For Hungarian fans, the Champions League match against Celtic that took place in Germany a week ago may not have been the most memorable of Leipzig’s victory, but rather because of the injury of Peter Gulacci. He is the goalkeeper of the national team suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, It is expected to be suspended for eight months.
Meanwhile, Peter Gulacci has undergone surgery, and teamed up with Dominic Zuboszlai and Willy Urban in the starting line-up at Celtic Park. Leipzig plays the 35th game in the Champions League, but only the second, in which the Galaxy will not play, while substitute Janis Blaswich will be in the team’s goal in his first match in the Premier League.
In the first quarter of the hour, Celtic tried to put the guests under pressure, they already attacked in the Leipzig half, scored several times, while the Germans sometimes slowed down the pace and sometimes tried to create a situation with counter-attacks, but in general, neither team showed up Anything extra.
Then, in the 27th minute, we finally saw an opportunity, after a Scottish corner on the left Matthew O’Reilly From the right contact position, the ball bounced off the base of the left shaft, then Greg Taylor He could repeat it, but after lifting the ball this time it bounced off the crossbar.
At the beginning of the first half, Lil Abada was injured in the host team, and he was replaced by 31-year-old James Forrest, who during his football career played only for the green and white, and on Tuesday his team will play. The 450th match for Celtic.
Leipzig did not show much in the first half, but before the end of the first half Christopher Nkunko He almost took the lead, after Joe Hart saved his shot from close range with his foot.
Willie Urban silenced 50,000 Scottish fans for a moment when he managed to turn the goal around on his own in the 49th minute, but after his shot, the ball got stuck in Joe Hart’s leg.
Even before the match was completely boring, Timo Werner gave Leipzig the lead in the 75th minute. Andre Silva ran to the baseline on the left side, rose to the middle, and Werner’s header from eight meters to the left side of the goal. 0 to 1
In fact, he came on as a substitute in the 84th minute Emil Forsberg decided the match, After Timo Werner’s pass to the upper left corner from a distance of 7 metres. 0 to 2
With their defeat, Celtic would likely only reach third place in the European League, while Leipzig advanced to second in the group.
