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Wednesday December 10, 2008 Finished

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Celtic

  • Maloney 13’
  • McGeady 45’

Villarreal

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Celtic
    • Villarreal
    • 90+3 Celtic hold on for a famous win! 2-0 at Celtic Park against Villarreal, a result that means nothing but pride for the Hoops but helps out Manchester United, who win Group E despite being held by Aalborg.
    • 90' Nakamura with some good play on the right, he sends the cross in low and MCGOWAN WITH A DIVING HEADER but wide!
    • 88' Corner to Celtic and CALDWELL FLIES IN but he heads straight at Viera! Should have been 3-0.
    • 81' CELTIC DOUBLE SUB: Samaras off for Scott McDonald, O'Dea on for Wilson.
    • 77' McGowan immediately enters the book for a rough one on Edmilson.
    • 76' CELTIC SUB: McGowan on for McGeady.
    • 72' He's run his socks off but Samaras isn't really up to it, another poor touch after he was put in by Nakamura.
    • 70' Nihat is clean through and he can pull one back here but good goalkeeping from Boruc, who stands tall and blocks the finish. After his howler in the weekend defeat to Hibs the crowd loved that!
    • 64' Hinkel gets into space on the right, he swings over a good ball for Samaras but he heads straight at Viera! That should have been three.
    • 63' Caldwell is the first Hoop to see yellow, for a foul on Cani.
    • 60' VILLARREAL SUB: Cazorla on for Ibagaza.
    • 58' Ariel Ibagaza is booked for Villarreal.
    • 56' Corner to Villarreal... sent to the edge of the box for NIHAT but he sends the volley wide! Great effort.
    • 51' Lopez sees yellow for a foul on McGeady.
    • 48' Nihat has a shot but straight at Boruc. The Turkey striker came on at half time for Senna.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+3 Half time at Celtic Park, the hosts are 2-0 down! And Villarreal are really blowing winning the group as rivals Manchester United are also losing, at home to Aalborg.
    • 45+2 McGeady on the ball as Celtic break, they stand off him so he continues on his run, it opens up and he has a pop from outside the box and it's in! McGeady gets a second for Celtic!
    • 43' Good move by Celtic, passing the ball nicely and it drops to McGeady with a great strike that whistles just wide!
    • 40' Senna is carded for chopping Hartley down.
    • 35' Edmilson is booked for protesting the decision to send off Franco.
    • 34' There's a bit of a fuss as Caldwell and Franco square up... And it's a red card! Guille Franco is off, apparently for striking Caldwell!
    • 27' Hinkel puts it out for a Villarreal corner... Edmilson flies in and heads over when it should have been on target!
    • 25' McGeady has a pop from the edge of the box but he shanks it well wide.
    • 20' Maloney with a great low ball that Samaras FLIES IN FOR but he misses it!
    • 15' The Spanish side respond with some heavy pressure...
    • 13' Brown on the ball, he whips over a cross and MALONEY ARRIVES WITH A HEADER TO PUT CELTIC AHEAD! The Hoops take the lead!
    • 11' Fernandez on the left, he smashes in a low drive that beats Boruc AND FRANCO AT THE FAR POST BUT HE CAN'T MAKE CONTACT! Celtic lucky to survive.
    • 10' Caldwell loses the ball and Matti Fernandes is but in Hinkel with a great last-ditch tackle prevents the Chilean from getting the shot away!
    • 8' Nakamura with a free-kick on the right... poor delivery, easy for Viera.
    • 5' Guille Franco gets on the end of a super move but Moruc is equal to his shot. Straight at him to be fair.
    • 3' Long-range shot from Maloney but low and easy for Viera.
    • 2' A chance for Celtic as McGeady sends a hanging cross that Viera doesn't deal with and Nakamura could be in but hacked away!
    • 1' Match underway in Glasgow!
    • - Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Celtic v Villarreal, which is basically a dead rubber with Celtic out of Europe and Villarreal through and only with first place to play for.

