Celtic v Juventus 7.45 TV3

Liam O

When Celtic get it down they are proving capable of playing through Juve, but they aren't showing enough patience and trying to force it through.

RayCon

Good game for the neutral so far

theoneeyedman

Blatter wrote: »

Lol at the ITV commentators. It's defo Marchisio's goal. Irrelevant that the initial shot crossed the line as it wasn't given.

Is there no dodgy goal committee in the U CL?

Copper_pipe

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Is there no dodgy goal committee in the U CL?

On twitter it says that the press association have given it to matri

Mr.Crinklewood

A lot of poor shooting from Celtic.

Stevecw

Need to do more, no point sitting back, just mad long range shooting with 1 man up front at 1 nil down

Liam O

That would have been something :eek:

markie29

Celtic are playing very well and very differently to the game against Barca...shame a defensive error has cost them

Oranage2

I forgot how boring Italian football is and juve are suppose to be an attacking team...


Overall juve will probably end up winning by 2 goals though it won't be a fair reflection of how Celtic played, they're playing really well just they any sort of talent up front.

born2bwild

Great battle there between Pirlo and Brown,

Red Crow

Blatter wrote: »

Playing Ambrose so soon after arriving back from ACN is mental. Not surprising he made such a basic error, I'd say he's physically and mentally wrecked.

Don't be so naive.

Mitch Connor

Blatter wrote: »

Lol at the ITV commentators. It's defo Marchisio's goal. Irrelevant that the initial shot crossed the line as it wasn't given.

The press association have 'corrected' it to Matri now as well; how the fcuk can Matri be given the goal if the ref didn't call it? For all intents and purposes he didn't score, the fella following up did.

markie29

hahaha at the Juve fan with the fingers when the camera went onto him

PauloMN

Celtic should have equalised really, I think they've been the better side apart from that dreadful mistake. I think playing Ambrose was a mistake tbh, looks tired. I expect he'll be subbed early.

Mr.Crinklewood

Hopefully Vidal will be back on Sassoon

OctavarIan

PauloMN wrote: »

Celtic should have equalised really, I think they've been the better side apart from that dreadful mistake. I think playing Ambrose was a mistake tbh, looks tired. I expect he'll be subbed early.

Yeah he doesn't look fully fit at all. Undoing all the brilliant work of the players in front of him.

markie29

how is Hooper getting a yellow! ref is a joke at these corners...has to give a penalty!

Liam O

Celtic should have had a penalty there, no reason for it not to be given.

PauloMN

Ref = total cock.

Carroller

Was that a headbutt on hooper?

Mint Sauce

How is that Juve defender still on the pitch?!

RandolphEsq

Hooper went to throw him to the ground and fell himself.

Stevecw

Great game, any second now Juve cud go 2 up...then again Celtic are trying so hard a 1-1 cud happen too.

McGrath5

Celtic should have had a penalty, outrageous stuff.

Red Crow

irish-stew wrote: »

How is that Juve defender still on the pitch?!

Juve have probably bought him a nice watch knowing their history.

steveLFC24

Jaysus every shot is straight at Buffon. Impressive display though, bar the sloppy goal.

seriousfizz

Don't let yourselves get conned by the Celtic crowd; you don't get penalties for that sort of thing. The Celtic fans are ridiculously self-righteous, any little nick from Juve players and they're up in arms, Celtic are at it themselves.

Liam O

Celtic need to get Forrest out right, there is space to be exploited out there.

OctavarIan

Perfect Choice wrote: »

Celtic should have had a penalty, outrageous stuff.

For the incident just there where Hooper mistimed his run and fell over?

Eirebear

Celtic are doing a fantastic job of "defending from the front" closing down and hassling the Juve defence.
Got to be careful though, one break and the tie could be over, and the referee certainly isn't favouring the attacker.

A Dub in Glasgo

seriousfizz wrote: »

Don't let yourselves get conned by the Celtic crowd; you don't get penalties for that sort of thing.

For that sort of thing you mean arms around the player and pushing away from the ball. Can you tell us why not?

Liam O

seriousfizz wrote: »

Don't let yourselves get conned by the Celtic crowd; you don't get penalties for that sort of thing. The Celtic fans are ridiculously self-righteous, any little nick from Juve players and they're up in arms, Celtic are at it themselves.

Ah come on, Lichtensteiner was ridiculous, penalties have been given for what he's done on pretty much every corner and the last one he was clearly impeding Hooper.

citytillidie

Watching 1st game on TV3 and by god are they bad, cant even get players names right

Eirebear

irish-stew wrote: »

How is that Juve defender still on the pitch?!

Same could be said for Hopper.
Calm yerself.

seriousfizz

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

For that sort of thing you mean arms around the player and pushing away from the ball. Can you tell us why not?

Nope. I don't make the rules. It happens all the time, it's only because of the Celtic fans screaming about it that you get the impression of explicit injustice.

Liam O

Ambrose steps over that and it could have gone in.

Corholio

I think the loud crowd can make things more controversial then they actually are. Hooper was leaning against him too and fell because he tried to push Lichtsteiner himself. You'd swear there was a stone wall something the way they boo.

A Dub in Glasgo

seriousfizz wrote: »

Nope. I don't make the rules.

Are you saying that holding a player to stop him getting the ball is in the rules?

Liam O

seriousfizz wrote: »

Nope. I don't make the rules. It happens all the time, it's only because of the Celtic fans screaming about it that you get the impression of explicit injustice.

Grabbing someone around the arms so they can't move time after time with the ref looking directly at it doesn't happen all the time. The ref just completely bottled making a big call is what happened.

OctavarIan

Great game as a neutral. Celtic need to seriously sharpen up in front of goal and Juventus just need to hold on until Celtic tire.

maximoose

Corholio wrote: »

I think the loud crowd can make things more controversial then they actually are.

The desperate cries of handball every single f*cking time are getting very tedious.

Great game so far, Celtic very much still in it and I think they can get a goal or two

mike65

Italian defending is vertical scrummaging.

Stevecw

Game there for Celtic 2nd half, need a 2nd striker. 1-1 wud give a chance, 0-1 haven't a hope.

Aidric

Perfect Choice wrote: »

Celtic should have had a penalty, outrageous stuff.

No they shouldn't. Both players with brainless stuff in the box and rightfully booked
Celtic had a very good end to the half and squandered a couple of scoring chances.

eagle eye

I'm not a fan of either club and I think any reasonable person would agree that Lichsteiner should not be on the pitch now. Don't agree there should have been a penalty though.

Eirebear

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Are you saying that holding a player to stop him getting the ball is in the rules?

Hooper is just as guilty as the defender, both pushing and shoving, both all over eachother.
I thought the ref handled it well.

swoody

card count of the last 10 matches refed by Alberto Undiano Mallenco



add 2 more so far to tonight......

Lennonist

seriousfizz wrote: »

Nope. I don't make the rules. It happens all the time, it's only because of the Celtic fans screaming about it that you get the impression of explicit injustice.

The Juve defender is constantly fouling Hooper going by the rules of the game. The ref has failed to pick up on it.

PauloMN

Don't think I've ever been so happy with Celtic while they're one down. Thought they played very well aside from the horror show. I think Ambrose should be switched, he's obviously not fully fit as it was a very uncharacteristic mistake from him, and he's looked dodgy since the goal also.

Really missing Samaras's ability to hold the ball up, but I think Commons, Wanyama and Brown are doing really well.

Lennonist

Eirebear wrote: »

Hooper is just as guilty as the defender, both pushing and shoving, both all over eachother.
I thought the ref handled it well.

Of course you would:rolleyes: