UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING ROUND 1st Leg
Venue: CELTIC PARK
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| My little legend! |
CELTIC 3 MALMO 2
Scorers: Griffiths(2), Bitton; Berget(2)
Fantastic night of European football at Celtic Park with both sets of fans experiencing a rollercoaster ride of football's highs and lows. There was a near capacity crowd and a terrific away following from Sweden that created a wonderful atmosphere that you only get in Champions League football.
At 3-1 up going into the latter stages Celtic were one second away from a very good result, one goal away from an exceptional result or one goal away from a mini disaster. Like Alex Ferguson old European comment "just when you think you are OK the roof falls in". And that's exactly what happened when Malmo scored a last second goal to bring the tie within their reach again. For the first time the atmosphere change to incredible silence except for the merry band of Malmo fans.
Leigh Griffiths produced a splendid No. 9 performance scoring twice.
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| The stage is set! |
Personal note: Malmo became the 197th club side that I've seen and the fourth European tie involving a Swedish club following Gothenburg, Helsingborgs IF and IF Elfsborg.
In order to keep my run of 14 years of not missing a home match going my little daughter attended her first UEFA tie.
In order to keep my run of 14 years of not missing a home match going my little daughter attended her first UEFA tie.
