Chapter 425 Are We Not Easy to Deal With?

Although the Celtics are the lower ranked team in the Champions League round of 16, it is by no means easy for any team to eliminate the Celtics.

This season's Champions League, Celtic's performance is very good.

In the fourth round of the Champions League play-offs, Celtic visited Moscow in the first leg, miraculously drew the opponent on the home team's turf, and returned to the Park in the second leg, although Celtic had the right place and the right place. , but still failed to settle the Muscovites within 120 minutes.

However, in the brutal penalty shootout that followed, Celtic Poland's holy goalkeeper Boruc performed divinely and finally defeated the opponent and advanced to the group stage.

Celtic also performed very well in the group stage. Needless to say, they won one win and one draw with Shakhtar Donetsk. They also defeated their old rival Benfica and the group's seed team AC Milan at home, especially the latter game. The match against AC Milan was very eye-catching.

It was in the second round of the Champions League group stage. Celtic played against AC Milan at home. Celtic took the lead at the opening. After that, Kaka's free kick helped AC Milan tie the score. The Milan people thought it would be The beginning of the victory, but before the end of the game, goalkeeper Dida's injury and MacDonald's goal made them only return with defeat.

The Celtics can have such a performance, naturally and the strength of their players are inseparable.

Poland's holy goalkeeper Boruc is the Celtic's Dinghaishenzhen.

During the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Boruc served as the main goalkeeper of the Poland team. Despite the poor performance of the Polish team, Boruc's agility still left a deep impression on the fans. At the same time, Boruc also played well with his excellent performance. It is also favored by many European giants including AC Milan and Bayern Munich.

The Celtics also have a young genius McGiddy. Since his promotion to the Celtics first team, McGiddy's position has become more and more stable, and he has become the pillar of the Celtics midfield.

Striker MacDonald also performed well. In the match against AC Milan, he helped Celtic score a lore goal and became a hero who helped Celtic qualify for the group.

In addition, the Celtics also have the Japanese star Shunsuke Nakamura, who is familiar to East Asian fans. The midfielder he and McGiddy partnered with almost swept the other teams in the Super League.

Under the leadership of head coach Strachan, the Celtics have become the biggest dark horse in the Champions League. They are full of energy and fighting spirit. Many media believe that the Celtics are expected to block the Champions League. Manchester City.

Strachan also has a certain degree of confidence, especially after the 'Manchester derby brawl', he believes that Manchester City will definitely be affected a lot, then the Celtic has a better chance of winning.

However, the first home and then guest schedule is not good for the Celtics. Strachan knows that if the team wants to eliminate Manchester City, it must gain a greater advantage at home, otherwise it will lose compensation when it comes to the away game. wrong chance.

"Manchester City did well in the group stage, but they have suffered some setbacks. Celtic will try their best to gain an advantage at the Park. This is our chance. I believe my players will be able to play at home. Advantage."

"We will use our performance to let all opponents know that the Celtics are not a good team to deal with!"

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Strachan claims that Celtic will prove by their performance that they are not 'soft persimmons' in the Champions League.

When Strachan said this, there were still a lot of media dismissives. After all, the Celtics are only a Su Chaoqiang team, and the Soviet Super League is nothing in Europe. The results of the European war can not be said to be very good.

In comparison, Manchester City is a strong team in the Premier League. In recent years, the UEFA Champions League, whether it is fourth or first in the Premier League, can have a very good performance, and even Liverpool won the Champions League in the 2004-2005 season.

Celtic performed well in the Champions League group stage, but Manchester City's performance was even better. As a second-tier team, it has proved everything by completing the first stage of the group with an absolute advantage.

Perhaps the only recognition is that Strachan has placed the Celtics in a disadvantaged position - compared to the Premier League champions, the Soviet super giants are indeed much weaker.

But what no one expected was that Strachan, or the Celtics, would prove what they said.

Celtic Park Stadium.

In the 17th minute of the first half, the Celtics striker MacDonald helped the Celtics score their first goal.

"1:0! Celtic lead Manchester City!"

"It was Macdonald who scored the goal. He scored a goal in the European group match against AC Milan. This is his third goal in the Champions League!"

"Manchester City's defense was a bit negligent. Dunn failed to block the first point, and Ferreira at the back failed to hold his position, giving MacDonald a chance..."

