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'UEFA Champions League 2014 - 2015 - Group D - Matchday 4 - (16) |
Date: |
6 November 2014 |
Kick-off: |
20:00 |
Stadium: |
"Marin Anastasovici" |
City: |
Giurgiu |
Referee: |
Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine) |
Assistant referees: |
Serhiy Bekker & Volodymyr Volodin (Ukraine) |
Add assistant referees: |
Yevhen Aranovskiy & Anatoliy Abdula (Ukraine) |
Fourth official: |
Oleksandr Voytyuk (Ukraine) |
UEFA Delegate: |
Metin Tuncer (Turkey) |
UEFA Referee observer: |
Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland) |
Attendance: |
2.500 |
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ASTRA
GIURGIU |
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CELTIC
GLASGOW |
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Oleg Protasov |
( 1-4-2-3-1 ) |
( 1-4-2-3-1 ) |
Ronny Deila
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Silviu Lung Jr., |
- |
- |
Craig Gordon |
Vasileios Pliatsikas |
- |
- |
Mikael Lustig |
Syam Ben Youssef |
- |
- |
Jason Denayer |
Cristian Oroș |
- |
- |
Virgil van Dijk |
Júnior Morais |
- |
- |
Emilio Izaguirre |
Vincent Laban |
- |
- |
Scott Brown (C) |
Seidu Yahaya |
81' |
- |
Charlie Mulgrew |
Gabriel Enache |
- |
- |
Callum McGregor |
Constantin Budescu (C) |
62' |
- |
Stefan Johansen |
Joaozinho Graça |
46' |
80' |
Mubarak Wakaso |
Sadat Bukari |
- |
72' |
Stefan Šćepović |
William De Amorim |
46' |
72' |
Leigh Griffiths |
George Florescu |
62' |
80' |
Adam Matthews |
Takayuki Seto |
81' |
- |
- |
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0 - 1 |
32' |
Stefan Johansen |
William De Amorim |
79' |
1 - 1 |
- |
Syam Ben Youssef |
37' |
66' |
Scott Brown |
Seidu Yahaya |
66' |
90'+3 |
Virgil van Dijk |
Sadat Bukari |
90'+2 |
- |
- |
Vincent Laban |
90'+2 |
- |
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Not used: Dănuț Coman (GK), Aurelian Chițu, Valerică Găman, Laurențiu Rus - Łukasz ZaĄuska (GK), Efe Ambrose, Nir Biton, Alexandar Tonev, Beram Kayal |
Goalkeeper Silviu Lung was the hero as FC Astra Giurgiu recovered to deny Celtic FC both a win and early progress to the knockout stage in a 1-1 draw.
Contesting their 300th UEFA competition match, Celtic began in earnest and got their first look at the hosts' No1 when a left-wing cross teed up a Mikael Lustig snapshot. Reacting superbly, Lung changed direction to make a fine airborne save. Craig Gordon then matched Lung's efforts at the other end, flying high to his left to prevent Seidu Yahaya's corruscating drive finding the net.
There was nothing Lung could do about Stefan Johansen's 32nd-minute opener. Charlie Mulgrew's free-kick came back off the defensive wall and Johansen's deflected follow-up flew into Lung's top-right corner.
Mulgrew himself was then denied by the Astra custodian on the cusp of half-time. The defender would surely have sealed three points had his bouncing effort not been tipped onto the post by the in-form Lung, but that proved a crucial stop. On 79 minutes, William Amorim's wonderful effort from the left side of the area curled over a helpless Gordon and dropped inside his left upright.
Lung continued to prove decisive as the game neared a close, stretching to stifle Leigh Griffiths after the Celtic substitute had attempted to skip around him. Astra captain Vincent Laban received a straight red card in added time, but the hosts held on for a point. [uefa.com] |
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