Ange Postecoglou was gutted to see his Celtic side go down to Real Madrid in the second half at Celtic Park on Tuesday evening.
The bhoys went toe to toe with the European champions in the first half and were unlucky not to be ahead. They missed a couple of chances and then paid the price with a sleek Madrid side finally imposing themselves in the game.
The first goal took the wind out of the Celtic team and they conceded four minutes later and the tie was as good as over.
Ange didn’t dismiss the game as a free hit or a pass at a loss because it was Real Madrid, the Australian believes his club and team should be competing and in the post match press conference he bears that burden.
A 3-0 defeat to open our Champions League campaign isn’t ideal, but the first half in particular should give this team belief they can mix it with the other two sides in the group.
It’s all to play for.
Ange got it wrong! We lost our shape and balance when Maeda came on. He reminds me of a good Scotland player, “2 touch Durie”. Maeda doesn’t have a 1st touch! What disappointed most was he didn’t even do his usual hunting down. His miss was a joke. Not good enough for this level!
Saed looks a better player as Abada does!
The biggest issue was we started the transfer window looking for a holding midfielder (Souza, Vera) then we made it a last choice.
If Abilgaard is good and had arrived 3 weeks earlier he may have played and helped against Modric who is class.
However I have seen enough to suggest we can get to the last 16, Maeda shouldn’t be used as 1st choice or 2nd.
Jota & Saed should be 1st choice & get Abilgaard up to speed before the next Champions league game!