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Celtic take another step towards the Champions League play-off. Then and | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
his team look to launch themselves further into another European | :01:23. | :01:33. | |
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adventure. With me in the studio, a importance and significance of this | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
game tonight. To: �22 million is what they managed to bring in for | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
the Champions League last year. As far as Alves Borg are concerned, the | :01:54. | :02:00. | |
same team that played in Glasgow in the first leg. Do you expect them to | :02:00. | :02:07. | |
be more advanced and night? More adventurous, to play slightly | :02:07. | :02:11. | |
further up the park. They have had a great record so far. They will want | :02:11. | :02:20. | |
to present a more attacking challenge to Celtic. Wilson starts | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
for Celtic, slight surprise for that. It looks like he's going back | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
to his old club. Will he be OK tonight? Neil Lennon is the best | :02:31. | :02:38. | |
judge of that. If Neil Lennon feels he is, we have to say yes. Celtic | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
know if they win this type, they will have European football all the | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
way through to Christmas. But it's the Champions League they want. And | :02:47. | :02:54. | |
if they win tonight, one tie away from the group stages. Celtic played | :02:54. | :03:03. | |
the same team so far. A tonight. He's gone with the five across the | :03:03. | :03:13. | |
middle to start of the game. I personally prefer Samaras starting | :03:13. | :03:21. | |
on the left, using his power, pace and presents, having that free role. | :03:21. | :03:31. | |
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I'm not too sure how clever he is. Neal has gone in. He's left strokes | :03:36. | :03:45. | |
out. Stokes won't be too happy about that. As long as he feels he still | :03:45. | :03:55. | |
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has a massive part to play... are not used to playing on that | :03:58. | :04:05. | |
surface. I don't know about you, but playing on an artificial surface, | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
even though it has improved dramatically since the days we were | :04:09. | :04:19. | |
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playing, now the parlous better and so on, still not quite the same. The | :04:23. | :04:32. | |
ball can't kick up higher than normal. Most of the players will | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
have to keep concentrated and get off to a good start. They will now | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
experience this occasion. It has come a little bit early in the | :04:43. | :04:52. | |
season for them. But now the league campaign has started. What I would | :04:52. | :05:02. | |
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say about playing on an artificial pitch, great success on it. | :05:03. | :05:06. | |
Cliftonville were also had an artificial surface. Maybe a good | :05:06. | :05:16. | |
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Stokes. How big a decision was that? A big decision but we have to think | :05:23. | :05:33. | |
of the opposition. A gamble to go with two wingers to start with. | :05:33. | :05:41. | |
Plenty of second options. Gives us that extra piece as well. You also | :05:41. | :05:50. | |
said you have a feeling you may scolded tonight. I hope so.I have | :05:50. | :06:00. | |
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always got Anthony Dave need him. We've got a bull substitutes. | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
Another plastic pitch. You have your experiences of them in recent years. | :06:06. | :06:12. | |
Happy with it? A strange one. It's got a sort of slope in the middle of | :06:12. | :06:22. | |
it. Different to what we normally play on. How important is Champions | :06:22. | :06:32. | |
League progression? These are really difficult games. The most difficult | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
period for myself. It's so important. We've got two more games, | :06:38. | :06:46. | |
but concentrating on one game at a time. Most people expect Celtic to | :06:46. | :06:53. | |
progress tonight. How confident are you of upsetting the odds? We are | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
feeling confident because here in our home ground, we normally play | :06:58. | :07:07. | |
football well. We have lost only one game in 27. We enjoy playing at home | :07:07. | :07:15. | |
so we have no pressure. For us, it's a game of opportunity. In terms of | :07:15. | :07:19. | |
how you set up tonight, how different a side should we expect | :07:19. | :07:28. | |
that we saw in Glasgow? It's the same 11 players. Of course, we have | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
to play a little bit more offensively because we have to score | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
goals but we feel we don't have to score in the first half because of | :07:37. | :07:45. | |
its 0-0 in the first half, we can score in the second half. The main | :07:45. | :07:52. | |
question is the balance between offence and defence. We are looking | :07:52. | :08:02. | |
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to having an extremely offensive from the first leg result last week. | :08:05. | :08:15. | |
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Only one goal in it. Yes, interesting, good cross. With his | :08:17. | :08:24. | |
right foot this time but such a vital goal. It sets a tie-up for | :08:24. | :08:31. | |
Celtic. Celtic rolling out to score one goal. Even if they do too, they | :08:31. | :08:38. | |
whose two goals, they are still through. They are sixth in the | :08:39. | :08:44. | |
Swedish league at the moment. They are not exactly in rip-roaring form | :08:44. | :08:54. | |
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at the moment. You all research has watched you watching the tape. | :08:56. | :09:03. | |
a ridiculous situation. Celtic may the initial mistake of not putting | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
in the initial contract. If they ever were to meet in any | :09:10. | :09:17. | |
competition, that's a mistake they made. That is not there. We should | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
even be talking about whether he plays or not. That should have been | :09:21. | :09:25. | |
written in the initial deal. But he's a threat, he's strong, use | :09:25. | :09:31. | |
quick. He will want to prove to Celtic and Neil Lennon that he | :09:31. | :09:37. | |
should be in the Celtic team. From his point of view, he has wanted to | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
show Neil... It rattles the bar there. They've got dangerous | :09:43. | :09:52. | |
players. If it was me, I would probably show respect to my parent | :09:52. | :10:00. | |
club and not play. The pressure on Celtic getting there has been | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
massive and that's something Neil Lennon wants to keep away from the | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
players. The players are aware if they don't go through, it is such a | :10:09. | :10:15. | |
long season for them. Getting through tonight would be mass for | :10:15. | :10:25. | |
Celtic and Scottish football. Last year, they earned �20 million. But | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
everybody concerned, it was such a fantastic thing to watch. The only | :10:30. | :10:36. | |
thing about these players, it adds real value. You have looked at what | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
they have got. They wouldn't have got that if they were playing at the | :10:39. | :10:45. | |
highest level. They are aware that pressure. How do they handle it? | :10:45. | :10:54. | |
They will feel confident. If you are looking for a parallel, last season, | :10:54. | :11:03. | |
Celtic knocked out those -- knocked out the season champions. If Celtic | :11:03. | :11:10. | |
got the job done, live coverage on the BBC of the second leg coming | :11:10. | :11:20. | |
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comfortable European passages. The Swedish champions were pretty happy | :11:35. | :11:43. | |
with the ones - zero defeat they took back. Commons stooped to head, | :11:43. | :11:53. | |
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giving his team the advantage right Swedish champions. Wilson looks as | :12:18. | :12:27. | |
though he's off to Nottingham Forrest. But Stokes has been | :12:27. | :12:37. | |
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will this go? The Swedish champions have a more offensive team. But Neil | :12:54. | :12:57. | |
Lennon had a little note of caution, talking about half-time | :12:57. | :13:05. | |
level. I'm not quite sure they will come out all guns blazing. They will | :13:05. | :13:15. | |
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the Swedish champions. At this stage last year, it was Helsinki and | :13:28. | :13:38. | |
Celtic were 2-1 up. This is a better lead. It is the fourth of six | :13:38. | :13:46. | |
hurdles they need to overcome. But the next one is a high jump in it | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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hearts's drawl at Anfield last August. He could be a massive player | :14:14. | :14:24. | |
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for Celtic tonight. He proved that countless times. Much controversy | :14:30. | :14:37. | |
surrounding his inclusion in the starting line-up last week. We so | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
OTT from seed in the domestic game, players on loan cannot play against | :14:41. | :14:51. | |
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are out to win this one. Perhaps not Tonight Celtic up against Elfsborg | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
struggling for form. Their hands are beginning to slip off the Swedish | :15:41. | :15:51. | |
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title. Sixth in the league just now, mid season, here in Sweden, nine | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
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very well in the air against him in the first game. Caused them | :16:57. | :17:07. | |
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number 25 in behind the Celtic defence. Bangura almost cut the ball | :17:28. | :17:33. | |
out. Wilson went tight, but turned easily. It was then that the ball | :17:33. | :17:39. | |
almost went in behind the play in advance was offside. It went to | :17:39. | :17:49. | |
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Bangura who intercepted and Klarstrom. Easy for Ambrose. The big | :18:35. | :18:40. | |
decision for Neil Lennon when it came to Stokes does he play Stokes | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
up front and Samaras to the left or bring in Charlie Mulgrew, he went | :18:44. | :18:49. | |
for the latter? The set-pieces will be important tonight. They have lost | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
goals from corner kicks. Lost a goal from a wide free-kick and a header. | :18:55. | :18:58. | |
He will think that Charlie's set-pieces will be very important | :18:58. | :19:07. | |
tonight. Is Charlie Mulgrew. A challenge by Larsson. Former Sweden | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
under-21 international with the tackle. Celtic would love an early | :19:12. | :19:22. | |
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deal of width, they are playing narrow, a lot of players around each | :19:53. | :20:03. | |
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coach guided them to the title last season. They are not in | :20:20. | :20:25. | |
title-winning form. The Swedish title was won almost a year ago, | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
really, last autumn. He has kept most of the team that was | :20:30. | :20:38. | |
successful. This is Izaguirre, he picked out Bangura. He wasn't far | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