After McDonnell scored, many media were praising the Celtics' performance.

In the previous game, the Celtics were very active in fighting, and their players were running non-stop on the court, which also proved that they were well prepared for the game.

In comparison, Manchester City's running was also very active, but in the beginning of the game, they seemed to be a little out of shape. As a result, they were the first to score a goal by Celtic.

But after the restart of the game, it can be seen that Manchester City is not in a hurry because of conceding the ball, and they still play well.

The Celtics are still immersed in the goal just now, many players have smiles on their faces, and some people are talking about the goal when they are running.

At this time, Manchester City also scored.

Just three minutes after the Celtics completed the goal, that is, in the 20th minute of the game, Manchester City took advantage of an opportunity, and Silva and Ivan Crewe completed a clever collision on the right side. After that, Silva took it into the penalty area and completed a lob shot with his right foot.

The football was hoisted over the goalkeeper Boruc's head into the top corner of the goal.

1:1!

Just after the goal, the entire Celtic fans were still immersed in the goal just now, they kept talking and thought that the Celtics were expected to eliminate Manchester City.

But then, they saw Manchester City complete the goal.

This difference made the noisy sound of the stadium suddenly quiet, and the Celtics fans couldn't believe that the team was tied so quickly.

After Manchester City scored the goal, the players celebrated excitedly, and the Manchester City fans who came to Glasgow with the team also waved and shouted. Wan Sheng stood on the sidelines and waved, applauding the goal.

"Silva!"

"After he cooperated with Ivan Crewe, he broke into the Celtics penalty area alone and completed a wonderful lob..."

"Celtic players seem to be thinking about the goal just now, they didn't expect Manchester City to get a chance so soon!"

"This goal proves the strength of Manchester City. They didn't work too hard. They just completed a clever cooperation and made the Celtic defense almost collapse. Goalkeeper Boruc was also a little surprised that the shot came so quickly. He failed to Respond immediately..."

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Although Manchester City quickly tied the score, but there is no denying the Celtic play.

In the atmosphere of the home team at Celtic Park, each of their players played quite well, and their intensive defense and active fighting caused a lot of trouble for Manchester City.

As the head coach Strachan said, the Celtics are not 'soft persimmons', they really fight, they still have a certain strength, and it is not surprising that they can beat AC Milan at home.

Soon the Celtics proved it again.

After Manchester City completed the goal, the two teams fought fiercely in the midfield. Manchester City had a certain advantage in possession, but facing the solid defense of the Celtics, it was not easy to score.

In addition, the Celtics' advance and counterattack are still very threatening. Their strong scramble has brought a lot of trouble to Manchester City. Their straight-forward cooperation can sometimes bring great threats.

As a result, in the 37th minute of the game, Manchester City's defense did not pay attention, and the Celtics used a counterattack to score a goal.

This time it was McGiddy's cross from the left.

Fullback Robson threw off Ivan Crewe and headed the goal. The ball drew an arc over Wang Xiaolei and ran into the door against the crossbar.

"Robson! Robson!"

"2:1!!"

"Celtics lead the score again! McGiddy's pass was exquisite, the ball just landed on top of Robson's head, Robson's header was very tricky, Wang Xiaolei made a save, but the football position was too far out, his arm No amount of time can stop it..."

Robson's goal, so that the entire Celtics fans boiling.

In fact, when the Celtics were going to play the round of 16 against Manchester City, they actually thought that the Celtics had little chance. After all, compared to the Celtics' glory in the Super League, Manchester City will be brilliant in the Premier League. So far, the opponent is still unbeaten in the Premier League, and there is almost no resistance in the Champions League. The Celtics' road to promotion will be much more difficult.

This already shows the difference between the two teams.

That's why they were so excited when they saw Celtic's first goal, which they could only put down when Manchester City quickly equalised.

Now the Celtics have scored again!

This is very unexpected to the fans. Celtic fans did not expect the team to play so well, so when Robson scored, Celtic Park immediately boiled.

Many fans remembered what head coach Strachan said before the game, "...The Celtics are not a good team to deal with!"

Now every Celtic is very recognized, they are proud of their mouths, it is like saying: "Look, we are not easy to deal with!" (To be continued ~^~)