2010-08-04: Celtic 2-1 Braga, Champs Lge

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Trivia

  • Champions League 2010-11
  • Agg: Celtic 2-4 Braga (Portugal)
  • Over before it started, we drop down to the Europa League qualifiers
  • Hooper & Juarez score debut goals

Review

We won but too late. We went 1 down after just 20mins and we needed five goals to progress. Not good, and criticism has started early for Lennon.

Teams

Celtic

  • 24 Zaluska
  • 04 Juarez
  • 06 Hooiveld; yellow card
  • 11 Cha Du-Ri
  • 21 Mulgrew (Fortune 46)
  • 22 Loovens
  • 08 Brown; yellow card (McCourt 87)
  • 16 Ledley
  • 09 Samaras
  • 13 Maloney (Murphy 63)
  • 88 Hooper

Substitutes

  • 47 Cervi,
  • 25 Rogne,
  • 18 Ki Sung-Yeung,
  • 20 McCourt,
  • 10 Fortune,
  • 19 Rasmussen,
  • 27 Murphy

Goals

  • Hooper 51
  • Juarez 78

Braga

  • 24Felgudiraf
  • 02Alberto Rodriguez; yellow card
  • 05Moises
  • 15Miguel Garcia; yellow card
  • 20Echiejile; yellow card
  • 23Madrid (Paulao 84)
  • 25Leandro Salino (Meyong 90+2)
  • 88Vandinho
  • 09Paulo Cesar
  • 30Alan
  • 99Matheus; yellow card (Lima 66)

Substitutes

  • 01.,
  • 03Paulao,
  • 18Lima,
  • 28Silvio,
  • 40Guilherme,
  • 10Helder Barbosa,
  • 19Meyong

Goals

  • Paulo Cesar 20
Ref:Bebek

Att: 60,000

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Stats

Possession

  • Celtic 58%
  • Braga 42%

Attempts on target

  • Celtic 3
  • Braga 3

Attempts off target

  • Celtic 8
  • Braga 4

Corners

  • Celtic 11
  • Braga 2

Fouls

  • Celtic 16
  • Braga 13

Articles

Celtic2-1Braga (agg 2 – 4)(BBC)

Braga scored first at Celtic Park to knock the stuffing out of the hosts

A second leg victory was not enough as Celtic crashed out of Champions League qualifying at the first hurdle.

Leading 3-0 from the first leg, Braga increased their advantage when Paulo Cesar glanced in a neat header midway through the first half.

Gary Hooper pulled one back from close range after the break and Efrain Juarez added a header on 78 minutes.

A stirring comeback never looked likely and Celtic now drop into the play-off round for the Europa League.

The defeat to the Portuguese means a second successive season without Champions League football.

The home crowd did their best to lift their team with a rousing reception but Celtic were insipid from the off and did not trouble the visitors at all in the first half.

Celtic were jittery in defence, gifting their opponents possession with several stray passes, and were guilty of thumping aimless long balls forward far too often.

Braga comfortable coped comfortably at the back and always looked lively on the break. And the Portuguese silenced the home support with a goal from a lightening quick counter-attack on 20 minutes.

Alan was given room to deliver a sweet cross from the right and Paulo Cesar ran across Cha Du-Ri before steering a header beyond the outstretched arm of Lukasz Zaluska and inside the post.

Celtic striker Georgios Samaras, who was off target with an early header from a corner, later stretched his leg towards a fizzing delivery from Jaurez but could not turn the ball on target.

The hosts almost fell further behind when they were exposed down their left flank, with Matheus breaking away from Jos Hooiveld but Zaluska narrowed the angle and blocked at his near post.

Hooiveld was then beaten for pace again and was booked for pulling back Paulo Cesar on the edge of the penalty area – the resulting free-kick failing to trouble Zaluska.

Needing five goals from the second half to progress, Celtic threw on striker Marc-Antoine Fortune for left-back Charlie Mulgrew.

However, it was Braga who were first to threaten after the interval, with Cesar stealing in behind the home defence but somehow failing to pick out one of two team-mates bursting into the penalty area.

Celtic made the most of that reprieve, with Hooper, making his first appearance at Celtic Park since his move from Scunthorpe, bagging an equaliser on 51 minutes.

Fortune's power and skill won him space on the right side of the box and his excellent low cross was bundled home by Hooper.

Braga retreated deeper after conceding but Celtic needed a saving tackle by Cha to prevent Leandro Salina converting at the back-post.

Samaras curled free kick narrowly wide and missed with a header as Celtic pressed with increased passion but a lack of guile remained among the home ranks.

Neil Lennon's side went in front on 78 minutes when Juarez nodded in a cross from Samaras from a suspiciously offside-looking position.