away from the man on-loan from Celtic. Spectacular effort. Terrific | :20:44. | :20:50. | |
effort. Good ball in. A little bit of gymnastic ability there. A little | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
bit unlucky. Really unlucky not to score a goal there. That is a big | :20:55. | :21:03. | |
warning to Celtic the danger that he can pose. That's if they don't know | :21:03. | :21:10. | |
it already! The Elfsborg fans in the stand that we are in, which is where | :21:10. | :21:20. | |
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the cameras are, all felt that was front, one has to engage them. That | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
ball can't come in. One has to engage him and stop him receiving | :21:45. | :21:52. | |
that ball and put pressure on him. Elfsborg have started brightly, as | :21:52. | :22:02. | |
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they had to, 1-0 down in the tie. It to see him play well in a Scottish | :23:13. | :23:17. | |
squad next week that has a chance of playing in Wembley. A big | :23:17. | :23:22. | |
performance tonight. Away from home you need the player who can take up | :23:22. | :23:28. | |
the park and make or get you a goal. It's a big role for him tonight. | :23:28. | :23:38. | |
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Elfsborg free-kick. Bangura chopped very useful area for the Swedish | :23:50. | :23:59. | |
champions. Mulgrew, Wilson, Samaras, they have a lot of height Celtic. As | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
much as it is a dangerous position, Celtic should be more than capable | :24:04. | :24:14. | |
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of defending this. Ishizaki is over it. Bangura was involved. He was | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
challenging with Joe Ledley. Did he use the hand? The referee goes to | :24:20. | :24:30. | |
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his pocket. There is no card coming out for Bangura. I think it was a | :24:31. | :24:36. | |
hand, trying to gain an advantage there. The referee reacted | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
immediately as if he was going to book to him. By the time he reached | :24:39. | :24:44. | |
him and spoke to him he didn't book him, which was a little bit of a | :24:44. | :24:54. | |
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surprise. No supporters behind Forster's goal as it's terrace | :25:01. | :25:11. | |
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terracing and UEFA don't allow that. Useful ball in. Ellegaard | :25:21. | :25:31. | |
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the keeper. They don't want to be put putting balls in random, they | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
need to be more selective, if Samaras is on his own, pick him out, | :25:44. | :25:54. | |
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don't put it in there hoping for something, pick him out. Ellegaard, | :26:00. | :26:05. | |
the goalkeeper, started his career at Manchester City. Ambrose deals | :26:05. | :26:15. | |
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with it. Celtic will try and make the world, he was looking for | :26:31. | :26:38. | |
Izaguirre. Can he get there? Yes, he can. Samaras. Well, that is a | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
massive chance. A great ball over the top. Must take it down the right | :26:43. | :26:47. | |
hand side, puts in a terrific ball, the sort of ball that a centre | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
forward wants. Not a lot of action on it. A ball left up in the air for | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
Samaras to head. Really, Samaras will be disappointed that he didn't | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
score there. That was a huge chance for Celtic to make life very | :27:00. | :27:05. | |
difficult for Elfsborg with a 2-0 advantage. The manager thought he | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
had it. He thought he had a two-goal lead which would have meant Elfsborg | :27:11. | :27:21. | |
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would need to win by three, at least there, Bangura might be in. Ambrose | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
stands his ground. Just for a split second it looked as if Alhassan | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
Bangura had got goal-side of Ambrose. Ambrose was a little bit | :28:14. | :28:17. | |
tight. He has to be touch tight there. He has to be able to see the | :28:17. | :28:22. | |
ball. He got up against Bangura and got a little bit lucky. It almost | :28:22. | :28:26. | |
got the other side of him. Again, I think this pitch, on a grass pitch | :28:26. | :28:33. | |
you might have got that ball out and got a shot in. Looking for King. | :28:33. | :28:43. | |
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They couldn't decide what to do. James Keene... Celtic looking | :28:46. | :28:51. | |
dangerous dangerously at the back. Uncertainty. They have to be not too | :28:51. | :28:57. | |
tight as we said already. Ambrose has already, Wilson has already. | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
Allowing Bangura to get to the other side of him. They have been | :29:00. | :29:04. | |
fortunate he has not got away. A little bit of hesitation dealing | :29:04. | :29:13. | |
with the ball. Bangura's hand that hit, not Ambrose. Elfsborg corner. | :29:13. | :29:20. | |
It's Ishizaki who will take it. Two Elfsborg players went for it. | :29:20. | :29:26. | |
Samaras thump it is anywhere. Celtic under the kosh here. Ledley is there | :29:26. | :29:31. | |
to spoon it away. Samaras will go on the counter. If he can get it under | :29:31. | :29:39. | |
control, Celtic are three on two. He has been pick-pocketed by Larsson. | :29:39. | :29:44. | |
Samaras hauls Larsson to the ground. The Elfsborg are baying for the | :29:44. | :29:48. | |
Greek international. They want to see a yellow card here. Initially, | :29:48. | :29:52. | |
Samaras did well. He got to the ball first. He turned back on to his left | :29:52. | :30:01. | |
foot. As he looked out the other side to see if they can get the ball | :30:01. | :30:08. | |
to the play player he gave the ball away. He intended to play-the-ball | :30:08. | :30:13. | |
that was there for Samaras, he was frustrated with it. There wasn't | :30:13. | :30:23. | |
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much contact. Perhaps that is why ball up to him. Just give Celtic a | :30:44. | :30:54. | |
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little bit of time for the likes of Celtic. At one point, I thought you | :31:52. | :31:58. | |
would go down. But he's got a corner kick. Samaras will give them a bit | :31:58. | :32:08. | |
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of a problem. But I think commons is scrappy at the moment. Celtic are | :32:51. | :33:01. | |
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a little bit ragged. Celtic are Celtic free kick. This is a | :34:38. | :34:46. | |
fantastic opportunity for Celtic. The centre half didn't judge that at | :34:46. | :34:56. | |
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all well. Celtic are seeking to take advantage of this opening. Chances | :34:59. | :35:09. | |
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like this certainly don't come very often. The goalkeeper trying to | :35:10. | :35:20. | |
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arrange the yellow and black wall. In discussion with Svensson. | :35:21. | :35:28. | |
Potentially huge moment in this Champions League second leg. Mulgrew | :35:28. | :35:38. | |
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These were two fantastic opportunities for Celtic. It broke | :36:05. | :36:10. | |
through the wall, dropped on the edge of the six yard box. The | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
goalkeeper made a fantastic save but I still think Celtic should be ahead | :36:17. | :36:27. | |
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Lennon knows there is still danger. Celtic still have to be very | :36:52. | :37:02. | |
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Forrest has got behind it. Give him that. And a potential for Lustig | :38:22. | :38:32. | |
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that territory and then you give managers. Neil Lennon looked a | :39:03. | :39:12. | |
little bit stressed there. I think you would be frustrated. The game | :39:12. | :39:22. | |
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has deteriorated. It is a little bit scrappy. Bangura and Keane both | :39:25. | :39:29. | |
putting pressure on Wilson and Ambrose and they are not enjoying | :39:29. | :39:39. | |
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are on their travels are Elfsborg. Already, we have seen a lot more of | :40:01. | :40:05. | |
them as an attacking force tonight than they were at Celtic Park last | :40:05. | :40:15. | |
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Svensson was the one man who has Bangura. He's been a handful. A | :41:35. | :41:40. | |
couple of times, he has been lucky not to get behind them. Celtic have | :41:40. | :41:47. | |
got away with it but I think that he obviously is conscience he is | :41:47. | :41:53. | |
playing against his old team. He is said to prove he should be playing | :41:53. | :42:03. | |
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for Celtic are not Elfsborg tonight. Still will not sure about his | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
hamstring problem till just before kick-off. Keeping an eye on him | :42:08. | :42:11. | |
during warm up. Certainly don't think he'll last the 90 minutes | :42:11. | :42:21. | |
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pressure. From Somerset, 27 years of They are coming out a little bit | :43:25. | :43:33. | |
ragged, a little bit slowly. Bangura hasn't got Wilson and Ambrose for | :43:33. | :43:43. | |
pace. Well, the ball has come in for Bangura. Another worry for Neil | :43:43. | :43:51. | |
Lennon. He's got to mark him better, got to engage him. He has | :43:52. | :43:58. | |
closed his body to Bangura and has lost him. He has got to keep better | :43:58. | :44:03. | |
contact with him. If they get up to the halfway line, you has not got | :44:03. | :44:13. | |
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the pace to out run Ambrose on just three starts, no goals. One of | :44:25. | :44:34. | |
those starts was a Roper league game. He is throwing his weight | :44:34. | :44:38. | |
around upfront. His header there was not a good good as Chancellor | :44:38. | :44:48. | |
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Samaras. Bangura could be expected It has turned into a pass back from | :45:14. | :45:24. | |
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It has turned into a pass back from are coming from Elfsborg losing the | :45:30. | :45:35. | |
ball? It will worry Neil Lennon what is happening up front. Bangura has | :45:35. | :45:39. | |
given a foul away at that time, that is where he will be worrying, | :45:39. | :45:43. | |
looking at his centre halfs thinking they have been messed about. It's | :45:43. | :45:50. | |
causing the whole team a little bit of anxiety, it's creeping into the | :45:50. | :45:57. | |
play and passing. They have to get a bitter grip of Bangura and the whole | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
confidence then can go through the team. It is giving Neil Lennon | :46:03. | :46:07. | |
plenty to think about so far. They have just played over the half-hour | :46:07. | :46:17. | |
mark, 0-0. Celtic still ahead in the tie on aggregate. Brown was taken | :46:17. | :46:27. | |
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Svensson in the engine room, out wide tonight. A corner. That was a | :46:39. | :46:44. | |
good idea, Forrest pulled off. They played a good ball into his feet. | :46:44. | :46:49. | |
Likewise, Forrest did the right thing, quickly turned it on to his | :46:49. | :46:57. | |
right foot and won a danger kick. Dangerous position for Celtic, | :46:57. | :47:03. | |
Charlie Mulgrew and the quality he can deliver. We know about Charlie | :47:03. | :47:09. | |
Mulgrew's left foot. What can he conjure up here? The goalkeeper | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
thought about coming. It didn't matter in any case. Again, like the | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
