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Trivia
- Celtic flew out to Belgrade on the Monday morning. Simpson, Quinn, O'Neill, Clark, Hay and Connelly also travelled.
- Yugoslav media disappointed by Jinky's absence.
- Celtic win 6-2 on aggregate.Stein tries everything to coax Johnstone into travelling but he keeps his promise and the wee man stayed home.
- Celtic play in an unusual 4-3-3 formation.
- Incredibly, every single Celtic player who started this match had come through the Celtic youth system.
- Willie Wallace is the first Celtic player to come on as a substitute in a European game when he replaces Steve Chalmers….and scores in the process.
- Game played in the huge Maracana stadium which was under reconstruction.
- Celtic flew home afterwards in less time than it takes to travel to Aberdeen by train.
- Red Star fans were pelted with missiles after 60 minutes from people outside the ground who were waiting for free entry on the hour mark.
Review
Celtic bottled the game up in Belgrade. Murdoch, Connelly and Brogan were deployed to defend in front of the back four.
In the first half Lazerovic was unluck not to,score twice, firstly when a cross struck him and went wide anfd then when his powerful downward header bounced up and sruck the bar. Celtic could have scored when Lennox slipped on the greasy surface after a good cross by Hughes and then when Murdoch sent a powerful 25 yard shot just over.
In the second half Celtic defended deeply and any Red Star shots were blocked by eager Celtic defenders although Clark nearly scored an own goal with a risky pass back to Fallon.
Wallace came on as sub and scored a spectacular long range goal which dipped as it flew through the air.
Celtic players were annoyed at losing Ostojic's scrambled late equaliser which denied them a notable away victory.
Teams
Red Star:
Djurkovic Djokic Krivocuka Pavlovic Dojcinovski Klenkovski (Karadvic) Antonijevic Ostojic Lazerovic Acimovic Dzajic
Scorer: Ostojic (88)
Celtic:
Fallon, Craig, Gemmell, Brogan, McNeill, Clark, Connelly, Lennox, Chalmers (Wallace), Murdoch, Hughes. Sub: Simpson, O'Neill, Hay, Quinn
Scorer: Wallace (76)
Referee: F Francescon (Italy)
Attendance: 40,000
Articles
- Match Report (see end of page below)
Pictures
Articles
Evening Times 27th November 1968
