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  1. Group D: Celtic earn victory

    Group D: Celtic earn victory

    A deflected goal by Aidan McGeady just before half-time gave Celtic a 1-0 Champions League Group D home win over Benfica in a match that was overshadowed by a horror-tackle from Gilles Augustin Binya. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Celtic
    • Benfica
    • 90+4 McDonald has a low drive go well wide as we enter the last minute of added time... Killen and McDonald on the attack now but the offside flag is up... and that's the whistle, 1-0 to Celtic.
    • 90+3 A long punt by Boruc sends Killen through but it doesn't land for him and when he can get the shot away it's blocked as the defender has been able to get back.
    • 90+3 Celtic keep ball by the corner flag, winning three consecutive corners and frustrating the Benfica defence who eventually get a throw.
    • 90+1 Good play by Celtic, Donati slips it left to McGeady who cuts inside and lets rip with his right but tipped over by Quim!
    • 90' Celtic playing keep ball on the edge of the Benfica box now as Sno is played in and drills it low but blocked with McGeady and Killen in there. Throw in. Four minutes of injury time being played.
    • 89' CELTIC SUB: Brown hobbles off and Sno is on in his place.
    • 87' After returning to the pitch Brown can't continue, he's had to sit down, obviously a heavy bruise just below his knee.
    • 85' Ball flying around in the middle of the park as Brown slides in and that is a disgusting tackle from Binya, he goes in on Brown's knee, stamping down and that is a leg breaker. Straight red and the Benfica players have to drag him off to stop the Celtic players from murdering him. Brown somehow gets up and walks off, must be the Irn Bru.
    • 80' A good Benfica attack breaks down when Katsouranis fluffs his through ball and chips it straight back to Boruc.
    • 79' McGeady slips into the left channel again and tries a cross but Quim is well-placed to hold on.
    • 78' BENFICA DOUBLE SUB: Cardozo off for Nuno Gomes and Bergessio on for Rui Costa.
    • 76' Rui Costa with a corner on the right and it finds Luisao at the far post but off the top of his head and out.
    • 73' The sides trade chances as first McGeady bursts through and has a low drive dflected but saved by Quim, then Benfica on the counter as Cardozo chases a long ball and drills one in but easy for Boruc.
    • 71' Killen is played clean through by Brown but superb defending by Luisao to slide in and intercept.
    • 70' Celtic on the counter, Brown is in, he shimmies wide after a decoy run by Killen and he's in but great save by Quim! Should have been 2-0.
    • 68' Corner by Rui Costa... Cardozo flies in with the near post flick but off the line by Naylor!
    • 67' Great turn on the edge of the box by Rodriguez but his shot is blocked.
    • 66' CELTIC DOUBLE SUB: Jarosik and Vennegoor off with Donati and Killen on in their places.
    • 65' Hartley swings the corner in under the bar and Quim drops it but Benfica clear!
    • 64' Some respite for Celtic as McGeady comes forward and BROWN but he can't get the shot away... McDonald now, he's in a corner but keeps wriggling his way out of it and almost gets a shot away, cleared but then Hartley wins a throw. Persistence from Celtic.
    • 62' Good cross from Luis Felipe almost finds Cardozo... incessant pressure here as the same combination almost works again, now it's wide left and Leo puts it in and CARDOZO WITH THE SHOULDER and inches wide! He missed the header but it almost went in off his side. Celtic up against it for now.
    • 60' BENFICA SUB: Di Maria on for Maxi Perreira.
    • 56' Venegoor wins a free-kick off Leo on the left... Hartley to swing in but cleared at the near post.
    • 53' McGeady on the edge of the box into McDonald who slips past Luisao and is brought down but the whistle has gone, he handled according to the ref.
    • 50' Ball through the middle along the ground by Rui Costa can set Cardozo free but slightly too much on it and Boruc comes sliding out to gather.
    • 48' The ball drops to Rui Costa who has a shot from range but saved by Boruc.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+1 Half-time at Celtic Park, 1-0 thanks to that late Aidan McGeady strike.