throw-in in the same corner, dispinting challenge, over hit it | :47:18. | :47:23. | |
there. Not sure again whether the surface put too much on it. They | :47:23. | :47:28. | |
have to put a ball in. With the quality he has, he should be putting | :47:28. | :47:34. | |
the ball in put pressure on the Elfsborg back four and the Elfsborg | :47:34. | :47:43. | |
goalkeeper. It came straight out for a goal kick. There is someone | :47:43. | :47:51. | |
struggling in the Elfsborg backline. It looks as though he is get getting | :47:51. | :48:01. | |
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ready to come on. This could be a nervy night in Scandinavia. Mobaeck | :48:05. | :48:15. | |
:48:15. | :48:16. | ||
comes off replaced by the younger Tom Soderberg who had six years at a | :48:16. | :48:26. | |
:48:26. | :48:26. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :48:26. | :49:30. | |
team not far from here, he is a new Matthew Stokes, Watt and Kayal. | :49:30. | :49:34. | |
Wilson, on the stretch, didn't get much of the ball, if at all. | :49:34. | :49:44. | |
:49:44. | :50:05. | ||
Elfsborg will play on. Celtic dig it game and his role playing upfront | :50:05. | :50:09. | |
and whether he would be effective. So far he hasn't really been as | :50:09. | :50:13. | |
effective as we have seen him be when he is coming from the deeper | :50:13. | :50:17. | |
positions, from the wider left hand side when he is able to... | :50:17. | :50:21. | |
Balcombing in from the right - sorry, carry on. He was able to run | :50:21. | :50:27. | |
at people. You know, to carry the ball at them. He is not able to do | :50:27. | :50:31. | |
that because he is playing with his back to the back four. Kean, good | :50:31. | :50:41. | |
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turn, not such a good shot. -- Keene. This was Bangura again. There | :50:43. | :50:52. | |
was the challenge by Wilson, got the right booed on it, Izaguirre did as | :50:52. | :50:57. | |
well. Izaguirre definitely did. I think Wilson missed the ball. It | :50:57. | :51:02. | |
could easily have been a free-kick. It looked if he got anything on it, | :51:02. | :51:12. | |
:51:12. | :51:19. | ||
it was a faint touch, when we first strength at which that pass came to | :51:19. | :51:28. | |
him. It might set something up though, Commons. Ledley to Lustig, | :51:28. | :51:38. | |
:51:38. | :52:13. | ||
Scottish internationals. In their Charlie Mulgrew. He did as well as | :52:13. | :52:18. | |
he could with the cross. It was a little bit too high for him. They | :52:18. | :52:28. | |
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spoke before the game about being half-time at level. They have done | :52:28. | :52:33. | |
that. In fact, they have stepped on and put Celtic under pressure. They | :52:34. | :52:42. | |
have played up against Celtic. is on the ground. No free-kick, the | :52:42. | :52:52. | |
:52:52. | :52:52. | ||
Russian referee has little sympathy. He will stop proceedings now. They | :52:52. | :53:02. | |
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have already had to make one change Elfsborg, Keene clutching on to his | :53:05. | :53:15. | |
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right ankle. Am rose, the offender. -- Ambrose. He has had seven loan | :53:24. | :53:34. | |
:53:34. | :53:55. | ||
flicked on by Samaras, easy for slash astronomy. -- Klarstrom. Keene | :53:55. | :54:05. | |
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is all better. Bangura. Klarstrom looking for Rohden. The referee | :54:07. | :54:12. | |
wasn't happy with the challenge by Svensson. Showing a lot of | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
experience there, Scott Brown, winning himself a free-kick there. | :54:17. | :54:21. | |
Bangura has given the two centre halfs a problem. You spoke about him | :54:21. | :54:26. | |
being a player who came from Kidderminster, he is carving himself | :54:26. | :54:31. | |
out a great career over here. He shouldn't be able to give them as | :54:31. | :54:38. | |
difficult a time as he is. Celtic's kr halves need to do better against | :54:38. | :54:43. | |
these two. The defence got a good run out in the Champions League's | :54:43. | :54:48. | |
Group stage last season. Adam Matthews is on the bench tonight, he | :54:48. | :54:58. | |
:54:58. | :55:12. | ||
played his part as well. It has been Izaguirre and Brown. Hoofs it clear. | :55:12. | :55:22. | |
:55:22. | :55:53. | ||
played into the middle earlier. Towards Ishizaki, Wilson. Wilson | :55:53. | :56:03. | |
:56:03. | :56:09. | ||
claiming his innocence, and the around in the wide areas again. In | :56:09. | :56:18. | |
towards Bangura. 6 foot 7 figure of Fraser Forster collects. Not winning | :56:18. | :56:26. | |
the ball allowed the cross to come in. Forster took it comfortably. The | :56:26. | :56:29. | |
centre half impulsive. He needs to pick and choose when he is going to | :56:29. | :56:36. | |
ground. He needs to win the ball if he does. That is the number 21, | :56:36. | :56:46. | |
:56:46. | :56:48. | ||
Hauger. Creeping ever closer to the half-time whistle. Celtic still | :56:48. | :56:58. | |
:56:58. | :57:07. | ||
leading by 1-0 on aggregate, 0-0 here in Boras Arena. Samaras had a | :57:07. | :57:17. | |
:57:17. | :57:19. | ||
header that went over and Ledley's attempt saved. The manager has | :57:19. | :57:22. | |
different aspects to think about defensively. He has to take into | :57:22. | :57:27. | |
account they are away from home and thinking about getting a goal. You | :57:27. | :57:29. | |
wonder about Anthony Stokes and beyond that Hooper in particular. | :57:29. | :57:33. | |
Those two chances, if either of them had been on the end of them, would | :57:34. | :57:43. | |
both of them be in a goal and would this tie be all over? Gary Hooper | :57:43. | :57:49. | |
and Victor Wanyama two of the stars of the show last season in Europe. | :57:49. | :57:55. | |
There were many in green and white. So many helped guide the club into | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
:58:05. | :58:06. | ||
the last 16. Lustig, it opened up for him. If you are a striker you | :58:06. | :58:12. | |
are doing well to score from, there let alone a right back. I don't mind | :58:12. | :58:17. | |
him doing that. They were taking shots from distance warming up. A | :58:17. | :58:22. | |
lot was ending up in the bottom corner of the net. He had a lash. It | :58:22. | :58:28. | |
went 15 yards wide. You have to hit a target. There is an opportunity on | :58:28. | :58:32. | |
this surface. The ball can move very quickly and it's difficult for the | :58:32. | :58:42. | |
:58:42. | :59:04. | ||
Soderberg there. Soderberg got there first. Mulgrew. Missed by Larsson. | :59:04. | :59:10. | |
The flag is up on this near side. think he was margin Ali offside | :59:10. | :59:15. | |
there. They have to do that. Samaras did win the header earlier in that | :59:15. | :59:21. | |
sequence. He won the header, Forrest was the one support it and getting | :59:21. | :59:26. | |
on the end of it. There has been a lot of balls up to Samaras he hasn't | :59:26. | :59:31. | |
won as cleanly as that. He has to do as well as that, better than he has | :59:31. | :59:41. | |
:59:41. | :59:53. | ||
been doing. Ambrose missed that, to Lennon, because he is leading the | :59:53. | :59:56. | |
tie or Jorgen Lennartsson because he is happy with that scoreline? | :59:56. | :00:00. | |
think it will be Jorgen Lennartsson. He will seen more, nerves at the | :00:00. | :00:06. | |
back. Seen what Bangura and Keene have gone to the Celtic back four. | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
He will be encouraged. Neil Lennon at half-time will have things to say | :00:10. | :00:14. | |
to help put this right. There is uncertainty in the cellic's | :00:14. | :00:18. | |
performance. First half is not over, a minute of stoppage-time. We moved | :00:18. | :00:23. | |
into that. That was sold short to Svensson, which Mulgrew was across. | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
Celtic have somehow contrived to give the ball away. Bangura's effort | :00:27. | :00:37. | |
:00:37. | :00:37. | ||
is blocked by Wilson. The Swedish fans want a penalty. He went to | :00:37. | :00:41. | |
ground that time. He wrapped his leg around, it was a good challenge. He | :00:41. | :00:51. | |
:00:51. | :00:51. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :00:51. | :01:35. | |
half-time, with literally seconds to behind it. That is the final act of | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
the first half. We are no nearer knowing who will go through this | :01:40. | :01:50. | |
:01:50. | :01:53. | ||
time. The manager reckoned 0-0 would be a decent score for his Swedish | :01:53. | :02:03. | |
:02:03. | :02:25. | ||
the balance, isn't it? Play a lot better. They have looked very one | :02:25. | :02:30. | |
dimensional, very predictable. Every time the goalkeeper, Forster, has | :02:30. | :02:35. | |
got the ball, all he does is the big move up the middle to Samaras. I | :02:35. | :02:42. | |
would like to see Lustig split wide. You've got players like Ledley | :02:42. | :02:48. | |
and Brown in the middle of the park, meant to be good footballers, good | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
passes. Go and get the ball. Commons is in there to get on the ball and | :02:53. | :02:59. | |
make things happen for Celtic. I have not seen him in 45 minutes. | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
When Forrest is running at the full-back, he is looking inside. | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
Samaras is drifting out to the left. Commons is nowhere to be | :03:09. | :03:19. | |
:03:19. | :03:20. | ||
seen. You've got to have an option for Forrest. Saying all that, they | :03:20. | :03:27. | |
can play a lot better. The worry I have is the defensive qualities of | :03:27. | :03:37. | |
Celtic. They are so deep at times, and this big gap is between the | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
midfield and defence. Bangura is using his strength. It only takes | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
one header down or one deflection and a midfielder coming onto that. | :03:51. | :03:56. | |
They also have a very good chance, like Bangura's chance. I would like | :03:56. | :04:05. | |
to see that again. But maybe he should dominate. It only takes one | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
opportunity. John is talking from an attacking side, I am also talking | :04:09. | :04:16. | |
about it defensively. The picture is not good as well. They are finding | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
it difficult. A lot of it has been uncomfortable viewing but Celtic | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
have two great chances to score. Yes, but lasting does brilliantly to | :04:33. | :04:43. | |
:04:43. | :04:49. | ||
get there. It's criminal not to hit the target. Lustig does brilliantly. | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
He's got to hit it back across the goalkeeper. I've seen a Samaras | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
score lots of good headers. There is the reaction on the touchline to | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
that. They realise how big a chance it was. So was this. And what a | :05:06. | :05:15. | |
fantastic save. What a fantastic save. He sticks up his hand, comes | :05:15. | :05:22. | |
out. He didn't know much about it but he made a fantastic save and | :05:22. | :05:31. | |
that was probably the best chance of the game. I don't blame Ledley too | :05:31. | :05:38. | |
much there. The goalkeeper has spread himself, much like Schmeichel | :05:38. | :05:48. | |
:05:48. | :05:52. | ||
used to do. We've got a request to see the Bangura header. This was a | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
big chance, wasn't it? Big chance. I don't know where his starting | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
position was, but almost ended up in the six yard box. Ambrose didn't do | :06:05. | :06:15. | |
himself any favours, either. Hit it back across the goalkeeper. When the | :06:15. | :06:23. | |
winger has got time, he's sprinting out, stopping that cross. Stop the | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
initial ball come in the box. Then Ambrose doesn't have to deal with | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
the problem. There were a couple of other incidents where the ball was | :06:34. | :06:44. | |
:06:44. | :06:46. | ||
way out. Celtic have created chances are not defended well. Wilson and | :06:46. | :06:51. | |
Ambrose at times look as if they never played together at the back. | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
That's what Neil Lennon will be saying to them at half-time. They've | :06:56. | :07:01. | |
got to sharpen up. The next 45 minutes is massive in terms of their | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
season, their futures. John was right earlier on. Celtic need to get | :07:07. | :07:17. | |
a hold of the ball. They need to pass it around. These players are | :07:17. | :07:24. | |
good passes. This is why they play for Celtic. We spoke about the | :07:24. | :07:33. | |
pressure of tonight, about what it means. Is that showing itself? | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
not so sure. I think the pictures and helping them. I've seen one ball | :07:37. | :07:46. | |
coming into the box and it's almost checked back. But they are not used | :07:46. | :07:51. | |
to playing on that. When they get the ball, it is coming off them | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
quicker. Even the quality of the past, maybe they are overheating. It | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
does look as if there is a little bit of nerves, certainly at the | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
back. Wilson is leaving the football club tomorrow, apparently, so I | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
don't know where his head is tonight. But I just think in | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
football, you've always got a chance to put it right, and it's not been a | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
great first half from Celtic. I expect them to come out sharper and | :08:20. | :08:30. | |
:08:30. | :08:31. | ||
braver. Bangura is causing Ambrose on Wilson problems, isn't he? | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
does well to get an overhead kick. It is individual ability this | :08:39. | :08:49. | |
:08:49. | :08:50. | ||
season. But it's the strength. Every time he looks as if he wants to hit | :08:50. | :09:00. | |
:09:00. | :09:01. | ||
about being outmuscled. Ambrose does well in the end because he stands | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
strong. But Bangura should take that onto his left side, chances left | :09:07. | :09:13. | |
foot, but in the end, Ambrose gets back. When you drop off into those | :09:13. | :09:20. | |
areas, then he becomes dangerous. You were a big guy. As a centre | :09:20. | :09:27. | |
forward, you can push the centre halfback. The centre halves should | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
be up, pushing the centre forwards up all the time. They are missing | :09:33. | :09:41. | |
out the midfield a lot of the time. Celtic should surely be dealing with | :09:41. | :09:49. | |
this better. This is a little overhead pass for Keene. This is how | :09:49. | :09:54. | |
Swedish teams to play. But look at the gaps between midfield and the | :09:54. | :10:01. | |
back forward. They are not dealing with at first ball. I think it was | :10:01. | :10:10. | |
Mulgrew that time, a handball. Don't let him get in front here. | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
Celtic have been very similar. Look how many times Celtic get them play | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
from the back. Every single occasion, when forced gets the ball, | :10:21. | :10:27. | |
he who set up to Samaras. But we are then going away from what Celtic are | :10:27. | :10:33. | |
very good at, they are a very good passing team. You see them at home | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
sometimes, they pass to death. Go out there, have the confidence and | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
be brave to pass the ball around. So is that what Neil Lennon is | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
concentrating on at the moment? think he will be working on their | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
mentality little bit. But yes, he will be asking them to pass the ball | :10:53. | :10:56. | |
but will not be creating negatives at half-time. He will be trying to | :10:56. | :11:06. | |
keep them motivated. We haven't seen comments yet in the game. Celtic | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
have created the two best chances in the game. Neal took a gamble, | :11:12. | :11:20. | |
playing Mulgrew. If he had gone with strokes, it's all ifs and buts. | :11:20. | :11:28. | |
Annie has the opportunity to bring Stokes into the game as well. | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
is his big chance. Yes, he's on the bench, but he could come on. He has | :11:33. | :11:42. | |
the opportunity. It only takes one more goal in the tie is finished. By | :11:42. | :11:48. | |
bringing in Stokes, you might make Samaras more comfortable as well. | :11:48. | :11:53. | |
highlighted it at times. Samaras naturally just drifted out. He had | :11:53. | :11:59. | |
hardly been out the right-hand side because he is so used to playing out | :11:59. | :12:06. | |
on the left. We may see a change. We may see Mulgrew going off. You may | :12:06. | :12:16. | |
see Stokes come on. He might push Samaras out onto the left. Wilson | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
appears to be on his way out, back to Nottingham Forrest. How concerned | :12:21. | :12:29. | |
would you be by the fact that Cooper, first choice picks, Wilson? | :12:29. | :12:34. | |
Is the timing of it. I don't know when this has been brewing. It's | :12:34. | :12:39. | |
come out over the last 24 hours that he has been moving. If it's a | :12:39. | :12:46. | |
professional move, I think it's outrageous because Celtic are in the | :12:46. | :12:56. | |
Champions League and will help them progress. If it's a family issue, | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
then we have two say everybody needs to deal with those family problems. | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
I hope it's the second one. But it's the timing of it! For Neil Lennon, | :13:07. | :13:17. | |
:13:17. | :13:20. | ||
he's left centre back. Now he has to start all over again. They've | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
obviously brought in the Dutch guy. But then they can move Charlie back | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
in there. But I would rather Charlie playing out on the left-hand side. | :13:30. | :13:37. | |
How much will they were Miss Wilson? He's been solid. He's played in big | :13:37. | :13:46. | |
games. I think maybe he's unsettled. Maybe he's got issues at home. From | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
a professional point of view, you don't go to Nottingham Forrest and | :13:49. | :13:58. | |
swap. I thought there were times last year where his confidence was | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
way down there. He should be able to go out there and get on the ball and | :14:02. | :14:09. | |
demand the ball. It's an individual, confidence thing, though. Players | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
have to get that confidence themselves. Nobody teaches a centre | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
forward to score goals and be comfortable. He have to bring that | :14:18. | :14:26. | |
out yourself. That's what the top players do. How confident are you | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
feeling that Celtic can get the job done here? Before the game, I was | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
always confident they would get that goal. They have had two very good | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
chances. I think they will get more chances. They have to take it | :14:41. | :14:46. | |
because the longer the game this goes on, they could be in trouble. | :14:46. | :14:54. | |
still think Celtic will score a goal. Although Celtic have got | :14:54. | :14:59. | |
themselves into difficulties, two golden chances. Celtic will create a | :14:59. | :15:07. | |
chance. If they defend resolutely, properly, don't get outmuscled. They | :15:07. | :15:17. | |
will get a chance in the game. good are Elfsborg? I think their | :15:17. | :15:22. | |
game is getting up to the big guy. They don't have enough quality | :15:22. | :15:30. | |
across the midfield. It's just how Celtic defending deal with that | :15:30. | :15:38. | |
first ball. I don't know where the other guys from, is he Japanese? He | :15:38. | :15:48. | |
:15:48. | :15:49. | ||
throws in a decent ball. Attitude? They can play better than they did. | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
In terms of the second-half, they will have a chance. That the will be | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
the most annoying thing, if elt Celtic go out tonight - God forbid | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
they don't, if they do, they will look at this Elfsborg side and say | :16:03. | :16:08. | |
we are better than this. They have the second-half to prove it now. | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
is still goalless in Sweden between Elfsborg and Celtic. It 's Kris | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
Commons' goal from last week which is the only one, 1-0 Celtic lead on | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
aggregate as the second-half is about to get underway and we return | :16:24. | :16:34. | |
:16:34. | :16:43. | ||
to our commentators Mark McKee and COMMENTATOR: The seventh time | :16:43. | :16:50. | |
Scottish teams have met Swedish opposition. St Mirren played | :16:50. | :16:57. | |
Elfsborg in the UEFA Cup first round. St Mirren went through on | :16:57. | :17:06. | |
that occasion. Dundee United, UEFA Cup final, the season after that. | :17:06. | :17:13. | |
Rangers two years ago. The Swedes going through 1-0 a win at Ibrox | :17:13. | :17:20. | |
followed by a 1-1 draw in Sweden. Then that Elfsborg victory for | :17:20. | :17:30. | |
:17:30. | :17:33. | ||
Celtic last year. Hibs did play Elfsborg in 2008. Two, 2-0 wins for | :17:34. | :17:40. | |
Elfsborg. Celtic get underway which is a massive and crucial 45 minutes | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
of their season. They look to get off and running on the front foot | :17:45. | :17:53. | |
with Commons, Brown. No changes at half-time. Elfsborg forced into one | :17:53. | :17:59. | |
change in the first half. That is Mulgrew. Not a bad ball for Commons. | :17:59. | :18:05. | |
Positive start by Celtic, just a simple centre taking it out to | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
Forrest and letting him get the ball up the park for Celtic. It has given | :18:09. | :18:19. | |
:18:19. | :18:29. | ||
and Moscow and Juventus Elfsborg went out of the Europa League last | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
season. Ambrose being put under pressure by Keene. It is a Celtic | :18:34. | :18:42. | |
ball. The guys in the studio, Mark, hinting that Neil Lennon will have | :18:42. | :18:47. | |
had plenty to say to his players at half-time, he wouldn't have been | :18:47. | :18:54. | |
happy, would you agree? I'm sure the tone of his voice was that, but I'm | :18:54. | :19:04. | |
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sure he had a lot of instructions that would help the performance. | :19:05. | :19:15. | |
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almost dropped back to Rohden. referee gave a slight advantage to | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
Celtic there, that is why they played the drop ball. Almost came to | :19:37. | :19:47. | |
:19:47. | :19:51. | ||
Keene. Ishizaki as well. Another awkward one for the Celtic defence, | :19:51. | :19:57. | |
Bangura beaten Ambrose to it. Ambrose is hopping a little bit. I | :19:57. | :20:01. | |
think he is feeling sorry for himself. He didn't come out and step | :20:02. | :20:09. | |
on to it. He is walking gingerly. He is making, you know, faces as if he | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
is under pressure physically. He is feeling a little bit sorry for | :20:14. | :20:21. | |
himself I think. Kevin Wilson likely to depart tomorrow. Celtic don't | :20:21. | :20:31. | |
:20:31. | :20:40. | ||
want any more injuries to their saw that a lot in the first half. | :20:40. | :20:42. | |