© BBC MMX

  • Final Result
  • Full Time
  • 90:00+2:53 The referee blows his whistle to end the game.
  • 90:00+1:56 Substitution Albert Ze Meyong is brought on as a substitute for do Carmo Leandro Salino.
  • 90:00+0:24 Short corner worked by Osorio Alan.
  • 88:39 Free kick awarded for a foul by Rocha Paulo Cesar on Du-Ri Cha. Efrain Juarez takes the free kick.
  • 86:15 Free kick taken by Mario Felgudiraf.
  • 86:15 Substitution Scott Brown goes off and Patrick McCourt comes on.
  • 86:15 Marc-Antoine Fortune gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Uwa Echiejile.
  • 85:36 Unfair challenge on Georgios Samaras by Uwa Echiejile results in a free kick. Georgios Samaras restarts play with the free kick.
  • 85:21 The offside flag is raised against Vanderson Vandinho. Glenn Loovens takes the free kick.
  • 84:40 Osorio Alan produces a right-footed shot from just outside the penalty area that goes harmlessly over the target.
  • 83:18 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Efrain Juarez from the left by-line, save made by Mario Felgudiraf.
  • 83:18 Substitution Andres Madrid leaves the field to be replaced by Junior Paulao.
  • 80:27 Marc-Antoine Fortune concedes a free kick for a foul on Rocha Paulo Cesar. Rocha Paulo Cesar shoots direct from the free kick.
  • 79:15 . Lima fouled by Georgios Samaras, the ref awards a free kick. Mario Felgudiraf takes the direct free kick.
  • 77:46 The assist for the goal came from Georgios Samaras.
  • 77:46 GOAL – Efrain Juarez:Celtic 2 – 1 Braga Efrain Juarez finds the net with a headed goal from close in. Celtic 2 (2)-(4) 1 Braga.
  • 76:54 Corner taken right-footed by Efrain Juarez, Pinheiro Moises manages to make a clearance.
  • 76:09 Effort from outside the penalty box by . Lima goes wide right of the goal.
  • 74:37 Unfair challenge on do Carmo Leandro Salino by Glenn Loovens results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Uwa Echiejile.
  • 73:59 . Lima challenges Joe Ledley unfairly and gives away a free kick. Efrain Juarez restarts play with the free kick.
  • 73:36 Header by Georgios Samaras from deep inside the penalty area misses to the left of the goal.
  • 73:03 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Marc-Antoine Fortune by Uwa Echiejile. Direct free kick taken by Efrain Juarez.
  • 71:39 Du-Ri Cha has an effort at goal from outside the penalty box which goes wide left of the goal.
  • 71:11 Corner from left by-line taken by Efrain Juarez.
  • 68:53 The assistant referee flags for offside against Gary Hooper. Free kick taken by Pinheiro Moises.
  • 67:05 Strike comes in from Georgios Samaras from the free kick.
  • 67:05 Booking Valdelomar Alberto Rodriguez is shown a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.
  • 66:53 Daryl Murphy fouled by Valdelomar Alberto Rodriguez, the ref awards a free kick.
  • 66:28 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Joe Ledley by Rocha Paulo Cesar. Direct free kick taken by Joe Ledley.
  • 65:36 Indirect free kick taken by Mario Felgudiraf.
  • 65:36 Substitution . Lima replaces Nascimento Matheus.
  • 65:36 The referee blows for offside.
  • 63:43 Rocha Paulo Cesar concedes a free kick for a foul on Scott Brown. Free kick taken by Scott Brown.
  • 63:03 Joe Ledley takes the inswinging corner, clearance by Nascimento Matheus.
  • 62:45 Substitution Daryl Murphy is brought on as a substitute for Shaun Maloney.
  • 58:21 Short corner taken by Osorio Alan.
  • 57:25 Shot comes in from Nascimento Matheus from the free kick.
  • 57:25 Booking The referee shows Scott Brown a yellow card.
  • 57:23 Scott Brown gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Nascimento Matheus.
  • 56:28 Gary Hooper gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Vanderson Vandinho. Mario Felgudiraf takes the direct free kick.
  • 55:34 Direct free kick taken by Shaun Maloney.
  • 55:34 Booking Uwa Echiejile is cautioned by the ref for unsporting behaviour.
  • 55:20 Free kick awarded for a foul by Uwa Echiejile on Du-Ri Cha.
  • 53:35 Foul by Georgios Samaras on Vanderson Vandinho, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Valdelomar Alberto Rodriguez.
  • 52:46 Scott Brown challenges Osorio Alan unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Osorio Alan.
  • 50:23 Marc-Antoine Fortune provided the assist for the goal.
  • 50:23 GOAL – Gary Hooper:Celtic 1 – 1 Braga Goal scored by Gary Hooper from inside the six-yard box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Celtic 1 (1)-(4) 1 Braga.
