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A fiasco grande in Lisbon

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by jjcsc, Nov 1, 2006.

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  1. jjcsc

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    A fiasco grande in Lisbon shocked the Celtic faithful with an own goal, a goal due to sloppy defending, and a goal that was unavoidable.
    Benfica, who played an average match, looked a class above against a side that beat Motherwell 2-1, showing possibly the difference between Benfica and Motherwell that Strachan had not taken into account.



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    Miller, as with the rest of the Celtic team, was a shadow on the pitch angainst a Benfica side who were nothing special.

    The match was decided within 25 minutes with Caldwell's own goal on the 10 minute mark, and Nuno Gomez netting on 22.

    In a match where celtic saw little of the Benfica goalmouth, they squandered an open chance in front of goal. Stephen Mc Manus was man of the match, but in my opinion, Boruc was the man as none of the goals was his fault and the Celtic defence was non existent.
    The only weak spot in Benfica was their last line and goalie, and it shows the weakness of the Celtic attack that they could not take advantage of this fact.

    With Man United losing, it will take more effort and less reliance on luck to see their way to the last 16.


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    Dont forget... those in the Midlands and Dublin... Billy Mc Neill and Bobby Lennox will be in Tullamore on SATURDAY WEEK for the Jimmy Johnstone Trust night.


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  2. Renegade T

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