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'UEFA Champions League 2014 - 2015 - Group D - Matchday 3 - (15) |
| Date: |
23 October 2014 |
| Kick-off: |
22:05 |
| Stadium: |
"Celtic Park" |
| City: |
Glasgow |
| Referee: |
Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) |
| Assistant referees: |
Gylfi Mar Sigurdsson & Sigurdur Oli Thorleifsson (Iceland) |
| Add assistant referees: |
Thoroddur Hjaltalin & Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland) |
| Fourth official: |
Gunnar Gunnarsson (Iceland) |
| UEFA Delegate: |
Nils Fisketjonn (Norway) |
| UEFA Referee observer: |
Jan Fasung (Slovakia) |
| Attendance: |
32.000 |
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CELTIC
GLASGOW |
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ASTRA
GIURGIU |
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| Ronny Deila |
( 1-4-3-3 ) |
( 1-4-2-3-1 ) |
Oleg Protasov |
Craig Gordon |
- |
- |
Silviu Lung Jr. |
Mikael Lustig |
- |
- |
Vasileios Pliatsikas |
Jason Denayer |
- |
- |
Syam Ben Youssef |
Virgil van Dijk |
- |
- |
Cristian Oroș |
Emilio Izaguirre |
- |
- |
Júnior Morais |
Scott Brown (C) |
- |
88'  |
Vincent Laban |
Charlie Mulgrew |
66' |
- |
Seidu Yahaya |
Stefan Johansen |
- |
- |
Gabriel Enache |
Callum McGregor |
57' |
78' |
Takayuki Seto |
Stefan Šćepović |
- |
87' |
William De Amorim |
Anthony Stokes |
77' |
- |
Constantin Budescu (C) |
Alexandar Tonev |
 57' |
78' |
Kehinde Fatai |
Mubarak Wakaso |
66' |
87' |
Laurențiu Rus |
Beram Kayal |
77' |
88' |
George Florescu |
| Stefan Šćepović |
 73' |
1 - 1 |
- |
| Stefan Johansen |
79' |
2 - 1 |
- |
| - |
2 - 1 |
81' |
Gabriel Enache |
Alexandar Tonev |
70'  |
08' |
Seidu Yahaya |
- |
- |
72' |
Cristian Oroș |
Not used: Łukasz ZaĄuska
(GK), Adam Matthews, Efe Ambrose, Leigh Griffiths - Dănuț Coman (GK), Sadat Bukari, Aurelian Chițu, Valerică Găman |
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Second-half goals from Stefan Šćepović and Stefan Johansen earned Celtic FC a 2-1 victory that all but ends FC Astra Giurgiu's UEFA Europa League ambitions.
Šćepović had gone close several times before finally breaking through with 17 minutes to go, heading in Anthony Stokes's free-kick. It was soon 2-0 as Johansen converted from close range but Gabriel Enache ensured a tense finale as he quickly halved the deficit. Celtic held on, and remain level with FC Salzburg on seven points; Astra are still awaiting their first.
Ronny Deila's hosts enjoyed most of the possession in the opening stages without creating real openings against an Astra side content to put ten men behind the ball. Buoyed, the visitors gradually committed numbers forward and Seidu Yahaya and Constantin Budescu produced good saves from Craig Gordon before Takayuki Seto curled a shot just wide.
At the other end, Mikael Lustig's deliveries from the right were causing problems with Vassilis Pliatsikas almost heading into his own net. Šćepović headed over another of the Swedish international's crosses, and passed up two more headed opportunities early in the second half. Gordon rescued the home side again, turning Enache's shot away, before Šćepović scored to set up an exciting finish. [uefa.com] |
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