UEFA Europa League

FT Thursday, October 1, 2015
Fenerbahce WWLWL 2
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Celtic LDWWD 2
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FEN112
CEL202
Celtic Park · 41,330 att.

Match Report

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Celtic surrender two-goal lead, draw with Fenerbahce at home

Efe Ambrose endured a personal Europa League nightmare as Celtic surrendered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Fenerbahce at Parkhead.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
8
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
3
48
Possession
52
10
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
309
Accurate Passes
349
387
Passes
423
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
24
Crosses
26
0.2
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
63
28
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
18
16
Tackles
24
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
17
24
Clearances
25

Lineups

CEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Craig GordonG
  2. 4Efe AmbroseCD-L
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataCD-R
  4. 63Kieran TierneyLB
  5. 23Mikael LustigRB
  6. 25Stefan JohansenAM
  7. 6Nir BittonLM
  8. 8Scott BrownRM
  9. 9Leigh GriffithsF
  10. 49James ForrestAM-L
  11. 15Kris CommonsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Logan BaillySUB
  2. 7Nadir CiftciSUB
  3. 14Stuart ArmstrongSUB
  4. 18Tom RogicSUB
  5. 2Tyler BlackettSUB
  6. 16Gary Mackay-StevenSUB
  7. 42Callum McGregorSUB

FEN · 4-3-3

  1. 40FabianoG
  2. 22Bruno AlvesCD-L
  3. 4Simon KjaerCD-R
  4. 3Hasan Ali KaldirimLB
  5. 19Sener ÖzbayrakliRB
  6. 5Mehmet TopalCM
  7. 14Raul MeirelesLM
  8. 8Ozan TufanRM
  9. 11Robin van PersieF
  10. 17NaniLF
  11. 20Volkan SenRF

Substitutes

  1. 26Alper PotukSUB
  2. 1Volkan DemirelSUB
  3. 9FernandãoSUB
  4. 88Caner ErkinSUB
  5. 10DiegoSUB
  6. 15Uygar ZeybekSUB
  7. 53Abdoulaye BaSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Raul Meireles (Fenerbahçe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 28' Goal! Celtic 1, Fenerbahçe 0. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner following a corner.
  3. 32' Goal! Celtic 2, Fenerbahçe 0. Kris Commons (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by James Forrest with a cross.
  4. 40' Substitution, Fenerbahçe. Fernandao replaces Volkan Sen.
  5. 43' Goal! Celtic 2, Fenerbahçe 1. Fernandao (Fenerbahçe) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, Fenerbahçe. Diego replaces Ozan Tufan.
  7. 48' Goal! Celtic 2, Fenerbahçe 2. Fernandao (Fenerbahçe) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nani with a cross following a corner.
  8. 57' Stefan Johansen (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' James Forrest (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Bruno Alves (Fenerbahçe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Dedryck Boyata (Celtic) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 79' Substitution, Fenerbahçe. Abdoulaye Ba replaces Raul Meireles.
  13. 82' Substitution, Celtic. Tyler Blackett replaces Kieran Tierney.
  14. 82' Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Stefan Johansen because of an injury.
  15. 90' Simon Kjaer (Fenerbahçe) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90' Substitution, Celtic. Stuart Armstrong replaces James Forrest because of an injury.

UEFA Europa League News

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News ESPN News Services AC Milan condemn racist abuse of Mike Maignan after red card vs. Bournemouth AC Milan have condemned what they called "serious and unacceptable racist abuse" directed at goalkeeper Mike Maignan on social media following his red card in Thursday's Europa League loss to Bournemouth. News PA 'If Mo Salah scores three...' - Hearts boss on puzzle to mark Trabzonspor star Wouter Vrancken hailed auxiliary left-back Rogers Mato for the way he stepped into the breach against Mohamed Salah as injury-hit Hearts produced a spirited display in a 2-0 Conference League defeat away to Trabzonspor. News Tom Hamilton Rose urges humility after Bournemouth rout Milan as Amorim rues red card Marco Rose said his Bournemouth team will stay humble after they dominated AC Milan 3-0 in the Europa League while Ruben Amorim said the match was over as a contest for his team after Mike Maignan's red card in the first half. ESPN Tom Hamilton Bournemouth fairytale condemns Ruben Amorim to another nightmare in England Bournemouth never wanted this night to end. Ruben Amorim, however, would be happy to forget this evening on the south coast ever happened.