Celtic with the square balls, they have been caught out a few times | :20:42. | :20:48. | |
with that now. The surface, it doesn't get there as wick quickly. | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
Pat was talk about that in the studio. I don't want to labour the | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
point about the surface, but it is different from playing on grass. | :20:58. | :21:03. | |
It's an artificial surface in Helsinki a year ago, Celtic winning | :21:03. | :21:12. | |
that one 2-0 on the night and spart particular Moscow as well and | :21:12. | :21:19. | |
Cliftonville in Belfast. He had a couple of options there, Commons | :21:19. | :21:29. | |
:21:29. | :21:40. | ||
unlucky there. The surface, the ball - Neil Lennon spoke about it taking | :21:40. | :21:50. | |
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the ball away. He did well there. He got a little bit unlucky. Lustig was | :21:53. | :22:03. | |
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Bangura, the referee has let that one go. Rohden, testing Lustig. | :22:17. | :22:27. | |
:22:27. | :22:33. | ||
Ambrose not looking comfortable in going to trouble the keeper. Now | :22:33. | :22:38. | |
they have a corner, they have to defend it. Celtic laboured in | :22:38. | :22:47. | |
defence. Cumbersome. Stefan Ishizaki prepares to take the corner. He has | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
pulled it a back to Larsson, who is renowned for his distance shooting. | :22:52. | :22:58. | |
Well wide. Terrific corner from the training ground. Sucked all of the | :22:58. | :23:02. | |
Celtic defenders, all of the Celtic midfield inside the 18 yard box and | :23:02. | :23:08. | |
cut the ball all the way back. Struck the ball well, but didn't hit | :23:08. | :23:15. | |
the target, thankfully for Celtic's sake. Elfsborg has lost once in the | :23:15. | :23:24. | |
league here since the 12th September 2011. It is the start of a winless | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
run for them, if they did lose. They are in no real form. They did come | :23:30. | :23:40. | |
:23:40. | :24:02. | ||
it. Celtic would like a feel of the ball six-and-a-half minutes into the | :24:02. | :24:12. | |
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eventually gets it under control. the referee has given the free-kick | :25:14. | :25:20. | |
to Elfsborg in a useful kind of area. A dangerous area for Celtic. | :25:20. | :25:28. | |
Just before that, two balls forward, Ambrose won one, Wilson won one. | :25:29. | :25:32. | |
Celtic won procession and got play. An unnecessary free-kick there from | :25:32. | :25:39. | |
Scott Brown. Ishizaki to take. More questions being asked of this Celtic | :25:39. | :25:49. | |
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rear-guard. Everyone in green and delivery. Ambrose couldn't get it | :25:56. | :26:01. | |
fully clear. The shot is blocked. Forrest folks away to Commons. | :26:01. | :26:11. | |
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players. That is an Elfsborg ball. Lustig knows that. He does know it. | :26:20. | :26:30. | |
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I hope that's not Costly. Elfsborg giving it straight back. -- costly. | :26:35. | :26:45. | |
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Elfsborg continue to press. Ambrose dealt with it that time, no | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
hesitation in trying to bring it down, or go back to the keeper, they | :26:54. | :27:04. | |
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can regroup and deal with the more aggressive? I think they have | :27:10. | :27:13. | |
to retain their composure. They haven't to panic. They are winning | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
over the two legs. It's still 0-0. Not really threatening a goal, | :27:19. | :27:24. | |
Elfsborg, just keep it going, just be careful. Larsson's long throw-in | :27:24. | :27:32. | |
into the box. It's flicked on. Forster couldn't get there. A man | :27:32. | :27:39. | |
went down inside the six-yard box. There is a flag up. Keene went to | :27:39. | :27:47. | |
ground. Heart and mouth stuff for Celtic players. Bangura, it knead | :27:47. | :27:51. | |
through to him. Maybe it didn't get all the way to him. There was an | :27:51. | :27:55. | |
offside decision anyway. Scrappy again. They came out of it. It | :27:55. | :28:01. | |
remains 0-0. Get your composure. Get a hold of the ball again. The two | :28:01. | :28:05. | |
balls forward, they had one, keep winning the balls and keep building | :28:05. | :28:13. | |
off it. Forster did enough there. That was a dlaedful header. Commons | :28:13. | :28:16. | |
almost forcing it through to Mulgrew. A lettoff for Celtic | :28:16. | :28:26. | |
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though. -- dreadful. -- let-off. 11 minutes into the second-half, for | :28:29. | :28:38. | |
the second leg of this Champions League's Third qualifying round tie. | :28:38. | :28:43. | |
Hooked away by Soderberg, whose mistake it was in the first place. | :28:43. | :28:53. | |
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It looks like he could be got a. Brown. Offside. Against Forrest. | :28:57. | :29:07. | |
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Yeah. Celtic and Samaras and Commons has been doing what Bangura has been | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
do doing in the first half. Motherwell are in Russia. They were | :29:22. | :29:31. | |
training in the park tonight. They are 2-0 down. St Johnstone are 1-0 | :29:31. | :29:37. | |
up, thanks to that crucial goal from Stephen McClean in the first leg | :29:37. | :29:46. | |
last week. Coverage tomorrow night with Sportsound. It's all about the | :29:46. | :29:56. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :29:56. | :30:46. | |
Champions League tonight as Lustig so from Celtic's point of view. | :30:46. | :30:50. | |
Celtic made about six or seven passes. Till now, it has been three | :30:50. | :31:00. | |
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or four. Celtic a little bit better something to spark them. What we | :31:21. | :31:31. | |
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don't want to see is that it becomes an open game. Celtic are to retain | :31:32. | :31:41. | |
their composure and shaping discipline and see this game out. Do | :31:41. | :31:46. | |
not let the game become a sort of 50-50 open game. Celtic 's fifth | :31:46. | :31:56. | |
:31:56. | :32:34. | ||
competitive game of the season. from Wilson. He gets away with it. | :32:34. | :32:40. | |
Keene looking at the assistant referee. Collins wins a free kick | :32:40. | :32:50. | |
:32:50. | :32:56. | ||
for Celtic. At the very least, it looks robust. The linesmen are only | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
yards away from them. He didn't deem that a penalty kick so we have to | :33:02. | :33:08. | |
trust his judgement. But a risky challenge in that situation. A wee | :33:08. | :33:18. | |
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niggly at each other there, Keene beyond the hour mark. Celtic still | :33:27. | :33:34. | |
that won gold to the good in the tie. I saw the referee have a little | :33:34. | :33:39. | |
look over at him and we held our breath. But no reaction from the | :33:39. | :33:49. | |
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assistant referee and thankfully, no final leg against Helsinki where | :34:14. | :34:20. | |
Celtic scored two goals and sealed it. How they would love to get one | :34:20. | :34:27. | |
now. I think we got some feedback from the Celtic dressing room. They | :34:27. | :34:36. | |
felt they were fitter than Elsa Berg in the second half. If that was the | :34:36. | :34:45. | |
case, it could happen again. We saw Neil Lennon not happy with the | :34:45. | :34:55. | |
:34:55. | :34:58. | ||
challenge by Keene. He should have got a penalty, he feels. He is | :34:58. | :35:05. | |
convinced that he should have had a penalty. He still feels badly done | :35:05. | :35:15. | |
:35:15. | :35:40. | ||
make tonight. The ball will accelerate on the surface. It's a | :35:40. | :35:50. | |
:35:50. | :35:53. | ||
difficult surface but he had a well covered. We saw Keene again not | :35:53. | :36:03. | |
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in, manipulated the ball, been involved in the game a bit more than | :37:44. | :37:54. | |
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ball. When he has laid it down to Commons, he came on to it, struck | :38:41. | :38:48. | |
the ball, but just not well enough to hit the target. We saw a replay | :38:48. | :38:58. | |
:38:58. | :38:58. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds | :38:58. | :39:44. | |
scrappy than we saw in the first half as we move into the final | :39:44. | :39:54. | |
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space and Bangura laid down a ball that was overhit. Celtic need to be | :40:09. | :40:19. | |
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careful. As the game goes on, they will push and push it and run out of | :40:20. | :40:28. | |
energy, and Celtic will become stronger. Stokes is getting ready to | :40:28. | :40:38. | |
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come on. We are not sure yet. might be that Forrest or Samaras | :40:43. | :40:53. | |
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come out on this site, and maybe we to, which is the way he plays. | :41:35. | :41:41. | |
Samaras doesn't normally play like that. Stokes will go through the | :41:41. | :41:51. | |
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County. One very late in the day. Samaras missed it with a toe injury. | :42:05. | :42:13. | |
He's off, Stokes is on. Different threat for Elfsborg to deal with. | :42:13. | :42:22. | |
Neil Lennon did say that pitch side, he would be surprised if Samaras | :42:22. | :42:26. | |
went the whole distance. Maybe we should have expected he would come | :42:26. | :42:31. | |
off. If Celtic to create another chance and Stokes is the man at the | :42:31. | :42:38. | |
end of it, chances are, he will put at the back of the net. Mulgrew is | :42:38. | :42:48. | |
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also struggling a bit. He might be off as well. A good challenge by | :42:49. | :42:59. | |
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Wilson. Bangura really giving Celtic a difficult time. Laid a great ball | :43:02. | :43:09. | |
into his path. Wilson came across, spread himself as you would expect | :43:09. | :43:16. | |
him to do. But he seems to hurt himself in the process. | :43:16. | :43:24. | |
Mulgrew, surely the game is over for him. Celtic will have to make a | :43:24. | :43:29. | |
change again in quick succession. Mulgrew, who missed the start of the | :43:29. | :43:36. | |
season because of injury, his first competitive appearance of the | :43:36. | :43:46. | |
:43:46. | :43:48. | ||
season. The second leg of the Cliftonville tie. It was just last | :43:49. | :43:52. | |
week Mulgrew's first competitive it parents. He is going to have to come | :43:52. | :44:02. | |
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off air now. We are talking about the defensive options being limited | :44:07. | :44:10. | |
for Neil Lennon because we are expecting Wilson to leave the club | :44:10. | :44:20. | |
:44:20. | :44:21. | ||
this week. I don't think Neil Lennon will be looking beyond the last 20 | :44:21. | :44:28. | |
minutes of this match. He's worrying about tonight. Wilson was hobbling a | :44:28. | :44:35. | |
little bit but I think he's OK. He's taking a drink. But I think he's | :44:35. | :44:41. | |
going to make it through the game. He seemed to have blocked his ankle | :44:41. | :44:51. | |
:44:51. | :45:01. | ||
a little bit. He looks fine. Mulgrew is not fine, though. Celtic hadn't | :45:01. | :45:06. | |
brought anyone on yet. In trying to shout someone over. Matthews, | :45:06. | :45:16. | |
:45:16. | :45:22. | ||
enough to withstand a potential Elfsborg attack here before that can | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
Elfsborg attack here before that can Elfsborg attack here before that can | :45:27. | :45:37. | |
:45:37. | :45:46. | ||
minutes to go. Rohden, it's found Larsson. Commons bullying him off | :45:46. | :45:52. | |
the ball. That is good play. The man who has the only tie in the game so | :45:52. | :45:58. | |
far. It's sensible he has given his time to regroup and reshape. They | :45:58. | :46:06. | |
are down a man. They need the man on quickly. They can't go on too long | :46:06. | :46:09. | |
with 10-men against this team who are stepping on trying to get this | :46:09. | :46:18. | |
late goal. There will be an urgency about Elfsborg as Celtic bring | :46:18. | :46:28. | |
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Champions League last season. The Sweden under-21 international | :46:39. | :46:46. | |
Hedlund. He will slip into the central role beside Svensson or move | :46:46. | :46:56. | |
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out to the right. In he'll come. He might allow Marcus Rohden to move in | :46:59. | :47:06. | |
beside Svensson. You are getting to that stage where a Celtic goal now | :47:06. | :47:09. | |
would surely put them through. They haven't done much attacking in this | :47:09. | :47:19. | |
:47:19. | :47:26. | ||
to Elfsborg here. The man who has come on, Hedlund, who won the | :47:27. | :47:31. | |
free-kick, in a good area. He did well to get the free-kick. I don't | :47:31. | :47:35. | |
think he got to the ball. He launched himself. Izaguirre got well | :47:35. | :47:43. | |
in getting away. He goes to ground, very, very easily. It's a really | :47:43. | :47:49. | |
dangerous position for Celtic at this stage. Elfsborg would snap your | :47:49. | :47:55. | |
arm off for extra-time right now. Stokes is in the middle of the | :47:56. | :48:01. | |
Celticle wall. Ledley, Brown and Commons also in there. This is a | :48:01. | :48:10. | |
heart and mouth moment this for Celtic. Ishizaki flies it in. The | :48:10. | :48:15. | |
referee's whistle sounds. That will be a brilliant sound for the Celtic | :48:15. | :48:20. | |
defence. Jorgen Lennartsson will be disappointed in that. Again, a | :48:20. | :48:25. | |
situation that was really asking to be put into that area, the second | :48:25. | :48:30. | |
six-yard box. He played it way beyond everyone. Had had came out | :48:30. | :48:40. | |
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for a goal kick. A big lettoff for Celtic. Dusk fall falling over | :48:42. | :48:47. | |
Scandinavia. Lustig is limping too. Celtic have been hit hard in the | :48:47. | :48:57. | |
:48:57. | :49:03. | ||
wounded department tonight. Forrest. Ledley. Back by Hedlund. He has made | :49:03. | :49:09. | |
an impact already, he is just on a couple of minutes. Commons. He has | :49:09. | :49:18. | |
given that to Bangura. For what ever reason it hasn't tonight for Celtic | :49:18. | :49:25. | |
so far. It is still 0-0 on the night. They lead on the aggregate | :49:25. | :49:32. | |
scoreline. This is Keene. Slightest touch on it to nick it away from | :49:32. | :49:42. | |
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Svensson. Brown. Soderberg. Frustration for Matthews because | :49:48. | :49:58. | |
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Commons moved it to Stokes instead. 13 minutes to go. Elfsborg won their | :50:00. | :50:05. | |
sixth Swedish championship last season. The first since 2006. They | :50:05. | :50:15. | |
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hadn't won it since 61, a 45 year gap. It does not look as if they | :50:18. | :50:22. | |
will be retaining their title this season. They can still maintain | :50:22. | :50:32. | |
:50:32. | :50:35. | ||
hopes of advancing in the Champions place in the play-offs, the draw of | :50:35. | :50:44. | |
place in the play-offs, the draw of which is made on Friday. Forrest | :50:44. | :50:52. | |
up-ended by Hedlund. Izaguirre defended quite well. A minute ago he | :50:52. | :50:56. | |
was unlucky, he didn't get to the ball when the player went down. I | :50:56. | :51:01. | |
think the player threw himself to the ground. Otherwise, I think he's | :51:01. | :51:06. | |
defended quite well. The referee warning Fraser Forster he is taking | :51:06. | :51:16. | |
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too long over this, soaking up the was going to be for Anthony Stokes. | :51:23. | :51:28. | |
To launch it up to Anthony Stokes is wasteful. It has been missed by | :51:28. | :51:32. | |
Ambrose. This is Keene, Wilson and Lustig combine. It's a corner. | :51:32. | :51:37. | |
Lustig had to deal with it. Lustig recovered really, really well. Again | :51:37. | :51:43. | |
the centre halves -- centre halfs went and missed it. Celtic's back | :51:43. | :51:51. | |
four were in a business of disarray. Potentially nerve-wracking 11 | :51:51. | :52:00. | |
minutes for the Celtic supporters. The right foot of Ishizaki. That | :52:00. | :52:07. | |
came right through, it came off Joe Ledley's head last. It's an | :52:08. | :52:17. | |
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Elfsborg's ball. Away very quickly. Larsson's delivery. Wilson met it. | :52:20. | :52:30. | |
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Klarstrom, Soderberg. Izaguirre, will try and Shepherd it out. | :52:30. | :52:34. | |
Izaguirre did it well. Celtic have to be careful. 10 minutes on the | :52:34. | :52:39. | |
clock. The clock is up behind both goals, the players can see it. 10 | :52:39. | :52:43. | |
minutes to go, they don't want to get deeper and deeper and defend | :52:43. | :52:48. | |
their 18 yard box, that is is a dangerous tactic. They have to get | :52:48. | :52:52. | |
out, get the ball to Stokes and Forrest and pose some threat on | :52:52. | :53:02. | |
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Wilson's header wasn't decisive. Izaguirre has found his goalkeeper. | :53:07. | :53:17. | |
It's not what his manager would have liked to have seen? No. I think that | :53:17. | :53:21. | |
Jorgen Lennartsson... Too high for Stokes, the flag was up in any case, | :53:21. | :53:28. | |
offside. I think that Jorgen Lennartsson will still be thinking | :53:28. | :53:37. | |
there is something in this game for him. Hedlund got the better of | :53:37. | :53:41. | |
Izaguirre there, he didn't get the better of himself. They are playing | :53:41. | :53:45. | |
quickly. The balls are coming back in off the ballboys quickly. They | :53:45. | :53:49. | |
are keeping Celtic under pressure. The manager on the far side there | :53:49. | :53:59. | |
:53:59. | :54:15. | ||
will be thinking is that he can get their seats here, I'm sure they are | :54:15. | :54:25. | |
:54:25. | :54:57. | ||
himself. A high boot by Stokes on was looking to knock it out to that | :54:57. | :55:03. | |
far side. A bit of a waste in the end. That was unnecessary. At this | :55:03. | :55:07. | |
stage, with eight minutes to go, they have to make sure any | :55:07. | :55:11. | |
opportunity they get to get the ball into an area that puts Celtic under | :55:11. | :55:19. | |
pressure, they have to do that. was the arm, not the boot, of | :55:19. | :55:29. | |
:55:29. | :55:40. | ||
of a qualifier when your lead is so slim, so slender, the backpass there | :55:40. | :55:45. | |
becomes a lot more difficult. Commons, he managed to find Stokes. | :55:45. | :55:54. | |
The ref has pulled it back. Didn't like the challenge by Stokes there | :55:54. | :56:04. | |
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on Jorgensen. I don't think it was a replacing Klarstrom. He came on at | :56:34. | :56:43. | |
Celtic Park, Elm, last week. He went on and pushed straight upfront. He | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
is a bigger boy. Chasing. Svensson there as well. The 37-year-old | :56:49. | :56:56. | |
sticking with Commons. He has fouled him there. We move o move into the | :56:56. | :57:00. | |
final six minutes. Good energy from Commons. He was chasing that. Not a | :57:00. | :57:05. | |
great ball. He got there first. He got the team a free-kick in a decent | :57:05. | :57:08. | |
area, in that stage of the game where they need to take the pressure | :57:08. | :57:13. | |
off themselves. It's exactly what Celtic needed that the stage. | :57:13. | :57:17. | |
Svensson with the foul. Commons was fouled and it's him who will take | :57:17. | :57:27. | |
:57:27. | :57:31. | ||
waste. Neil Lennon turns around into his diggout in disgust after seeing | :57:31. | :57:37. | |
that. He choose to take a short one and try and retain possession of the | :57:37. | :57:41. | |
free-kick rather than put the ball in the box. I think if Ambrose has | :57:41. | :57:44. | |
come up, which it did, you have to put it in it there and give yourself | :57:44. | :57:52. | |
a chance of scoring a goal. One for Bangura. Tried to play into the path | :57:52. | :57:59. | |
of Keene. Lustig comes across. Goal kick. Keene reckons it's a corner, | :57:59. | :58:09. | |
:58:09. | :58:17. | ||
ever in terms of Neil Lennon's eyes. He saw him giving his back four a | :58:17. | :58:20. | |
difficult evening. He has not scored. He hasn't been a goal | :58:20. | :58:24. | |
threat. He put himself about. He kept the Celtic back four under | :58:24. | :58:29. | |
pressure throughout the game. gets that off Svensson. Plenty in | :58:29. | :58:38. | |
support of this. Forrest trying to squeeze it through, he didn't manage | :58:38. | :58:45. | |
that. That is a heavy touch. Celtic are very, very close to going | :58:45. | :58:55. | |
:58:55. | :59:10. | ||
the air, he has pulled it down on his chest and flicked balls on. | :59:10. | :59:16. | |
defending at the back post. Well over hit, going over his head. The | :59:16. | :59:20. | |
fuelback, Izaguirre, making sure there was not going to be any | :59:20. | :59:24. | |
contact with Keene. That Keene wasn't going to get on the end of | :59:24. | :59:29. | |
it. In the second-half Izaguirre has had a good game. Of the back four he | :59:29. | :59:33. | |
is the most concentrated and probably played as well as any of | :59:33. | :59:43. | |
:59:43. | :59:52. | ||
Forrest. Couldn't quite find Stokes. Forrest taking someone on for the | :59:52. | :59:55. | |
first time almost in the second-half. I think he did it quite | :59:55. | :59:58. | |
well there. The ball, straight into the goalkeeper's arms. He needs | :59:59. | :00:06. | |
better quality. Pull it back, pull it back towards the 18 yard box. | :00:06. | :00:16. | |
:00:16. | :00:39. | ||
Keene taking it a away from his Protesting his innocence. I think it | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
was a culmination of several challenges. His arm is a bit hi | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
there, bit of a slap in the neck. The referee was probably justified | :00:49. | :00:56. | |
there. Stokes got the two goals against Ross County, one very late, | :00:56. | :01:06. | |
:01:06. | :01:33. | ||
two minutes to go. Again, a wasted matters. I think that's almost the | :01:33. | :01:41. | |
first time that Celtic have been as far up as the edge of Elfsborg's 18 | :01:41. | :01:51. | |
:01:51. | :02:20. | ||
yard box and beyond. Pressure off a stoppage time added on at the end. | :02:20. | :02:27. | |
If it's going to finish 0-0, it's not the result I expected. I | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
expected Celtic to school. They haven't. Last four minutes of extra | :02:34. | :02:44. | |
:02:44. | :03:02. | ||
they could get at the next round, they could do a lot better. And the | :03:02. | :03:12. | |
:03:12. | :03:36. | ||
pitch is a lot to do with every opportunity, understandably, | :03:36. | :03:44. | |
went Celtic haven't taken things instantly. It's what happens. Celtic | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
rightly taking the time of things. One of the best 0-0 scores they have | :03:51. | :04:01. | |
:04:01. | :04:28. | ||
have come and gone. Peanut fluxes to warrant a goal. Celtic are the | :04:28. | :04:38. | |
:04:38. | :04:48. | ||
waiting to knock Celtic into the next round and Stokes couldn't find | :04:48. | :04:58. | |
:04:58. | :04:58. | ||
him. A little bit earlier, Commons was free in the middle. If they win | :04:58. | :05:05. | |
or draw, they still go through. Celtic can make their final change | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
of the match, and more precious second slip away from Elfsborg. | :05:13. | :05:23. | |
:05:23. | :05:24. | ||
Commons can't waste any more times. Still, Celtic can't make the change. | :05:24. | :05:30. | |
Heading towards the final minute of stoppage time now. So close to a | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
place in Friday 's draw of the Champions League play-off stage. | :05:37. | :05:46. | |
Down goes Brown. That's a free kick. Bangura on loan from Celtic and he | :05:46. | :05:55. | |
started Easter issue down there! Bangura actually did quite well. | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
When he didn't come out with the ball, his frustration at the whole | :06:00. | :06:10. | |
:06:10. | :06:12. | ||
thing tonight over boiled. Brown got involved. The linesman, the | :06:12. | :06:22. | |
referee, has seen what has gone on and is calming things down. Hedlund | :06:22. | :06:32. | |
:06:32. | :06:48. | ||
did land awkwardly on Brown. I'm not sure how welcome Bangura would be | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
back at Celtic if he returns after his loan spell. The rest all out on | :06:56. | :07:06. | |
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wasn't pretty at times tonight but Neil Lennon, look at that! Doesn't | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
care a jot. They have come through a really awkward tie, not just | :07:21. | :07:31. | |
:07:31. | :07:31. | ||
tonight, but last week as well in Glasgow. And it is Kris Commons's | :07:31. | :07:37. | |
goal a week ago tonight that has proved to be the decisive moment in | :07:37. | :07:44. | |
this tie. There were other times at times when Elfsborg asked Celtic | :07:44. | :07:51. | |
questions. Celtic probably had the best chances in the game, despite | :07:51. | :07:56. | |
not having the majority of possession. The most glaring | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
opportunities coming from the Samaras and Ledley in that first | :08:00. | :08:05. | |
half. They just weathered the storm in the second period and weathered | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
in the second period and weathered it perfectly to seal their place in | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
the next stage. Never before have Celtic have to come through three | :08:11. | :08:21. | |
:08:21. | :08:23. | ||
qualifying ties. They have come through to now. Clifton through, | :08:23. | :08:33. | |
:08:33. | :08:39. | ||
tonight. Lustig was terrific tonight. With memories fresh from | :08:39. | :08:49. | |
last season 's adventure against Barcelona and the last 16 tie with | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
some of Celtic feel they did not do themselves justice by going out of | :08:54. | :09:04. | |
:09:04. | :09:05. | ||
the tournament finds it -- 5-0. They could make amends for that now. They | :09:05. | :09:09. | |
could get back to the big time. They are that bit closer to the | :09:09. | :09:19. | |
:09:19. | :09:31. | ||
glitterati now. Celtic go through on who they face next. How relieved | :09:31. | :09:41. | |
were you? It's job done, isn't it? We can all breathe a big sigh of | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
relief. A few hairy moments that night were, defensively, they got | :09:46. | :09:54. | |
outmuscled at times and could've been better, bit stronger. But you | :09:54. | :10:00. | |
have to give Celtic credit. These games are difficult. Let's make no | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
mistake about it. These qualifiers are tough. To get into the group | :10:05. | :10:12. | |
stages are difficult. You got teams playing for their lives, giving | :10:12. | :10:16. | |
absolutely everything. Celtic played on a dodgy pitch, an artificial | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
surface. It's not ideal. I wouldn't like to play on that pitch all the | :10:21. | :10:28. | |
time like Elfsborg do. But they have gone through. I am sure the Celtic | :10:28. | :10:32. | |
fans will be delighted. Two more games away from the group stages and | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
hopefully, the draw will be kind to Celtic. Sometimes, these games are | :10:38. | :10:48. | |
:10:48. | :10:52. | ||
not of great beauty. They are horrible games to play. You just | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
want to get out of it. The most relieved man will be Neil Lennon | :10:57. | :11:02. | |
tonight. I felt a little bit sorry for him because he made a change | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
with Samaras, and then suddenly, some of the guys went down with | :11:06. | :11:15. | |
injury. At that stage of the game, it was a vital stage. But Celtic | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
hung in there. They were a bit better in the second half I | :11:19. | :11:24. | |
thought. Their confidence grew. They were up against a team I didn't | :11:24. | :11:34. | |
:11:34. | :11:40. | ||
think had much quality. One or be too hard chances and Celtic probably | :11:40. | :11:46. | |
had the better chances. They will be better for it. Their fitness will be | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
up. This time of the year, that is always the major problem. We have | :11:51. | :11:58. | |
travelled round the world. We have got hammered at times because you | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
were so dead on your feet. This Swedish team is in the middle of | :12:01. | :12:08. | |
their season. It's a good thing when you are not quite at your best and | :12:08. | :12:16. | |
you can still go and dig out a result. That will be a positive. | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
mentioned the surface. How much of that impact on the game? We went | :12:21. | :12:28. | |
there two so we didn't see it but the problem with artificial surfaces | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
is they are inconsistent. You go to one picture and it's got a different | :12:32. | :12:41. | |
pile to the other. The ball was really difficult to pass. In the | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
second half, the ball bounced over the top of Lustig. That's what you | :12:46. | :12:51. | |
are not used to. And then the confidence goes. And then a | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
team-mate does not move into position because they are afraid you | :12:54. | :13:03. | |
will lose the ball. We talked about trying to break out into positions | :13:03. | :13:07. | |
to keep possession. But suddenly, you are saying, will he passed the | :13:07. | :13:14. | |
ball to me? And then you have no options. I am totally against that | :13:14. | :13:21. | |
surface. To play a Champions League qualifier on an artificial pitch | :13:21. | :13:24. | |
where one team train on every single day and the other team are expected | :13:24. | :13:30. | |
to come in, massive game for Celtic, I just adjust to the set -- just | :13:30. | :13:37. | |
adjust to the surface straightaway. Very difficult. For me, it's OK for | :13:37. | :13:44. | |
training, OK for warming down, but not competitive football. But that's | :13:44. | :13:53. | |
going to be the future, John. was a Champions League final out in | :13:53. | :14:00. | |
Russia where they were talking about playing games on it. I don't know a | :14:00. | :14:03. | |
player who likes that surface. Football is meant to be played on | :14:03. | :14:10. | |
grass! But we would have had a more comfortable night if Celtic would | :14:10. | :14:17. | |
have scored. And they had chances. They did have chances. They didn't | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
build the game up to bring the good players into the game but this was a | :14:21. | :14:31. | |
:14:31. | :14:31. | ||
fantastic pass. You would have put that in the net, John. He is a very | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
good header of the ball, Samaras. He knows his quality and that's a great | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
:14:47. | :14:49. | ||
chance. Did you have too much time? Possibly, but it's come to him. | :14:49. | :14:55. | |
Difficult to blame Ledley too much here. That's right. He's killed the | :14:56. | :15:04. | |
space. And you can see someone coming in to block him. But is this | :15:04. | :15:13. | |
a strike? That was close to half time. Celtic didn't find the net | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
tonight, but in the end, they didn't need to. Sent -- Celtic into the | :15:18. | :15:28. | |
:15:28. | :15:34. | ||
from Joe Ledley. We had a scratch a bit tonight. We were not at our | :15:34. | :15:37. | |
best. We know that. These are tough, tough games at this stage of the | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
season against the Swedish champions, who you have to respect. | :15:41. | :15:47. | |
We did that with the line-up tonight. This is the worst | :15:47. | :15:51. | |
artificial pitch I have seen. I'm getting my excuseses in now because | :15:51. | :15:54. | |
we have gone through. It's difficult for players to keep their balloons | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
out there. It is a brilliant result Forlan us. It gives us time to | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
prepare for the next round now. to the pitch, it was evident from | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
the kick-off that the players didn't like it at all? Across the way, it's | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
difficult for balance. It's difficult for passing. Obviously, | :16:14. | :16:18. | |
Elfsborg are used to. It we have to pay credit to Elfsborg it was their | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
cup final, strong, physical. My back four tonight were magnificent. My | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
two centre halfs. That is Kelvin's last game for us. He can go with his | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
held -- head held high. Would it be unfair to say you didn't get into | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
your rhythm tonight? Yeah. We were disjointed. Picked up injuries as | :16:41. | :16:48. | |
the game went on. Hopefully we will have van Dijk and Berg back, they | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
will make us better. We need to get up to match speed. These games are | :16:53. | :16:57. | |
really hard, they are really tough. Tough time to be a manager in this | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
situation. I'm glad we came through it OK. Will get tougher going into | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
the third round qualifying. What would you hope for and hope to avoid | :17:05. | :17:09. | |
in the draw? I don't know. I haven't paid much attention to the teams. I | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
will wait for the draw to come on Friday and see, we will take it from | :17:12. | :17:18. | |
there. It's - thats with a tough one tonight. Mentioned Kelvin Wilson, is | :17:18. | :17:22. | |
that his last game for Celtic? would assume so. I'm not sure if a | :17:22. | :17:26. | |
deal has been agreed yet, I don't think it's far away. We asked him to | :17:26. | :17:31. | |
play tonight. He didn't want to let the team down, he certainly didn't. | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
, well done. Disjointed was the word that Neil Lennon used to describe | :17:36. | :17:40. | |
the Celtic performance tonight. How would you describe it, John? They | :17:40. | :17:44. | |
were delighted to get through. He dug in. Elfsborg weren't quite good | :17:45. | :17:52. | |
enough to score a goal o tonight. I think a against -- against a team of | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
better quality Celtic may have come un unstuck tonight. They hung in | :17:59. | :18:04. | |
there, brought on fresh legs. Not sure if the back four were | :18:04. | :18:10. | |
magnificent. They tried, I thought Bangura, he ran the show at times. I | :18:10. | :18:15. | |
don't think Ambrose got anywhere near him. He was outmuscled, | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
bullied. Obviously Kelvin Wilson, mentally it was his last game, he | :18:21. | :18:25. | |
did well to get through the 90 minutes. He was shakey at times. He | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
got through. We can analyse it all night. It doesn't matter. Football | :18:29. | :18:34. | |
is about results. It's a results business. They got through. We heard | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
from the manager. Let us hear from Scott Brown. That looked like a | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
tough shift? Yeah, it was, we had faith in keeping a cleansheet. We | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
knew we had a great chance to get through. The manager conceded that | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
