[歐冠]（奇蹟反勝）歐冠杯外圍賽次回合：些路迪補時階段絕殺哈撒克 Shakhter Karagandy 3:0，兩回合贏３：２ [復制鏈接]

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Champions League - Celtic crash to embarrassing loss in Kazakhstan
Champions League play-off tie first leg, Astana Arena - Shakhter Karagandy 2 (Finonchenko 12’ Khizhnichenko 77’) Celtic 0



Celtic face an uphill battle to reach the Champions League group stage after suffering a 2-0 defeat to Shakhter Karagandy in Kazakhstan.

Neil Lennon's side had plenty of possession, but were ultimately undone by a lack of quality and killer instinct in the final third of an artificial pitch in the Kazakhstan capital of Astana.

They were also let down by their lack of ability to deal with crosses and high balls as Andrei Finonchenko netted from close range after a long throw-in had been flicked on with Emilio Izaguirre left ball watching early on.

Sergey Khizhnichenko added the second 13 minutes from time as he headed into the net from close range with visiting debutant Virgil van Dijk - who had a poor match alongside Steven Mouyokolo in central defence - left marking fresh air as the home man headed beyond the visiting goalkeeper Fraser Forster.

Celtic have time to turn this match around when they host Shakhter at Celtic Park a week on Wednesday, but they will need to produce much better from open play against a limited but towering home side.

Kris Commons cracked a shot off a bar in the first half while James Forrest knocked an effort high and wide late on for the visitors on a desperately disappointing evening for the Scottish champions.

KEY MOMENTS

PRE-MATCH: Virgil van Dijk made his first start for Celtic after joining from Groningen alongside Steven Mouyokolo in central defence. Nigerian defender Efe Ambrose was on the bench. Scotland winger James Forrest returned to the starting line-up after being on the bench at Aberdeen, but there was no place in the squad for new Dutch signing Derk Boerrigter, who had been toiling with an ankle problem.

12' GOAL! Andrei Finonchenko arrived to score from close range. Awful defending by the Celtic defence it must be said. Just a long throw and flick-on for the home man to net. Goodness know what was happening there.

18' SO UNFORTUNATE! Kris Commons sees a shot come back off the bar from distance. Not sure if that was over the line. What an effort from Commons from 30 yards out. Celtic should be level at 1-1.

28' ANOTHER CELTIC CHANCE MISSED! Georgios Samaras nods a couple of yards wide from Mulgrew's free-kick. Another golden chance for Celtic not taken.

52' MORE OF THE SAME! This time Emilio Izaguirre leans back and lifts a shot over the bar from 12 yards. What a chance that was, but not taken.

77' GOAL! Sergey Khizhnichenko rises to nods into the goal from five yards out. Awful defending again by Celtic. Truly awful as Van Dijk is caught on his heels.

TALKING POINT: Can Celtic turn it around? Of course they can. There are plenty of goals in this tie for them, but they need to be far more ruthless in front of goal at Celtic Park. They also need to be far more alert in central defence in dealing with long throw-ins and high balls. Was a poor display by them even if the plastic pitch did them few favours.

KEY STATS

Shakhter are on the brink of becoming the first Kazakh club to reach the group stage after goals from Andrei Finonchenko and Sergei Khizhnichenko.

Celtic had 66 per cent possession and 17 attempts at target compared to only 14 by the home side, but could not convert their chances into goals.

PLAYER RATINGS

Shakhter: Mokin 7, Vasiljević6, Poryvaev 6, Džidi 6, Maliy 6, Simevic 6, Vicius 6, Ghazaryan 6, Cañas 7, Finonchenko 7, Khizhnichenko 7..subs: Zenkovich 7

Celtic: Forster 6, Izaguirre 4, Van Dijk 4, Mulgrew 5, Mouyokolo 4, Lustig 5, Brown 5, Commons 7, Ledley 6, Samaras 5, Forrest 6..subs: Matthews 6, Baldé 6

MAN OF THE MATCH:

Sergey Khizhnichenko (Shakhter): Sweated buckets for the cause. Caused the Celtic defence no end of problems. Scored the second, and never gave the visiting side a moment's rest all night.

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Celtic fightback flattens Shakhter
Published: Wednesday 28 August 2013, 23.30CET
Celtic FC 3-0 FC Shakhter Karagandy (agg: 3-2)
James Forrest's late strike completed a memorable comeback by the Scottish champions after goals by Kris Commons and Giorgos Samaras.

Celtic FC produced a famous comeback as they overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit to earn a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the eighth time thanks to a 3-0 home victory against FC Shakhter Karagandy.

Neil Lennon's side levelled the aggregate scores with goals either side of half-time from Kris Commons and Giorgos Samaras before, in a dramatic finish, James Forrest hit the decisive third two minutes into added time.

Celtic had triumphed in these circumstances before – three of the four times they had returned home previously with a 2-0 first-leg deficit in Europe – and this proved another such night, even if Viktor Kumykov's men survived the Scottish champions' initial onslaught which began in the fifth minute with a Mikael Lustig header that Aleksandr Mokin flicked onto the roof of the net.

Anthony Stokes then rounded Mokin but his cutback from the byline was met by an orange shirt. However, Celtic kept coming, with Mokin called into action again to stop a Forrest shot and turn away a Stokes header.

Having weathered the storm, Shakhter had a glimmer of an opening themselves as Sergei Khizhnichenko found space in the box only to see Lustig block his shot. Just as it seemed the team from Kazakhstan would get to the interval goalless Commons struck in spectacular fashion, taking the ball off Samaras's toes and arrowing a left-foot shot into the top corner from 30 metres. Samaras himself made it two in the third minute of the second half when Lustig's misdirected effort landed at his feet and he drove a shot high into the roof of the net.

Stokes then volleyed against the crossbar from close range but Shakhter gave Celtic some anxious moments also. Nikola Vasiljević had a header cleared off the line by Adam Matthews before Khizhnichenko flicked a long throw on to the crossbar with Fraser Forster beaten once more. It was Celtic's night, though, and in added time Stokes waltzed past three defenders and crossed low to Forrest who buried his shot high into the net.

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