Celtic S Champions League Campaign Ends With Humiliation By Real Madrid Champions League

Second-half goals from Marco Asensio, Vinícius Júnior and Federico Valverde put Celtic ahead but the visitors created plenty of chances and substitute Jota netted one of their 14 attempts on goal as he won a superb free-kick. With RB Leipzig having earlier beaten Shakhtar Donetsk in Warsaw, Real needed a win to clinch top spot in Group F against a Celtic side who had lost all hope of dropping into the Europa League when last week they were Shakhtar. Joe Hart led Celtic in the absence of the injured Callum McGregor and Cameron Carter-Vickers, who was replaced by Karl Starfelt for the Swede’s first appearance since injuring his knee against Rangers two months ago. The first half was a tale of penalties and summed up Celtic’s European campaign. They had made a lively start, but a back pass opened them up and Asensio’s mistimed shot hit the arm of Moritz Gentz. The referee, Stéphanie Frappart, immediately pointed to the spot and Modric sent Hart the wrong way, although the goalkeeper went to Juranovic, Modric’s Croatia team-mate, for advice. Celtic’s Greg Taylor shows his frustration. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The hosts doubled their lead in the 21st minute after a VAR-assisted penalty. Hart had saved well from Vinicius before Rodrigo’s shot hit the arm of Matt O’Reilly. The shot was taken from two yards out by O’Reilly and was well wide, but Frapar awarded a penalty and beat the Celtic midfielder after watching replay. Celtic’s 35th-minute penalty came after Liel Abada tripped Ferland Mendy and was then cut down. Juranovic had scored all five of his previous penalties for the Scottish champions but his powerful strike was a good height for Thibaut Courtois. The visitors had earlier wasted several decent chances. Kyogo Furuhashi headed Daizen Maeda’s low cross onto the upright when Abada was well positioned and unmarked behind him. Reo Haate shot, Furuhashi curled an effort straight at Courtois after again being set up by Maeda and the keeper made a good save from Haate’s long-range strike. The difference in quality between the teams was shown by two incidents early in the second half. Asensio scored a superb first-time finish from Dani Carjaval’s 51st-minute cut. At the other end, Aaron Mooy took a poor touch after setting up in the Real area. Start your evenings with the Guardian’s view of the world of football Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The home side made it four in the 61st minute when Vinicius took Starfelt’s cross and headed home Valverde’s low cross. Ange Postecoglou made a triple change for Celtic and everyone was involved as Real again survived some pressure. Sead Haksabanovic’s cross set up Giorgos Giakoumakis but he shot straight at Courtois and Hatate’s weak follow-up was saved before the keeper saved David Turnbull’s powerful drive. Again the difference in finishing was evident when Valverde swept over from 22 yards in the 71st minute before O’Reilly went close from a similar chance. Celtic continued to push for a goal, leaving themselves exposed on the counter-attack at times, and Courtois twice denied Jota, but the keeper was eventually beaten by the winger’s free-kick in the 84th minute.

title: “Celtic S Champions League Campaign Ends With Humiliation By Real Madrid Champions League " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “Larry Bingman”

Second-half goals from Marco Asensio, Vinícius Júnior and Federico Valverde put Celtic ahead but the visitors created plenty of chances and substitute Jota netted one of their 14 attempts on goal as he won a superb free-kick. With RB Leipzig having earlier beaten Shakhtar Donetsk in Warsaw, Real needed a win to clinch top spot in Group F against a Celtic side who had lost all hope of dropping into the Europa League when last week they were Shakhtar. Joe Hart led Celtic in the absence of the injured Callum McGregor and Cameron Carter-Vickers, who was replaced by Karl Starfelt for the Swede’s first appearance since injuring his knee against Rangers two months ago. The first half was a tale of penalties and summed up Celtic’s European campaign. They had made a lively start, but a back pass opened them up and Asensio’s mistimed shot hit the arm of Moritz Gentz. The referee, Stéphanie Frappart, immediately pointed to the spot and Modric sent Hart the wrong way, although the goalkeeper went to Juranovic, Modric’s Croatia team-mate, for advice. Celtic’s Greg Taylor shows his frustration. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The hosts doubled their lead in the 21st minute after a VAR-assisted penalty. Hart had saved well from Vinicius before Rodrigo’s shot hit the arm of Matt O’Reilly. The shot was taken from two yards out by O’Reilly and was well wide, but Frapar awarded a penalty and beat the Celtic midfielder after watching replay. Celtic’s 35th-minute penalty came after Liel Abada tripped Ferland Mendy and was then cut down. Juranovic had scored all five of his previous penalties for the Scottish champions but his powerful strike was a good height for Thibaut Courtois. The visitors had earlier wasted several decent chances. Kyogo Furuhashi headed Daizen Maeda’s low cross onto the upright when Abada was well positioned and unmarked behind him. Reo Haate shot, Furuhashi curled an effort straight at Courtois after again being set up by Maeda and the keeper made a good save from Haate’s long-range strike. The difference in quality between the teams was shown by two incidents early in the second half. Asensio scored a superb first-time finish from Dani Carjaval’s 51st-minute cut. At the other end, Aaron Mooy took a poor touch after setting up in the Real area. Start your evenings with the Guardian’s view of the world of football Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The home side made it four in the 61st minute when Vinicius took Starfelt’s cross and headed home Valverde’s low cross. Ange Postecoglou made a triple change for Celtic and everyone was involved as Real again survived some pressure. Sead Haksabanovic’s cross set up Giorgos Giakoumakis but he shot straight at Courtois and Hatate’s weak follow-up was saved before the keeper saved David Turnbull’s powerful drive. Again the difference in finishing was evident when Valverde swept over from 22 yards in the 71st minute before O’Reilly went close from a similar chance. Celtic continued to push for a goal, leaving themselves exposed on the counter-attack at times, and Courtois twice denied Jota, but the keeper was eventually beaten by the winger’s free-kick in the 84th minute.