  • Team Stats

    Celtic Stats Villarreal
    57% Possession 42%
    11 Shots 11
    6 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 1
    4 Corners 4
    12 Fouls 14
    6 Offsides 1
    2 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 1
    20 Tackles 26
    538 Accurate passes 361
    61 Bad passes 16

  • 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 20 0 0
      5 Gary Caldwell 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 80 1 0
      12 Mark Wilson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 13 1
      2 Andreas Hinkel 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 69 0 1
      4 Stephen McManus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 3 6
      46 Aiden McGeady 1 4 1 0 3 1 0 33 17 0
      8 Scott Brown 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 59 5 6
      11 Paul Hartley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 54 8 1
      25 Shunsuke Nakamura 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 69 1 4
      13 Shaun Maloney 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 51 9 1
      9 Georgios Samaras 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 22 0 0
      22 Glenn Loovens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      55 Paul McGowan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 0
      21 Mark Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      52 Paul Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Scott McDonald 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0
      48 Darren O'Dea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
      29 Koki Mizuno 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Villarreal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sebastian Viera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      2 Javier Gonzalo Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 3
      20 Fabricio Fuentes 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 25 0 2
      18 Ángel David López Ruano 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 48 2 3
      11 Ariel Ibagaza 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 32 2 4
      19 Marcos Senna 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 32 0 1
      21 Bruno Llido 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 41 6 2
      10 Ruben Gracia Calmache 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 38 0 3
      14 Matías Fernández 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 30 0 2
      3 José Edmílson 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 52 0 4
      9 Guillermo Franco 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
      15 Kahveci Nihat 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 7 0 0
      13 Diego Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Robert Pires 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Pascal Cygan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Santi Cazorla 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 32 3 1
      6 Sebastian Eguren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90' Nakamura with some good play on the right, he sends the cross in low and MCGOWAN WITH A DIVING HEADER but wide!
    • 88' Corner to Celtic and CALDWELL FLIES IN but he heads straight at Viera! Should have been 3-0.
    • 64' Hinkel gets into space on the right, he swings over a good ball for Samaras but he heads straight at Viera! That should have been three.
    • 45+2 McGeady on the ball as Celtic break, they stand off him so he continues on his run, it opens up and he has a pop from outside the box and it's in! McGeady gets a second for Celtic!
    • 43' Good move by Celtic, passing the ball nicely and it drops to McGeady with a great strike that whistles just wide!
    • 34' There's a bit of a fuss as Caldwell and Franco square up... And it's a red card! Guille Franco is off, apparently for striking Caldwell!
    • 27' Hinkel puts it out for a Villarreal corner... Edmilson flies in and heads over when it should have been on target!
    • 13' Brown on the ball, he whips over a cross and MALONEY ARRIVES WITH A HEADER TO PUT CELTIC AHEAD! The Hoops take the lead!
    • 11' Fernandez on the left, he smashes in a low drive that beats Boruc AND FRANCO AT THE FAR POST BUT HE CAN'T MAKE CONTACT! Celtic lucky to survive.
    • 10' Caldwell loses the ball and Matti Fernandes is but in Hinkel with a great last-ditch tackle prevents the Chilean from getting the shot away!
    • - Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Celtic v Villarreal, which is basically a dead rubber with Celtic out of Europe and Villarreal through and only with first place to play for.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Claudio Circhetta

  • Celtic

    Manager: Gordon Strachan

    Captain: Gary Caldwell

    Starting line-up

    • A. Boruc
    • A. Hinkel
    • G. Caldwell Yellow Card
    • S. McManus
    • M. Wilson Substitution Out (81′)
    • S. Nakamura
    • S. Brown
    • P. Hartley
    • A. McGeady Goal Substitution Out (76′)
    • S. Maloney Goal
    • G. Samaras Substitution Out (81′)

    Subs

    • M. Brown
    • S. McDonald Substitution In81′
    • M. McGovern
    • D. O'Dea Substitution In81′
    • M. McGlinchey
    • G. Loovens
    • P. Caddis
    • P. McGowan Substitution In76′ Yellow Card

    Injured

    • M. Donati
    • L. Naylor
    • J. Vennegoor of Hesselink
    • C. Killen
    • M. Crosas
    • B. Robson

    Suspended

    None

  • Villarreal

    Manager: Manuel Pellegrini

    Captain: 19. Marcos Senna

    Starting line-up

    • S. Viera
    • &. López Ruano Yellow Card
    • G. Rodríguez
    • F. Fuentes
    • S. Bruno
    • M. Senna Yellow Card Substitution Out (46′)
    • J. Edmilson Yellow Card
    • R. Gracia "Cani"
    • M. Fernández
    • G. Franco Red Card
    • A. Ibagaza Yellow Card Substitution Out (60′)

    Subs

    • 7. R. Pires
    • 12. P. Cygan
    • 15. K. Nihat Substitution In46′
    • 6. S. Eguren
    • 13. D. López
    • 8. S. Cazorla Substitution In60′

    Injured

    • 17. J. Venta
    • 16. J. Llorente
    • 4. D. Godín

    Suspended

    None