    • 45' McGeady on the ball, he has Naylor with a dummy run on the left so cuts inside with Luis Felipe out of the equation and he has a shot which takes a deflection of Luisao to wrong-foot Quim and into the back of the net for 1-0!
    • 44' Hartley heads the ball away to make amends and Celtic clear.
    • 43' Hartley pulls back Rodriguez on the edge of the box, left wing, he didn't need to do that as Caldwell was covering, free-kick in a dangerous position...
    • 40' Maxi Perreira with the foul in the middle of the park and a yellow for the Benfica man.
    • 37' Now for some reason unbeknown to me Boruc is way, way off his line, almost on the edge of the six yard box and to the right, which is where his wall is lined up, giving Rui Costa the whole left-hand side of the goal to aim at. Surely he can get it up and down over that side of the wall, no way will Boruc get across... but oh dear Benfica make a pig's ear of it, they tried to touch it to Rui Costa when he surely should have shot, and he didn't even ask for it from his reaction.
    • 36' Free-kick given to Benfica on the edge of the box... Rui Costa will take...
    • 33' Katsouranis is down injured.
    • 31' Benfica win a corner, it's caught by Boruc though and cleared...
    • 26' As if to gunish my impudence the match is in a slight lull for the moment, they're all attacked-out.
    • 23' McDonald is played onside somehow and he's in space on the right and drills it low for the bottom left but saved again by Quim! McGeady picks it up on the left and surges forward but Luis Felipe is back to clear. Phew, this is open stuff, rubbish defending but a lot of fun for the Sunday League purist.
    • 22' McGeady on the left, swings a ball in to Hesselink WHO KNOCKS IT DOWN FOR BROWN BUT HE AIR-KICKS IT AND BENFICA SURVIVE! He was free in the box and should have made it 1-0. End-to-end stuff.
    • 20' Terrible mistake by Boruc who falls over when trying a routine clearance and he can still get it clear but slips again and Cardozo takes it on the right and if he gets the cross in they're all queueing up but Naylor redeems himself by getting back to block.
    • 18' McDonald on the edge of the area again, he turns his man and drills a low shot on goal and tipped away by Quim!
    • 16' McDonald with a superb lay-off on the edge of the box AND BROWN WITH THE DRIVE BUT TIPPED BEHIND BY QUIM! Great play, corner Celtic.
    • 14' Rui Costa wide to Luis Felipe and Naylor is well out of position as McGeady has to chase back and the cut back for Cardozo but just behind the big man and Celtic survive. Naylor is having what is known in the trade as a 'mare.
    • 12' Poor backpass from Brown wrong-foots Kenney but Boruc hacks it clear... still with Benfica as it's sent long towards the Celtic box AND CARDOZO WITH A BRILLIANT HALF-VOLLEY BUT TIPPED OVER BY BORUC! Another great save by the Pole, Celtic really shooting themeslves in the foot with some poor errors.
    • 10' McGeady on the ball, superb shimmy past Rui Costa but he is fouled and a free-kick to Celtic on the left.... McManus to take and he swings in a brilliant cross AND KENNEDY UNMARKED WITH THE FREE HEADER BUT HE SOMEHOW HEADS WIDE! It was easier to score, Quim was nowhere, dreadful miss.
    • 8' Luisao plays Katsouranis into trouble but he gets it wide to Leo and he pits it out for a throw.
    • 6' Naylor gives it away AGAIN to Maxi Perreira but he slips and they survive, but it's still with Benfica, one-touch play now Rui Costa on the ball AND CARDOZO SLIPS INTO THE BOX AND MUST SCORE BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY BORUC! Naylor looks out of his depth and bears the wrath of Boruc.
    • 3' Given away by Naylor on the left and Maxi Perreira is in and he has a strike but over! Stupid mistake from Naylor, dilly-dallying on the ball.
    • 1' Match underway!
    • - Benfica, meanwhile, ring a few changes from their late win at the Estadio de Luz last time out, with Luis Felipe starting at the back, Katsouranis moving into midfield and a five-man midfield backing up match-winner Oscar Cardozo. Nuno Gomes only returns to the bench after injury.
    • - Massimo Donati is on the bench for Celtic, Jiri Jarosik stepping in, while Scott McDonald - the match-winner against Milan - will be looking to avenge the 1-0 defeat in Lisbon two weeks ago.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the Champions League Group D clash between Celtic and Benfica in Glasgow, starting at 19:45 GMT!

  • Team Stats

    Celtic Stats Benfica
    43% Possession 56%
    15 Shots 15
    7 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    7 Corners 7
    14 Fouls 10
    2 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 1
    28 Tackles 31
    229 Accurate passes 327
    39 Bad passes 45

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Celtic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Artur Boruc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      41 John Kennedy 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 2
      3 Lee Naylor 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 32 13 3
      5 Gary Caldwell 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 2 2
      44 Stephen McManus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      11 Paul Hartley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 4
      46 Aidan McGeady 1 3 3 0 5 0 0 23 7 4
      20 Jirí Jarosik 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 23 2 4
      10 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 4 2
      27 Scott McDonald 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 20 3 4
      8 Scott Brown 0 5 2 1 2 0 0 34 2 1
      15 Evander Sno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      48 Darren O'Dea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Derek Riordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Chris Killen 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2
      7 Maciej Zurawski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Mark Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Massimo Donati 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 3 0
    • Benfica
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Joaoquim Quim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      4 Anderson Luís da Silva 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 33 1 1
      5 Leo Leo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 42 12 6
      2 Luis Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 2 6
      3 Edcarlos Edcarlos 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 1 2
      10 Manuel Rui Costa 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 41 10 1
      18 Augustin Gilles Binya 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 47 4 9
      8 Kostas Katsouranis 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 3 2
      14 Maximiliano Pereira 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 27 1 1
      26 Cristian Rodriguez 0 2 0 4 7 0 0 16 6 1
      7 Óscar Cardozo 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 11 1 1
      20 Ángel Di María 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 1
      30 Freddy Adu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Gonzalo Bergessio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      25 Nuno Assis Nuno Assis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Marco Zoro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Hans-Jörg Butt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+1 Good play by Celtic, Donati slips it left to McGeady who cuts inside and lets rip with his right but tipped over by Quim!
    • 85' Ball flying around in the middle of the park as Brown slides in and that is a disgusting tackle from Binya, he goes in on Brown's knee, stamping down and that is a leg breaker. Straight red and the Benfica players have to drag him off to stop the Celtic players from murdering him. Brown somehow gets up and walks off, must be the Irn Bru.
    • 70' Celtic on the counter, Brown is in, he shimmies wide after a decoy run by Killen and he's in but great save by Quim! Should have been 2-0.
    • 68' Corner by Rui Costa... Cardozo flies in with the near post flick but off the line by Naylor!
    • 62' Good cross from Luis Felipe almost finds Cardozo... incessant pressure here as the same combination almost works again, now it's wide left and Leo puts it in and CARDOZO WITH THE SHOULDER and inches wide! He missed the header but it almost went in off his side. Celtic up against it for now.
    • 45' McGeady on the ball, he has Naylor with a dummy run on the left so cuts inside with Luis Felipe out of the equation and he has a shot which takes a deflection of Luisao to wrong-foot Quim and into the back of the net for 1-0!
    • 23' McDonald is played onside somehow and he's in space on the right and drills it low for the bottom left but saved again by Quim! McGeady picks it up on the left and surges forward but Luis Felipe is back to clear. Phew, this is open stuff, rubbish defending but a lot of fun for the Sunday League purist.
    • 22' McGeady on the left, swings a ball in to Hesselink WHO KNOCKS IT DOWN FOR BROWN BUT HE AIR-KICKS IT AND BENFICA SURVIVE! He was free in the box and should have made it 1-0. End-to-end stuff.
    • 20' Terrible mistake by Boruc who falls over when trying a routine clearance and he can still get it clear but slips again and Cardozo takes it on the right and if he gets the cross in they're all queueing up but Naylor redeems himself by getting back to block.
    • 18' McDonald on the edge of the area again, he turns his man and drills a low shot on goal and tipped away by Quim!
    • 16' McDonald with a superb lay-off on the edge of the box AND BROWN WITH THE DRIVE BUT TIPPED BEHIND BY QUIM! Great play, corner Celtic.
    • 14' Rui Costa wide to Luis Felipe and Naylor is well out of position as McGeady has to chase back and the cut back for Cardozo but just behind the big man and Celtic survive. Naylor is having what is known in the trade as a 'mare.
    • 12' Poor backpass from Brown wrong-foots Kenney but Boruc hacks it clear... still with Benfica as it's sent long towards the Celtic box AND CARDOZO WITH A BRILLIANT HALF-VOLLEY BUT TIPPED OVER BY BORUC! Another great save by the Pole, Celtic really shooting themeslves in the foot with some poor errors.
    • 10' McGeady on the ball, superb shimmy past Rui Costa but he is fouled and a free-kick to Celtic on the left.... McManus to take and he swings in a brilliant cross AND KENNEDY UNMARKED WITH THE FREE HEADER BUT HE SOMEHOW HEADS WIDE! It was easier to score, Quim was nowhere, dreadful miss.
    • 6' Naylor gives it away AGAIN to Maxi Perreira but he slips and they survive, but it's still with Benfica, one-touch play now Rui Costa on the ball AND CARDOZO SLIPS INTO THE BOX AND MUST SCORE BUT A BRILLIANT SAVE BY BORUC! Naylor looks out of his depth and bears the wrath of Boruc.
    • 3' Given away by Naylor on the left and Maxi Perreira is in and he has a strike but over! Stupid mistake from Naylor, dilly-dallying on the ball.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Hansson

  • Celtic

    Manager: Gordon Strachan

    Captain: Stephen McManus

    On the Field

    • Boruc
    • Caldwell
    • Kennedy
    • McManus
    • Naylor
    • Hartley Yellow Card
    • Brown Substitution Out (89′)
    • Jarosik Substitution Out (66′)
    • McGeady Goal
    • Vennegoor of Hesselink Substitution Out (66′)
    • McDonald

    Subs

    • Donati Substitution In (66′)
    • Brown
    • Zurawski
    • Killen Substitution In (66′)
    • Riordan
    • Sno Substitution In (89′)
    • O'Dea

    Injured

    • Nakamura

    Suspended

    None

  • Benfica

    Manager: José Antonio Camacho

    Captain: Manuel Rui Costa

    On the Field

    • Silva
    • Luis Filipe
    • Da Silva "Luisao"
    • Lourenco "Leo"
    • Edcarlos
    • Maxi Pereira Yellow Card Substitution Out (61′)
    • Gilles Binya Red Card
    • Katsouranis
    • Rodriguez
    • Rui Costa Substitution Out (66′)
    • Cardozo Substitution Out (66′)

    Subs

    • Butt
    • Gomes Substitution In (78′)
    • Zoro Kpolo
    • Assis
    • Bergessio Substitution In (78′)
    • Di María Substitution In (61′)
    • Adu

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None