Celtic lose to the champion of Gibraltar – Cable Republic

The first games of the second qualifying round of the Champions League brought one sensational decision. Celtic lost 0: 1 away game of the Gibraltar team Lincoln Red Imps FC.

The Scottish team that regularly plays in the group phase of the Champions League, and two years ago after the infamous Walkover eliminated from the tournament Legia Warszawa suffered a surprising defeat the team from Gibraltar. Red Imps in qualifying for the elite club competition since the first round of fighting, which eliminated Flora Tallinn (3: 2 on aggregate) which has already been successful for them. Football Cinderella apparently not satisfied with this triumph and decided to thwart the famous club from Glasgow.

Picture of the game was not a surprise. The team from Gibraltar was limited mainly to defend access to their own goal, but she did it so successfully that throughout the first half of

Scots gave only two shots on target. At the beginning of the second part in Celtic’s defense surprised Lee Casciaro. 34-year-old striker every day practicing policeman swindled two defense and confidently scoring after 47 minutes. Brendan Rodgers’s side, for whom this was the first game as coach of Scottish club were trying to make up for the losses, but their attacks did not produce results. July 20 will be a rematch, in which Celtic will have to make up one-goal loss to avoid a complete blamażu.