginius21

coach

Brendan Rodgers
Giorgio Contini
Source: La Verdad

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