perhaps the side didn't quite gheet their stride. What do you think was | :18:52. | :18:58. | |
the problem? Not getting the excuses out, the astro turf isn't the best. | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
Different to what we are used to it as well. New astro turf and new | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
style. The ball is quicker than on grass. It was the same for both | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
teams. Did it affect the players in the game in general? Yeah. To make | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
sure the passes were going straight to their feet. The lads were | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
struggling to get it, it is that quick a surface. Game, massive | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
progression. Who are you hoping for in the next round? I haven't really | :19:27. | :19:33. | |
paid too much attention. The thing was to get through this round, we | :19:33. | :19:40. | |
have done it. It is Wilson's last game for the club, massive loss? | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
has been our rock at the back. We are devastated we are losing him. We | :19:45. | :19:50. | |
wish him all the best. Done. The important thing that the Celtic are | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
through to those play-offs. Neil Lennon will look back on the | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
performance, won't he, he will look for better in the next round. He | :19:57. | :20:02. | |
will look to eliminate some of the mistakes made tonight, the | :20:02. | :20:07. | |
unthinkable might have happened, Alhassan Bangura could have scored | :20:08. | :20:15. | |
against Celtic? This ball was played in early on. He did well to get er | :20:15. | :20:19. | |
over-head kick. I didn't expect him over-head kick. I didn't expect him | :20:19. | :20:21. | |
to show this technical skill. You can see the goalkeeper may have got | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
a touch on it if it was inside the post. This was the ball into the | :20:25. | :20:30. | |
box. Good movement off the back of Ambrose. We question whether the | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
goalkeeper should be coming for that or whether Ambrose should be tighter | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
and blocking him off of. He should have hit the target. Maybe that is | :20:37. | :20:42. | |
why he didn't score goals at Celtic. You have to hit the target as | :20:42. | :20:49. | |
striker. That could have put Celtic in a real tricky situation. Neil | :20:49. | :20:57. | |
Lennon says he thinks it the worse artificial pitch he has seen? | :20:57. | :21:07. | |
:21:07. | :21:08. | ||
think it's the worse artificial pitch, It's not for me. The | :21:08. | :21:11. | |
governing bodies have gone with it. Maybe it is the way forward. It's | :21:11. | :21:17. | |
not a great urgh surface. It's difficult for players. The | :21:17. | :21:20. | |
footwear... They were slipping tonight. Four or Fife occasions in | :21:20. | :21:25. | |
the first half, Samaras slipped, Lustig slipped. You don't expect | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
that when you are on a grass pitch. That is the other issue. On that | :21:30. | :21:33. | |
surface maybe Kelvin Wilson was ill advised in going to ground here. He | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
did get the ball. It waslet right did get the ball. It waslet right | :21:38. | :21:41. | |
decision? This was dangerous. He is not in any danger. He can get tight | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
to him. Once you go to ground here. He got the ball. If that was outside | :21:46. | :21:51. | |
the box, you can't even get in, dive in there anywhere on the pitch. He | :21:51. | :21:54. | |
got away with that. He got the ball. That is probably why he got away | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
with it and it wasn't a penalty. That is danger for me. That was ill | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
advised I think at that stage of the advised I think at that stage of the | :22:03. | :22:05. | |
game. Another crucial moment. Neil Lennon will pick over the | :22:05. | :22:09. | |
performance. Will he do much analysis of that match or dismiss it | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
to a large extent? Krelt Rick through it was a horrendous playing | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
surface? You can't dismiss it, you have to go over it, analyse it and | :22:19. | :22:23. | |
see where you can get better and players can improve. Not overly | :22:23. | :22:31. | |
analyse it because of the situation, because of the pitch and injury | :22:31. | :22:36. | |
problems and taking Samaras off. He will look at one or two bits of the | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
defensive side of it and where players can pass the ball better. | :22:40. | :22:45. | |
Again, not an excuse, but one of the reasons why Celtic didn't play well | :22:45. | :22:48. | |
tonight, and didn't particularly pass the ball well was the surface. | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
It wasn't a great surface. Work out who Celtic might play next. Who goes | :22:54. | :23:02. | |
who Celtic might play next. Who goes into the draw with them on Friday. | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
Celtic are seed they had will play an unseeded team in the play-offs. | :23:06. | :23:13. | |
It could be a trip to Slovenia, Bulgaria. It could be Kazakstan, | :23:13. | :23:23. | |
:23:23. | :23:29. | ||
Austria, Vienna. The other option is either, it's not finished yet Legia. | :23:30. | :23:38. | |
You wouldn't want Kazakstan. You have to try there. Going to Eastern | :23:38. | :23:41. | |
European teams is never easy. You never know what the temperatures | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
will be like or the conditions or how the players will react to that | :23:45. | :23:47. | |
how the players will react to that journey. That is always the problem. | :23:47. | :23:51. | |
You could beat them at home. You could go out there and defending a | :23:51. | :23:59. | |
1-0 lead whatever. Maybe at this stage Celtic Austria, Vienna, on | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
good surface, good atmosphere. It creates motivation within the | :24:03. | :24:06. | |
players, both teams will be coming on at the same standard of fitness. | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
Might be OK for them. Let us hope they can get one they can get | :24:11. | :24:15. | |
through. What another great journey to get through to the next league. | :24:15. | :24:25. | |
:24:25. | :24:31. | ||
More reaction. This time it's Celtic Swedish defend defender. Mikael | :24:31. | :24:37. | |
Lustig. We had two big chances, the header and the free-kick. If we had | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
scored there maybed the game should look different. The way we played in | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
the second-half was dreadful. difficult was the pitch to play on? | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
It's really hard especially Elfsborg play here every week. They can | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
handle the surface. We struggled a bit. We felt like we had one or two | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
passes that go to Celtic player in the second-half. You mentioned the | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
word "dreadful" in terms of your performance in the second-half. How | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
much will you have to up your performance for the next round? | :25:09. | :25:15. | |
defence I think we did a great game. I don't think Fraser did one save | :25:15. | :25:20. | |
maybe we need to be better on the ball. Hopefully, we are not going to | :25:20. | :25:25. | |
play on artificial, the next round. Like I said, it's really early in | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
the season. Hopefully we will get better. Any preferences for the next | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
round? No.Done. Answers that one. Celtic need to be better on the ball | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
says Mikael Lustig in the next round. The stakes are high, into | :25:40. | :25:44. | |
those play-offs no margin for error. You are that one tie away from the | :25:44. | :25:49. | |
Champions League? Of course. I don't know why the interview asked him a | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
stupid question - who do you fancy in the next round? As if he would | :25:53. | :26:00. | |
name a team? It's absolutely daft. Bulgarian team. I don't think was a | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
vintage Celtic performance. I was critical of the performance at | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
half-time. It was justified. They didn't particularly pass the ball | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
well. The movement wasn't great. Saying that, they created the two | :26:12. | :26:16. | |
best chances of the game in the end with Joe Ledley and Samaras. They | :26:16. | :26:19. | |
will improve from it. As we have said many times, these games are | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
difficult. They are only just over their pre-season. They played a | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
couple of Champions League qualifiers, they played last | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
Tuesday, they played on Saturday, again tonight, Wednesday, they have | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
to go against Liverpool on Saturday night in a friendly this Dublin, | :26:35. | :26:41. | |
it's Liverpool Celtic, there will be a big crowd there again. Neil has to | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
pick a competitive side. He will think, where will I pull these | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
players from? Celtic have to be competitive in every game they play. | :26:48. | :26:53. | |
That is the expectancy level at Celtic. It was about getting through | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
tonight, getting through the play-offs as well. That pressure | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
that is there for Celtic to get back to the Champions League. So much | :27:00. | :27:04. | |
depends - So much riding on it financial stakes for the players | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
themselves who want to be in the Champions League. They want to | :27:07. | :27:11. | |
perform at that level. We talked about analysing the game. Neil will | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
analyse the game on his own. I don't think he will dwell too much with | :27:15. | :27:18. | |
the players on it. He will put it down to the playing surface and hope | :27:18. | :27:25. | |
they will get a positive reaction. They can't look back on the | :27:25. | :27:27. | |
negatives, Mikael Lustig said we were dreadful in the second-half | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
much they can dismiss it quickly. They have it two weeks to prepare | :27:30. | :27:35. | |
for the next game. That must be upper most on their mind. Two of | :27:35. | :27:40. | |
them had knocks and feeling sorry for themselves. That might be the | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
stiffest test, over the last two games against Elfsborg maybe they | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
will get luck - Hopefully.Maybe luck in the third qualifier and they | :27:48. | :27:53. | |
will breeze through the two games. There are a few things we would be | :27:53. | :27:56. | |
looking for. When we watched the game conscious they play better from | :27:56. | :28:01. | |
the back? Yes.Can they push and put more pressure on? Can they create a | :28:01. | :28:05. | |
few more chances at home because they didn't really do that against | :28:05. | :28:08. | |
that team. They weren't the best team in the world. Those type of | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
things would be important to see if they can improve over the next | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
couple of weeks. Thank you very much to my guests. Celtic's European | :28:15. | :28:19. |