  • 48:44 Inswinging corner taken by Joe Ledley, save made by Mario Felgudiraf.
  • 48:18 Shaun Maloney takes a inswinging corner from the left by-line played to the near post, Uwa Echiejile makes a clearance.
  • 47:35 The ball is delivered by Osorio Alan, Du-Ri Cha makes a clearance.
  • 46:50 Joe Ledley challenges Osorio Alan unfairly and gives away a free kick. Pinheiro Moises takes the direct free kick.
  • 46:25 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Marc-Antoine Fortune by Rocha Paulo Cesar. Direct free kick taken by Glenn Loovens.
  • 45:01 The referee blows his whistle to start the second half.
  • 45:01 Substitution Marc-Antoine Fortune replaces Charlie Mulgrew.
  • Half Time
  • 45:00+1:06 The referee calls an end to the first half.
  • 43:05 Shot on goal by Efrain Juarez from just inside the area goes over the target.
  • 37:21 Charlie Mulgrew challenges Osorio Alan unfairly and gives away a free kick. Angelo Miguel Garcia takes the direct free kick.
  • 35:47 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Du-Ri Cha by Rocha Paulo Cesar. Free kick taken by Glenn Loovens.
  • 34:44 Inswinging corner taken by Charlie Mulgrew, Jos Hooiveld challenges Vanderson Vandinho unfairly and gives away a free kick. Mario Felgudiraf restarts play with the free kick.
  • 34:09 Rocha Paulo Cesar gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Du-Ri Cha. Charlie Mulgrew takes the free kick.
  • 31:49 Osorio Alan shoots direct from the free kick.
  • 31:49 Booking Jos Hooiveld is booked.
  • 31:43 Jos Hooiveld challenges Nascimento Matheus unfairly and gives away a free kick.
  • 30:53 Joe Ledley has an effort at goal from outside the penalty area which goes wide right of the goal.
  • 28:50 Georgios Samaras gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Osorio Alan. Free kick taken by Mario Felgudiraf.
  • 28:45 A cross is delivered by Charlie Mulgrew, clearance made by Uwa Echiejile.
  • 24:41 Shaun Maloney takes the inswinging corner, Nascimento Matheus manages to make a clearance.
  • 23:55 Georgios Samaras has an effort at goal from close in which goes wide of the left-hand upright.
  • 23:25 Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Charlie Mulgrew from the right by-line, Uwa Echiejile manages to make a clearance.
  • 22:15 Strike comes in from Charlie Mulgrew from the free kick.
  • 22:15 Booking Booking for Angelo Miguel Garcia for unsporting behaviour.
  • 22:06 Rocha Paulo Cesar challenges Joe Ledley unfairly and gives away a free kick.
  • 19:42 Osorio Alan provided the assist for the goal.
  • 19:42 GOAL – Rocha Paulo Cesar:Celtic 0 – 1 Braga Rocha Paulo Cesar finds the back of the net with a headed goal from close range. Celtic 0 (0)-(4) 1 Braga.
  • 16:32 Jos Hooiveld gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Osorio Alan. Direct free kick taken by Angelo Miguel Garcia.
  • 14:20 Lukasz Zaluska takes the direct free kick.
  • 14:20 Booking Nascimento Matheus booked for dissent.
  • 14:17 The referee gives a free kick against Nascimento Matheus for handball.
  • 13:47 Angelo Miguel Garcia concedes a free kick for a foul on Georgios Samaras. Georgios Samaras takes the direct free kick.
  • 13:07 Charlie Mulgrew concedes a free kick for a foul on Nascimento Matheus. Osorio Alan restarts play with the free kick.
  • 12:06 Rocha Paulo Cesar produces a left-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide left of the goal.
  • 9:40 Shaun Maloney gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Angelo Miguel Garcia. Mario Felgudiraf restarts play with the free kick.
  • 8:17 Georgios Samaras is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Mario Felgudiraf restarts play with the free kick.
  • 7:12 Efrain Juarez is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Free kick taken by Mario Felgudiraf.
  • 5:03 The offside flag is raised against Joe Ledley. Mario Felgudiraf takes the free kick.
  • 4:04 Shot by Joe Ledley from just outside the area goes over the net.
  • 3:32 Corner taken left-footed by Charlie Mulgrew from the right by-line, save by Mario Felgudiraf.
  • 1:59 Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Charlie Mulgrew from the right by-line, Georgios Samaras has a headed effort at goal from close in which goes wide left of the goal.
  • 0:24 The official flags Nascimento Matheus offside. Charlie Mulgrew takes the indirect free kick.
  • 0:00 The game gets underway.
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